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Active Citizenship: Becoming a Powerful Citizen

Learn how to become a more powerful citizen of your school, town, state, and country in this Active Citizenship class. Develop skills, analyze power dynamics, and learn to cause change at various government levels. Elective course at Weymouth High School.

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Active Citizenship: Becoming a Powerful Citizen

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  1. Unit 1: Success Today’s Topic: This class is about POWER Objective:Leave today able to explain to anyone who asks what your new Active Citizenship class is about and what you will learn.

  2. Story time: Churchill and Hitler

  3. Powerful is Patient - It is Spoonful-by-spoonful

  4. Active Citizenship • Today’s Objective:Leave today able to explain to anyone who asks what your new Active Citizenship class is about. • So what is it? Active Citizenship is a class about POWER.

  5. Active Citizenship teaches you how to become a more POWERFUL CITIZEN of WHS. • We will learn to become powerful citizens of WHS by: • Improving our abilities with skills like reading, writing and research. • Studying the habits of mind that successful students have • Analyzing the power dynamics within the Weymouth Public Schools. • Learning how to cause change in your school.

  6. Active Citizenship teaches you how to become a more POWERFUL CITIZEN of the Town of Weymouth • We will learn to become more powerful citizen of the Town of Weymouth by: • Studying the government of Weymouth • Analyzing the power dynamics within the town of Weymouth. • Learning how to cause change at the local government level.

  7. Active Citizenship teaches you how to become a more POWERFUL CITIZEN of Massachusetts. • We will learn to become more powerful citizen of Massachusetts by: • Studying the government of Massachusetts • Analyzing the power dynamics within the state of Massachusetts • Learning how to cause change at the state government level

  8. Active Citizenship teaches you how to become a more POWERFUL CITIZEN of the USA. • We will learn to become more powerful citizen of the USA by: • Studying the government of the United States of America • Analyzing the power dynamics within the USA. • Learning how to cause change at the federal government level

  9. Get POWERFUL United States of America Massachusetts Town of Weymouth Weymouth High School

  10. This is an elective. If you do not wish to become more POWERFUL, no one is forcing you to stay.

  11. Analyze the Power Dynamics of the death of Eric Garner Who has the high power and the low power in this exchange? Did the high power group use their power effectively? Did the low power party use his power effectively?

  12. Analyze the Power Dynamics of the death of Eric Garner • On July 17, 2014, Eric Garner died in Staten Island, New York City, after officer Daniel Pantaleo put him in what has been described as a "chokehold" • The New York City Medical Examiner's Office attributed Garner's death to a combination of a chokehold, compression of his chest, and poor health. • On December 3, 2014, a Richmond County (Staten Island) grand jury decided not to indict Pantaleo. • On July 13, 2015, an out-of-court settlement was announced in which the City of New York would pay the Garner family $5.9 million.

  13. Activists shut down Interstate 93 during morning rush hour Jan 14, 2015 to "disrupt business as usual" and "protest police and state violence against black people." Who has the high power and the low power in this exchange? Did the high power group use their power effectively? Did the low power group use their power effectively?

  14. Syllabus Overview • 10 Units • 10 Power Standards • 7 21st century skills

  15. What will I do for you? • I will work • I will respect you • I will be prepared

  16. Classroom expectations of Active Citizens • You will come prepared • You will work • You will respect each other • You will be curious • You will hand in work

  17. Grading • Each term your class average will be determined by the total number of points you earn. Your progress will be tracked in two categories. Log-on to X2 to monitor your progress throughout the term: - 21st Century Skill assignments - Classroom Citizenship (collaboration, following due dates)

  18. Fill the cup

  19. Fill the cup A’s 700-630 pts

  20. Fill the cup B’s 629-560 pts

  21. Fill the cup C’s 559-490 pts

  22. Fill the cup D’s 489-420pts

  23. Fill the cup 419 or less. You don’t get credit for the course

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