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 * Unit Title: Grade Level(s):The U.S. Constitution, Grades 9-12**
 * Subject/Topic Area(s):Social Studies**
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 * =Brief Summary of Unit= ||
 * The standards I plan on covering is the second standard of the Politics and Government section of the Maine Learning Results for grades 9-diploma. This requires students to learn about and understand constitutional rights, civic duties and responsibilities, and citizenship. My unit will begin by focusing on the individual rights of each American citizen, and then it will transition into a section defining “citizen.” At the end of the unit, students will have to evaluate their own civic duties and responsibilities. In each section of the unit, students will have to participate in quick writes and classroom discussions to gauge their understanding. At the end of each lesson, students will have to complete a project. These projects include blogs, videos, audio recordings, and comics. Classroom discussion will mainly be focused on aiding students whose learning styles are musical, naturalist, or interpersonal, because these learning styles are more difficult to cover in other forums. Quick writes will mostly be used to make sure students are completing their assigned work. They will mainly cover concepts that students will read about or a bit of information we have gone over in class. This is needed as a way of checking in with my students to make sure they are not falling behind. The projects that take play at the end of each lesson will be primarily graded on content in order to make sure students understand major concepts. It is also necessary to have assessments that will look at whether students can work well in groups or not. ||