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The DLMindex links to select collections of K-12 digital learning materials developed by UC Berkeley Interactive University Projects over the past five years. Each item contains descriptive metadata about the resource. Users can browse the index or use an early search prototype.
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CSW: American Democracy at Work
Title: CSW: American Democracy at Work
Location: http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/PubEd/CSW/casestudy1.html
Project: Connecting Students to the World
Creator: Harry Kreisler, Gale Ow and Nanou Matteson
Subject area: Social Studies, History
Grade level: 11, 12
Purpose: In this lesson, students explore the different factors that influence a person to become an elected official. They examine how a famous person views his life and how he lives his life, with emphasis on a vision of a future. They will be acquainted with a person who believes in public service and in world peace.
Standards: AMERICAN DEMOCRACY (SFUSD Grade 12 Standards) The student will analyze a contemporary world issue, relate it to local, state, or national affairs, and discuss it from different viewpoints. The student will demonstrate an understanding of the responsibilities of citizenship and the importance of the individual as the basis for civil society in a constitutional republic.
UNITED STATES HISTORY (SFUSD Grade 11 Standards) The student will place the recent past in historical perspective. The student will understand the rule of the US in WWII and the impact of the war on the home front. The student will analyze the causes and consequences of the Second World War.
Type: Text, Images, Video
Duration: Three 45-minute classes
Student Objectives: Explore the evolving notions of sovereignty, committment, the disarmament movement, and the role of a public official.
Examine the life of a famous person and relate the cultural, social, and historical context by which this person formed his sense of identity and role in the society.
Articulate their views of government, the globetrotter website experience, and using the internet.
Refine the experience of peer group interaction in the articulation of the above goals.
Activities: Student journal, discussion, Q&A, exploration of web
Assessment: Students will be evaluated based on participation, reflection, discussion and journal commenting on the use of of the Globetrotter website, the study questions, on Senator Cranston's life and accomplishments. They will be further assessed on their ability to work in a small group and/or with a partner.
Requirements: student journals, pencils/pens, paper, classroom board, copies of or access to the globetrotter website, classroom research resources (computers with Internet access, newspapers)
Related Resources: http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/PubEd/research/politics.html
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