Do Now:

• Analyze the following quote (what does it mean to you?):

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Could you pass the U.S. Citizenship Test?

First Impressions

Syllabus Assignment

• Please read the course syllabus. Please click "turn-in" when you have read the syllabus. Your submission of the syllabus will confirm that you have read through, understand, and will abide by the syllabus.

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• Please send me questions if you have any.

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If I could change the…

The first goal of civics is to understand what you value and what you would do when these values are not being met, either in part or in full.

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• For this activity you will receive 5 post-it notes.
• Write your name (first and last until I get to know everyone)

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• Respond with a genuine, reflective response for each question.
• Response must be something we have the power to change.
• For example, it is cold here and some of you hate the weather. However, we cannot change the weather. So if I ask what you would change about WI, don’t say the weather.
• unless you have some type of weather changing laser. But if you already had this why haven’t you used it? I don’t think you have a laser…

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• The only way to get it wrong is to not try.

If I could change the …

1. If I could change one thing about Hamilton High School, I would…?

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• If I could change one thing about my local community, I would…?

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• If I could change one thing about Wisconsin (my state) , I would…?

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• If I could change one thing about the United States (my country), I would…?

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• If I could change one thing about the world, I would…?

If I could change the …

Now that you have your five post-its, discuss what you wrote with someone near you.

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Be prepared to share your responses aloud.

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Once we have finished sharing and discussing place your post-its on their appropriate posters.