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CityWorks
Grades 9–12

cityworks.jpgCityWorks is a standards-based, local government curriculum designed to fit into any civics or government class. An independent, multi-year, research-based study released in 2002 concluded that classes using CityWorks improved student knowledge of both regular and local government and helped prepare students for effective citizenship by increasing student civic competencies as compared to students in traditional government courses.CityWorks provides interactive lessons in which students become citizens of the fictional city of Central Heights to learn about issues of state and local government and practice critical-thinking skills. Along the way they take on the role of local political leaders and active citizens to address political and social issues facing the community.The curriculum has two elements:
  • Six interactive lesson modules centering on specific local government content, such as the executive, legislative, and judicial functions of local government and on realistic public policy issues, such as the economy and crime and safety.

  • CityWorks Project activities follow each lesson. These activities and assignments help students explore problems, institutions, and public policy issues in their own community. Students are guided through a civics-based service-learning project that addresses a local community problem they have studied.
CityWorks curriculum materials consist of three components:
  • The CityWorks Teacher's Guide includes everything you need--instructions for lessons, reproducible masters for all lesson handouts (including the Bugle), instructions for the CityWorks project activities, and reproducible masters of the Student Handbook.
  • The Central Heights Bugle, six issues of a simulated newspaper in class sets of 35. Each edition is linked to one of the lessons in the teacher's guide and provides students with readings and information for the lesson.
  • A Student Handbook containing detailed instructions for completing the CityWorks Project activities and serving as a portfolio for students to record much of their work.

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CityWorks Student Handbooks (Set of 35)
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CityWorks Central Heights Bugle Class Set (6 Issues, 35 ea.)
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CityWorks Class Set (1 Teacher's Guide, 35 Students Handbooks, and 1 Class Set of Central Heights Guble
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The Challenge of Governance
Prepare your students to meet the National Standards. (Sample Lesson PDF)
Grades 9-12 

governance.jpg The fourth and final volume in the Challenge series, The Challenge of Governance is designed to help students gain proficiency in meeting the National Standards for Civics and Government. This 72-page supplementary text provides 16 lessons. Each lesson has four parts:(1) a short reading reviewing one to four standards, (2) discussion questions based on the standards, (3) a high-interest reading based on an issue related to the standards, and (4) an interactive activity designed to foster intellectual and participatory skill development. The 16 lessons are:

  1. The Constitution and Governance (Standards 3, 4, 8, 12)
  2. Constitutional Limitations on Government (Standards 2, 8, 12, 15)
  3. A Democratic Republic (Standards 1, 5, 6, 7, 12)
  4. The Civil Society (Standards 2, 9, 10)
  5. Diversity and Equality (Standards 11, 14)
  6. Conflicts (Standard 13)
  7. National Government and Taxation (Standards 15, 16)
  8. State and Local Government (Standards 15, 17)
  9. The Role of the Judiciary (Standard 18)
  10. Setting the Public Agenda (Standard 19)
  11. Voting and Selecting Political Leaders (Standard 20)
  12. Public Policy (Standard 21)
  13. America’s Foreign Policy (Standard 22)
  14. America and New Global Realities (Standards 22, 23)
  15. Citizenship and Rights (Standards 24, 25, 26)
  16. Civic Participation and Responsibility (Standards 27, 28, 29)
A separate teacher’s guide provides step-by-step directions for conducting each lesson based on the materials provided in the text.
  • Fully illustrated with photos and cartoons
  • Perfect for U.S. government, civics, and contemporary-problems courses.

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    This book was made possible by a generous grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation.

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