Luis Diaz
Content Objective: Students will examine The Bill of Rights and Supreme Court decisions in orderto
identify and explain a civic issue in the community.
Language Objective: Students will examine a document in writing while using a graphic organizer,
specific vocabulary words and sentence starters.
Quarter 3 Project Based Learning - Civics Project
Purpose: This assignment gives you the chance to identify a civic issue in your community that
violates civil rights and to take civic action to help solve the problem.
Audience: Your peers, your teachers and your community.
Task: Showcase a presentation about a community issue and how it can be solved.
Civic Question: What do you think is a problem in your community?
Steps:
1. Step 1: Pick a problem in your community
1) Pandemic
2) Legalization of Drugs
3) Income Inequality
4) Immigration
5) Systemic Racism/Sexism
6) LGBTQ+ Issues
7) Climate Change
8) Freedom of Speech
9) Mass Incarceration
10) Your choice:
Step 2: Explain your community issue.
Language of Explain Word Wall