Title – American Political Culture

By – OL Yates

Primary Subject – Social Studies

Grade Level – 10

Subjects:

U.S. Government and Economics

Objective:

This lesson plan stimulates classroom discussion of basic values and rights. First, a personal evaluation is taken and then, those personal values are compared and contrasted with the class as a whole.

Activities and Procedures:

Distribute the following sheet to each student:

Rate the following values in order of importance.

Number 1 being the most important and Number 14 being the least important.


They all must be ranked

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_____ Financial security

_____ Freedom of speech

_____ Lack of discrimination

_____ Government regulation of the contents of the airwaves

_____ Patriotism

_____ Tolerance of others

_____ Freedom of religion

_____ Right to bear arms

_____ Right to private property

_____ Age of consent

_____ Right to vote

_____ Government intervention

_____ Justice

_____ Right to privacy

After students have finished, either the teacher leads the discussion or students can debate these values. Also, a total class ranking should take place, so that students can compare themselves with others.

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