Performance Task - Take Action In LEP 3, you were able to design a project proposal for your civic engagement activity in addition to getting your proposal approved by your teacher and school administrator. For LEP 4, you are going to actually conduct your activity. You will follow the steps of your proposal until completion. Finally, you will write a short summary reflection on your participation activity. Good luck and have fun making a positive impact on your community! Keep the following in mind while completing your work for this LEP: You will need to collect one of the following examples of evidence of your participation: if you make something, turn in the flyer, brochure, letter, blog, etc.to your teacher. If you attend something, provide a photo, videos, or any document you received. Remember each proposal step in order to develop a detailed summary reflection of the activity later. If you get stuck along the way or hit any roadblocks, check in with your teacher to get ideas of how to overcome them. Background In a democratic society, it is extremely important to have the PEOPLE participate actively, otherwise it can become a dictatorship, with just a few people holding and exercising all of the power. Taking part in any way in our democratic process helps create a dialogue, a forum for expression, and allows important changes to occur. Although active citizenship is a very important reason for why we have created this assignment, it also provides practice with important life skills. In order to carry out this civic engagement activity, you will need to work with a variety of people or inform, educate, and/or communicate with others. Although you may be very passionate about your subject, you will also need to be able to effectively communicate your opinions and thoughts on the issue. The research you have completed in LEP 2 will help you make an effective presentation or argument to others. Regardless of how many people you are working with or for, you will need to understand the perspective of others. You will need to listen actively to what other people are saying. Sometimes this can be difficult and frustrating, but just allow yourself to listen, observe, and learn. Part of active listening is being able to take in what other people have said in order to find a common ground or solution. Our politicians seem to have forgotten how to do this, but is essential to the survival of our democracy. Sometimes if we compromise, it may feel like we lost or did not make a difference, but we need to remember that all change happens over time. Thoughts, opinions, and beliefs often evolve slowly. Even if you do not see immediate change from your action, you can still learn from the experience of what worked and what you would change in the future. Through this experience you may see that more needs to be done on the issue and you may find that your opinions and thoughts evolve as well. lifelong Civics LEP 4 LAL-Civics (2021) 29DIRECTIONS: For this proposal, you will . been researching. Circle the idea for your prOJeC Here are some ideas of what you can create/111 ' Write a letter and send it to the local newspaper. be thinking of an activity t below. ake: _ a representative. sen to 'd t. . . - - a r, mayor, governor, or \"851 an out your topic and distribute it, phyeically or ' Create a brochure or yer which will help educate others ab Here are some ideas of what you can do: Join a cause and draft in their space crowdfunding, social media platforms, bloggers. Organize for a community garden. Go to a city council or school board meeting. Campaign for local government ofcial who supports your cause. Attend a conference/seminar regarding the topic. Attend a rally, speech, or other event related to your cause. Volunteering for an organization that does environment cleanup, teaches young children to read, helps orphanages/homeless shelters/senior citizens/military families/victims of domestic violence, donates blood, house building, or grafti cleanup. Obtain an internship at a government agency or non prot organization. Get a petition started and get at least 100 signatures of people over the age of 18 (unless your cause is at the school or other location where signatures of minors is helpful). Boycott in order to make apoint about your cause. You must write up and explain what you are boycotting, why, and how that will help your cause. Inform others about the topic for a target audience (at least 10 people). Get their signatures and a one sentence comment from them that shows that you taught them, in their writing. Advocate for someone who cannot/is fearful to advocate for themselves on your tepic. List other ideas you have below and discuss with your teacher: El D Performance Task: Design Proposal Step-by-Step Actions Timeline of What is the cost of this People Involved Obstacles Each Step step (if any)? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7 . 8. 9. lifelong Civics (2020) LEP 3 HS-14L Civics (2021)Performance Task - Take Action DIRECTIONS: Complete your summary reflection in the spaces below. Attach (make a copy if necessary) evidence of civic engagement activity on the back of this page: . If you made something, turn in the flyer, brochure, letter, blog, etc. to your teacher. . If you attend something, provide a photo, videos, or any document you received. What evidence did you turn in that proves your civic engagement? Briefly explain or describe what the evidence is: Reflecting on and summarizing your civic engagement activity: . In the circle below create a word cluster, a picture, or a quote that you feel encapsulates your experience. . In 3-4 sentences, explain how the word cluster, picture, or quote is a reflection of your overall experience. . Refer to the challenges you thought you might face in LEP 3 and discuss if this challenge arose and how you ad- dressed it. lifelong Civics LEP 4 LAL-Civics (2021)Performance Task Reflection and Next Steps DIRECTIONS: Complete your summary reflection in the spaces below. 4. How did your project help make a difference in your personal life and community? Explain. 5. What did you learn about yourself during this activity? Explain. 