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Lesson Plan: Civics Skills: Writing To Elected Officials
Grades 6-12
Students in Queens identified an issue in their community and planned an event to take action. In the process, they identified the issue, planned a community event and debriefed about the lessons they learned. It doesn’t always take an event to raise awareness and alert decisionmakers to important issues. Sometimes something simple as a letter can spur action. The right to petition the government is guaranteed in the First Amendment.
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