Are You Civic Minded?

Unit 1 - Open Your Eyes

Styles of Leadership
Redefining Leadership
Assignment: Explore Civic Issue
You will choose your an issue of importance to you
Some Issues To Explore
Poverty Taxes
Violence Military spending
Pollution Human trafficking
Child labour Racism
Bullying Lack of funding for government services

CHOOSE ONE THAT YOU FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT

Choose ONE

Create an
3 Paragraph Report Interview 3 Friends
Infographic

Create a Persuasive
Video or Photo Write a Song or Rap Create a Poster
Essay
Must Include 3 Things
1. Description of civic issue
2. Facts relating to the issue
3. Opinions about the issue
Bibliography
You must cite your sources using MLA style

Example
Felluga, Di Guide to Literary and Critical Theory. Purdue U, 28
Nov. 2003, www.cla.purdue.edu/english/theory/. Accessed 10 May
2006.

“Provide incentives to employers to provide mental health coverage to employees.” (Secure Mental
Health, 2021).
Owl Purdue MLA Format Page
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citati
on/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/
mla_formatting_and_style_guide.html
Rubric

To access the rubric

- Go to “assignments”
- Under unit 1, click on
“Activity 6 - Explore a
Civic Issue”
- Unhide “rubric”
Submission
● Needs to be in PDF
● Submit in assignments folder under Unit 1
“Activity 6 - Explore a Civic Issue”

Due: Friday, July 9

Ultimate Due Date: Monday, July 12 @ 11:59 PM

DON’T FORGET!
U1A4 - Civic Role Model is overdue
● Needs to be in PDF
● Submit in assignments folder under Unit 1
“Activity 4 - Civic Role Model”

Ultimate Due Date: Thursday, July 8 @ 11:59 PM

FOLDER WILL CLOSE TONIGHT