Title​ Civility Counts Overview | Course Civility Counts | Date Feb.

1, 2016

Objectives
Students will be able to:
Understand the objectives of the
civility counts curriculum.
Standards
● Civility with Self:​ Students will treat
themselves with respect by
understanding their strengths while
also being able to identify and
regulate your emotions and aligned
actions

● Civility with Others: ​Students will

use words and communicate
effectively in adversarial situations
instead of using physical aggression,
verbal abuse or other negative
strategies

● Civility as a Leader:​ Students will be

active leaders and ambassadors of
the program by exuding the values
while modeling and promoting the
strategies, both in and outside of
school

Base knowledge Misconceptions Vocab

Our working definition The idea of this class is Civility, dialogue,
of civility. to suppress expression emotions,
or that there is an confrontation, leader,
expectation of a ambassador.
specific reaction to all
interactions.

Opener

1. 6 minutes:​ Do now

1. What do you remember from the first two Civility classes?

HINT: Laquan McDonald
 Black Lives Matter

2. Here is our working definition of civility: ​Civility is disagreeing

without disrespect, seeking common ground as a starting point
for dialogue about differences, listening past one’s
preconceptions, and teaching others to do the same. Civility is
the hard work of staying present even with those with whom
we have deep­rooted and fierce disagreements. It is a
necessary prerequisite for civic action. It is also about
negotiating interpersonal power such that everyone’s voice is
heard, and nobody’s is ignored.

How do you think this relates to the first two Civility classes?

2. ​2 minutes:​ Pair­Share: Have students turn and talk to the person next
to them their responses to questions 1 and 2 from the Do Now.

3.​ 2 minutes: ​Whole class share out: Did anyone want to share their
thoughts or hear something from their partner that they want to share
with the group?

4. ​2 minutes:​ Transition to Lesson: ​Pull up slide with definitions of

civility. ​ Our first two lessons we dove really deep into Black Lives Matter
and the Laquan McDonald incident, an organization and event that tie
directly to the idea of civility. In the beginning of January, we asked each
of you to define what Civility means and a lot of your answers are really
close­­respect, involved in the community, come together as a
community. Over the course of the remainder of the semester, through
this Civility Counts program, we are going to explore what it means to be
civil with yourself, civil with others and civil as a leader.

In order to do that, we want to start with where we are as Lighthouse 9th

graders, specifically with questions that relate to these three aspects of
Civility.

*​3 minutes: ​Civility with Self: Question 8

­­What do you think this data tells us? What surprises you?
Share out objective of Civility with Self:

Self: ​Students will treat themselves with respect by understanding their strengths while also
being able to identify and regulate your emotions and aligned actions

*​3 minutes​: Civility with Others: Question 2, Question 7

­­What do you think this data tells us? What surprises you?

Others: ​Students will use words and communicate effectively in adversarial situations
instead of using physical aggression, verbal abuse or other negative strategies

*​3 minutes: ​Civility as a Leader: Question 4, Question 10

­­What do you think this data tells us? What surprises you?

Leader: ​Students will be active leaders and ambassadors of the program by exuding the
values while modeling and promoting the strategies, both in and outside of school

5. ​2 minutes:​ Exploring The Why­­­> My role will be documenting and

listening. My hope is to have a program at the end of this semester I can
hand to other schools as a model to discuss hard topics and current
events in the classroom. The news will always be a part of that process, as
you will see through this semester.

Recap
This semester will be about discussion and reflection. We will rely on you
to bring an open mind to each class so that we can learn together. This is
a pilot program, so we will also be relying on your feedback to shape how
this program moves forward. Speak up when you feel like you should.
This can be the start of something great.

Exit slip Practice Opportunities

Dated journal entry on reflections
on the video.
Reflection
1. Where have you seen civility happen in your school? Where have
you seen a lack of civility in your school?