Students will increase their awareness of the effect of their actions or non actions on their own well-being and the well-being of their communities.

Students will identify the issues most important to them and select a candidate whose platform reflects their own concerns.

• Students consider the connection between knowledge and power and the importance of asking the right question.

• Students consider what needs to change in their communities and study the potential for collective action to change existing cycles.

• Students participate in a public forum discussion about who they believe should govern (what they want in a leader). National Issues forum People and Politics will provide the framework.

• Students identify at least three issues that are important to them and they articulate in writing their position on each of the three issues.

• Students write to political candidates asking them where they stand on their issues.

• Students campaign for their candidate by participating in public policy meetings and by making campaign posters.

• Students practice exercising their rights to vote by participating in a school wide mock election.

• Students register and vote.