| Guiding Thought Question: Read the quote by Nelson Mandela in the picture to the right and connect that idea to the responsibility for Individuals to act in bettering their communities. Today's Learning Objective: Students will be examining how individual actions can use their political voices to help address community challenges on a number of scales by communicating their perspectives, and then examining examples of initiatives by individuals on a number of scales. (1.2.a, 1.2.c) Central Question: How are everyday citizens able to affect the political process, and why should they care? |  |
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Helena
11/8/2021 07:42:44 am
Everyday citizens are able to influence the government by protesting, voting, etc. They should care because if they want change, they need to do the necessary actions to make that change. In addition to this, if the possible action will make the world better, they should take actions to make it better.
Claire
11/8/2021 07:43:08 am
Nelson Mandela’s quote is describing action without an end goal is hard to obtain you need a goal at the end to work towards.
Lauren S
11/8/2021 07:47:37 am
When individuals work together with one common goal they can achieve it much faster and of higher quality. With climate goals when individuals change actions with an organized cause it can become a much more impactful effort.
Peter
11/8/2021 07:50:02 am
Individuals are responsible for bettering their community, but in order for them to make a difference, their actions must be made with purpose. Action for the sake of action, as is often done by public officials looking to gain votes, is pointless. At the same time, vision without action is equally pointless. In the combat against climate change, politicians often make big promises and take meaningless actions.
Wedge
11/8/2021 12:29:43 pm
It means that people need to have both a vision and take action or work with someone who has one. If people ever only have 1 nothing will get improved or accomplished. Also shows that people need to take action if they want something changed
Lydia
11/8/2021 12:33:55 pm
Nelson emphasizes the importance of actively creating change rather than only advocating for it in order to effectively change your community.
Mikaela
11/8/2021 12:34:49 pm
in order to make any project happen you need both a vision and an action. Nothing will happen if you only have one or the other. That's the only way to change the world.
Maria
11/9/2021 01:54:41 pm
Although many people wish to claim or desire to help their communities and the environment but most of these people only carry out one end of the effort, either action or vision. A combination of both must be done in order for actions to truly help all people in a community because the passion and understanding of what could be must be acknowledged to make an action matter. This must also be communicated among all people at all different levels of power
Kiera
11/9/2021 01:58:08 pm
To make something happen you need both a vision and action. A vision sets the overarching goal and is helpful to get everyone on the same page when trying to accomplish something. The vision helps the action part of it be more effective since you know what you are trying to achieve. Both of these combined can create change for a community. Leave a Reply. |
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