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The Mini Page — 2009 Activities
The League of Women Voters
Issue 12
March 21-27, 2009
This week's standards:
- Students recognize and interpret how the "common good" can be strengthened though various forms of citizen action. (Social Studies: Civic Ideals and Practices) Students understand the ideas, principles and practices of citizenship in a democratic republic.(Social Studies: Civics)
Activities:
1. Interview several friends and family members about why they think it is important to vote. Then make a poster with the word "Vote!" at the top. List the reasons your family members and friends gave on the poster.
2. Look through the newspaper for names of elected women leaders and women who support national or community causes. Write the names of the women on a piece of paper. Next to their names, write the reason they are in the newspaper.
3. Look through the newspaper for stories about health care, education and the environment. Circle the headlines of the stories and underline the most important information in each article.
4. Voters must pay attention to political leaders. Find newspaper stories about the president, a state official and a local official. Paste the stories on paper. Under each story, write a sentence explaining why voters should know about the story.
5. Find newspaper stories about five topics you think are important to citizens. Paste the headlines for the story on a piece of paper. Then pretend these topics are part of presidential debates. Write a debate question for each of the stories.
Standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
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