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REFLECTION AND
NEXT STEPS

CIVICS DAY

PREPARING TO
PRESENT

TAKING ACTION

9. LOBBYING FOR
OUR CAUSE

8. STRUCTURING
OUR ACTION

7. ANALYZING OUR
TACTICS

6. IDENTIFYING OUR
TARGETS

5. FORMING OUR
GOAL

4. EXAMINING OUR
EVIDENCE

3. CHOOSING OUR
FOCUS ISSUE

1.2c Students compare and

contrast the experiences of
different groups in the United
States.
1.2d Students examine how the
Constitution, United States law,
and the rights of citizenship
provide a major unifying factor in
bringing together Americans from
diverse roots and traditions.
1.4b Students consider different
historians analyses of the same
event or development in United
States history to understand how
different viewpoints and/or
frames of reference influence
historical interpretations.
2.2c Students analyze evidence
critically and demonstrate an
understanding of how
circumstances of time and place
influence perspective.
2.3a Students analyze the roles
and contributions of individuals
and groups to social, political,
economic, cultural, and
religious practices and
activities.
5.1d Students identify and analyze
advantages and disadvantages of
various governmental systems.
5.2c Students identify, respect,
and model those core civic values
inherent in our founding
documents that have been forces
for unity in American society.
5.2e Students understand the
dynamic relationship between
federalism and states rights.
5.3a Students understand how
citizenship includes the exercise
of certain personal
responsibilities, including voting,
considering the rights and

2. OUR COMMUNITY
ISSUES

New York State Learning

Standards for Social Studies
(Commencement)

1. OUR CIVIC
IDENTITIES

Generation Citizen New York State Standards Alignment (High School)

REFLECTION AND NEXT

STEPS

CIVICS DAY

PREPARING TO
PRESENT

TAKING ACTION

9. LOBBYING FOR OUR

CAUSE

8. STRUCTURING OUR
ACTION

7. ANALYZING OUR
TACTICS

6. IDENTIFYING OUR
TARGETS

5. FORMING OUR GOAL

4. EXAMINING OUR
EVIDENCE

3. CHOOSING OUR
FOCUS ISSUE

2. OUR COMMUNITY
ISSUES

1. OUR CIVIC
IDENTITIES

interests of others, behaving in a

civil manner, and accepting
responsibility for the
consequences of ones actions.
5.3b Students analyze issues at
the local, state, and national
levels and prescribe responses
that promote the public interest or
general welfare, such as planning
and carrying out a voter
registration campaign.
5.3d Students explore how
citizens influence public policy in a
representative democracy.
5.4a Students participate as
informed citizens in the political
justice system and processes of
the United States, including
voting.
5.4c Students take, defend, and
evaluate positions about attitudes
that facilitate thoughtful and
effective participation in public
affairs.
5.4d Students consider the need
to respect the rights of others, to
respect others points of view.
5.4e Students participate in
school/classroom/community
activities that focus on an issue or
problem.
5.4f Students prepare a plan of
action that defines an issue or
problem, suggests alternative
solutions or courses of action,
evaluates the consequences for
each alternative solution or course
of action, prioritizes the solutions
based on established criteria, and
proposes an action plan to
address the issue or to resolve the
problem.
5.4g Students explain how
democratic principles have been
used in resolving an issue or
problem.