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Title - Do Something about... Voting/Civic Engagement
Lesson 5 - Social Capital
By - Do Something, Inc. / www.dosomething.org
Primary Subject - Social Studies
Secondary Subjects - Other
Grade Level - 9-12
Do Something about...
Teen Voting/Civic Engagement
The following lesson is the fifth lesson of a 10-lesson
Teen Voting/Civic Engagement Unit from Do Something, Inc.
Other lessons in this unit are as follows:
More student teen voting resources can be found at:
www.dosomething.org/causes/teen_voting
For more Service-Learning Curricula check out:
www.dosomething.org/oldpeople/
Lesson 5: Social Capital
Goal: Students will learn the concept of social concept and how social networks can be important for civic action.
Standards:
Civics: Standard 10
- Understands the roles of voluntarism and organized groups in American social and political life
Process:
- Warm-up: Ask students to list the groups and organizations to which they and their parents belong. Some examples might include clubs, email organizations, religious groups, book clubs, etc.
- Discover: Introduce the concept of Social Capital to students. "The central premise of social capital is that social networks have value. Social capital refers to the collective value of all "social networks" [who people know] and the inclinations that arise from these networks to do things for each other ["norms of reciprocity"]." You may want to provide students with some examples of social capital such as concerned neighbors watching over each other's property, mothers who watch each other's children at the playground, email groups that help individuals research a topic. "Social capital can be found in friendship networks, neighborhoods, churches, schools, bridge clubs, civic associations, and even bars." (http://www.bowlingalone.com/socialcapital.php3).
- Ask students to discuss and rate the amount of social capital in their school or community. Do they feel it is adequate?
- Have students choose one of the case studies of social capital from the following website http://www.cpn.org/tools/dictionary/capital.html and investigate the effects of the social networks. Have students create a profile of the group and investigate how the group worked together to initiate change in their community. Why do people participate in this group? What benefits do they receive?
- Take Action: Have students think about ways of increasing social capital in their school or neighborhood. Are there initiatives they could start to bring about awareness of their take action topic? How can they measure the change?
Vocabulary:
Social Capital
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