Community & Civic Education 34

Civics & Community Awareness


Black History Month

Yesterday we looked at the Harlem Renaissance. Today, let's look at one of the artists from that time: Langston Hughes. Here is a video about him and links to some of his famous poems:

Check In 

Today happens to be...

Safer Internet Day! (2 min video)


Recap Yesterday (1 min)

Feeling  SAFE in relationships

Saying NO to requests


Show & Share (10-min)

How did your parents, or grandparents meet?


Tomorrow's Show & Share: How do you feel when you meet new people?



Thematic Activity 01 (10-15 min)

PRESENTERS: This is an example of citizens speaking up against the exploitation of their communities-in this case a pipeline project. Guide participants to the idea that people can disagree but keep on talking. Disagreement is not the end of communication.


Listen to this man speak out against a project he believes is bad for his and other people's communities. See if he is ASSERTIVE or AGGRESSIVE in his way of talking. 


Speaking up against a pipeline at a public meeting 

PRESENTER NOTE: if volume is low, turn up the volume on your computer 

  1. Do citizens have the right to object to projects in their communities they don't want?
  2. Can people have different opinions and still keep communicating?
  3. Did the peope in the audience mostly agree or mostly disagree with him? How do you know?
  4. Do you remember if he said that his opinion is shared by other people? If he did, who else is he speaking for, or representing?  

            <Body Break>



Skill Builder (5-10 min)

PRESENTERS: More difference between ASSERTIVE and AGGRESSIVE statements.


For each AGGRESSIVE statement, see if you can figure out an ASSERTIVE way to say it instead.

  1. Asking for something back — "Gimme that! It's mine. Not yours."
  2. Doing what you believe is right in spite of advice — "I don't care what you think or say, I'm doing it anyway."
  3. Suspect someone is not being honest or sincere — "You're a dirty, rotten liar!"
  4. Disagreeing on a way to do something — "Don't you know anything? That's NOT how you do it."
  5. Being in authority over someone who has a question — I don't have to answer your questions. Just do as I say. 


               <Body Break>



Survival Math (5-10 min)

To alter a recipe to serve more or fewer people you need to do the math.

 This recipe has 5 ingredients and serves 8 people as it is. 

  1. To serve 4 people you have to DIVIDE the  quantity of each item by ________?
  2. To serve 16 people you have to MULTIPLY the quantity of each item by __________?
  3. To serve 12 you MULTIPY the quantity of each item by one-and-a-___________, or 1.____? But that's kind of hard... so 
  4. How can you serve 12 by using your measuring tools differently? 

Optional Level-Up - Survival Math

Using the recipe above see if you can feed this weird dinner party of 20 people:

  • One person is allergic to potatoes
  • 3 people will eat 2 portions of potatoes because they aren't eating the main meat dish.
  • 2 people are kids and only want half a portion each
  • Everyone else is eating one regular portion
  • The host wants to have 4 portions for leftovers 

Start with 20 portions then add and subtract for each peculiar guest request and the host's leftovers.


Answer is at the bottom of the page in blue text.


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20-1+3-1+4=25


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