6. Write out 2-3 action steps you would take if you continued to work on this project. lifelong Civics LEP 5 LAL-Civics (2021) 32DIRECTIONS: Fill I in the 511mm KW; my helm\" and the Your name; template on the next page to create your design proposal. Contact information- erc engagement title: will ' : What is the ch you implement to address it? alien e or ' - g problem 1\" 80(31th that you want to address? What civic engagement activity Example Design Proposal Timeline of Obstacles Each Step What is the cost People of this step (if Involved any)? Step-by-Step Actions Church representative Asking relevant questions to better understand the opportunities and the risks involved. 1. Call local church to discuss 30 minutes volunteer opportunities. Learn about a local shelter that helps women and their children escape dangerous or unhealthy situations. Learn that the church is taking toys, food and diapers to the shelter at the end of the month and that they need more donations. 2. Inform friends, family and neighbors of your plan to buy supplies for this shelter. Tell them what the shelter does and ask them to donate or save their recyclables. Explain that you will collect and redeem them to raise money for the supplies. 3. Collect recyclables and donations 10 hours over the from friends, family and neighbors. course of three Redeem recyclables. weeks 4. Use the money raised to buy 2 hours The amount of You and maybe a Transportation items for the shelter. money reused. parent and time. 5. Take your items to the shelter 4 hours $10 for gas Church members, Collecting shelter workers evidence of and residents. project before I leave. The time it will take you speak to these people. Neighbors, friends, family, kids at school $0 (possible phone bill) 2 hours over the course of a week. Transportation and time Neighbors, friends, family on the day that the church has its service day. Take pictures and record your experience. Performance Task Background Performance Task Goal . I can reflect and learn from my civic engagement experience. Performance Task In LEP 4, you put your design proposal into action. Now, you will reflect on your entire civic engagement project. It is important to be reminded, not only of all the hard work you have done, but also what you have learned and what you might do differently next time. Background The famous Greek philosopher, Socrates, said, "A life unexamined is not worth living." Reflection is often considered the most important part of learning. It is through reflection that we are able to improve our ability to learn. As we get older, our ability to reflect is vital in our growth as a person. If we don't learn from our experiences we are destined to repeat our mistakes. Through reflection we are able to look inside ourselves to determine if we are truly comfortable with who and where we are in our learning and development. This process can be challenging for sure, but it can bring personal insight and satisfaction Description of the Performance Task for this LEP: Reflect on you civic engagement experience. Answer the questions on the summary page. Include any feedback from target audience, pictures, and/or artifacts that reflect your firsthand experience. We do not learn from experience... we learn from reflecting on BEE experience. CHANGE John Dewey lifelong Civics LEP 5 LAL-Civics (2021) 30 LEARNINGPerformance Task: Design Approval Conclusion and Next Steps: 1) Fill in the sections below regarding some predictions, next steps, and your ul- plan. imate goal of your civic engagement. 2) Have your teacher and site administrator review and sign your proposal 1. How do you think your activity will turn out? 2. How did your research from Performance Task 2 inform your actions? 3. What is your ultimate goal for this issue? I have read the design proposal and I approve: Administrator Signature Supervising Teacher SignaturePerformance Task Overview In LEP 2, you researched your topic which included your works cited list. In LEP 3, you are going to take that information you gathered and create a proposal that details an action plan for your civic engagement activity. Over the next few pages, you will use a template to create a design proposal. Before you begin your proposal, review your idea with your teacher. After you have completed your proposal you will need to get approval from your teacher and an administrator. Background Proposals are used in many ways in our daily lives such as in business plans, to sell a product, or to access a grant. Ultimately, a proposal is your argument for something. It includes information about how you plan to accomplish your goals, to work through challenges, and to persuade others to agree with you. A proposal is what any change would design and put to action! (See below.) A proposal acts as a road map for someone who might know nothing about what you are proposing. You want to write a compelling proposal that will convince anyone reading your proposal that what you are doing is important, convincing, and necessary. Organized writers are better communicators; therefore, try to limit your proposal to one page or less. DIRECTIONS: Now you are ready to complete your Performance Task. Be sure to include the following in your Performance Task: . Proposed change/idea Where actions will take place . The sequence of events you will take to make change Approval from administration and teacher if necessary Additional Resources VIc Graw Textbook pages about civic engagement: Hill p. 23, 173, 281, 371, 498, 623, 635. Civic Engagement Websites: http://www.nationalservice.gov/ http://youth.gov/ "Life's most urgent and persistent question is, 'what are you doing for others?" "Everyone can be great, because everyone can serve." - Martin Luther King, Jr.performance Task Reflection and Next Steps DIRECTIONS: Complete your summary reflection in the spaces below. Write a statement explaining what you were hoping to accomplish during your civic engagement project and whether or not you accomplished it and why. 2. What were you most proud of during this process and why? 3. What was challenging, and how did you overcome it? What would you do differently if you could do your project over? lifelong Civics LEP 5 L4L-Civics (2021)