8.C&G.2.1

8.C&G.2.1 Evaluate the effectiveness of various approaches used to effect change in North Carolina and the United States (e.g. picketing, boycotts, sit-ins, voting, marches, holding elected office and lobbying). || ===‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Literacy Standard(s)**=== || ===‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Learning Target/Task Analysis**:=== The student will understand: The student will know:
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 * Citizen participation takes many different forms in a democratic society.
 * Political leaders respond to citizen action, although change is often slow.
 * The effectiveness of an action may be evaluated in different ways.
 * Democratic political systems are based on the general assumption that the majority of citizens are entitled to make the choice as to what is best for the society, thus all forms of political participation are open to everyone.
 * The various forms that citizen participation can take.
 * Instances when citizen action produced societal change.
 * Criteria to evaluate the effectiveness of various approaches used to effect change (e.g., whether the actors received desired outcomes such as change in laws, access to opportunities otherwise denied).

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I can explain the effectiveness of change when direct citizen and/or political leaders participation occurs.

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Picketing, boycotts, sit-ins,voting,marches,lobbying

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 * Have students watch the tape of Martin Luther King’s speech “I Have a Dream”. Read an article on the role of Martin Luther King’s effect on the politics of the early 1960s. Determine the effectiveness of direct citizen action on events. How is today different because of MLK? **

//Have students predict how the current president will affect change in American society. // Have students use a Double Bubble Map to compare the I Have a Dream Speech with Gettysburg Address
 * Students develop a cartoon strip that illustrates the effectiveness or in-effectiveness of direct citizen involvement in policies of NC/US. **

//Mini – lesson on citizen involvement in NC/US policies and policy change // Documentary MLK Jr “I have a Dream Speech. – United Streaming []

US Primary Documents [] Citizen participation takes many different forms in a democratic society. Political leaders respond to citizen action, although change is often slow. The effectiveness of an action may be evaluated in different ways. The student will know: Democratic political systems are based on the general assumption that the majority of citizens are entitled to make the choice as to what is best for the society, thus all forms of political participation are open to everyone. The various forms that citizen participation can take. Instances when citizen action produced societal change. Criteria to evaluate the effectiveness of various approaches used to effect change (e.g., whether the actors received desired outcomes such as change in laws, access to opportunities otherwise denied). ||
 * The student will understand:

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