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Political Compass
Grade Level:
9
Subject:
Social Studies
Topic:
Civics: Political Orientation
Objective:
Students will self asses their political orientation and interpret the results.
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Reflection:
Today, we did an activity that involved students getting to know their political orientations by taking a political test called “Political Compass.” This test is very detailed and maps you on a coordinate plane rather than one spectrum. Students were able to work with the website once we got there but technical difficulties forced us to split the class up in two labs. It wasn’t anything we could control, but I managed to work around it fine and we were able to continue the lesson and make meaningful progress on it. Every student finished the project, and I got to look through all of their worksheets. Most students were very centrist in their political leanings and it was reflected by their end location. Most were not where they guessed they would be, but we will be able to talk about all of this tomorrow in class.
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Print off materials and check on wifi. Obtain laptop/tablet cart ahead of time for students.
Materials:
1 worksheet per student
1 laptop/tablet per student
Accessible WIfi for students
