Raise Your Voice (Project #20)
Activity - Classroom
Grades6, 7, 8Civics
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Provided by OK You
What it is
- In this project from OK You, students will create posters about issues that are important to them.
- Students will sketch their ideas, create their sign, and determine where it should be placed or used.
Teaching tips
Positives
- This activity gives students a creative outlet for expressing their feelings.
- Students will benefit from the demonstration video for creating the posters.
Prerequisites
- Students will need cardboard to paint/draw on, markers or paint, and paintbrushes if they will be painting.
- In the demonstration video, the example being used is the Black Lives Matter movement. Students may need some background information on what this movement is and what sparked it.
Differentiation & Implementation
- Teachers can print the images of exemplar signs provided in the resource and hang them around the room. Teachers can also include images of other signs that fit with their students' focus areas. Then, students can observe the examples in a gallery walk, making note of what they like that they can implement without directly copying an idea.
- This is a fairly open-ended project, but teachers can encourage students to make posters about climate change if that is an issue they are currently studying. Teachers can also show students this video about climate protests to give more specific examples.
- To make connections to history, students can explore historical examples of protest signs, discussing the issues these signs were connected to.
- Teachers can give students agency in deciding what they want their sign to address by having students take time to brainstorm about issues that are important to them.
From the scientist review
This resource tasks students with creating a poster to advocate for a cause they support. Directions are clear, and focus is placed on starting with research. This project is not prescriptive as a climate change activity, but numerous climate and environmental messages are shared. This resource is recommended for teaching.
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