Sample Standard: US Government and Citizenship: Students will define and provide examples of fundamental principles and core values of American political and civic life.
Grade Level: 9-12
Time: 20-30 minutes
Materials: None
Group size: Any. Break the class into groups of 3-4.
Purpose: To use as a revisiter or closer after instructing students on the terms they will use for the jingles.
Activity:
- Divide students into small groups of 3-4. Assign each group a vocabulary term.
- With their team, students create a rap, jingle, or song for one of these terms:
- Constitution
- Amendment
- Judicial Branch
- Executive Branch
- Legislative Branch
- After students have prepared their jingles, they perform them for the class.
Modification for ELL students:
- Structure the groups so that these students are evenly distributed among them.
Submitted by Priscilla Shumway, a former teacher who is currently a trainer for The Bob Pike Group.
