Potluck Reflection

 My group's topic was civics and democratic education. We made a slide presentation with different activities embedded with questions to help you think about our topic. We first had the class take a kahoot that were questions from the citizens test for our country. This was to prove that students are taught many things about the country that immigrants need to learn for the test to become a citizen. We talked about important ways to do your civic duties and how these can be used in a classroom setting to help teach students early on. I think the class was very engaged in our presentation and they had fun learning but I think we had a few technical difficulties so in the future we could have all the tabs ready when presenting. 

It is important to teach students about their civic duties. By implementing these skills in your classroom you are better preparing students for the real world. An example we used was mock elections where students vote for either class leaders but even just voting for different choices. It is important to teach them to consider both sides and choose what is best. 

I learned that students need to be taught how to be involved in their democracy. No one is there to tell them how to be involved in their own government. Having students apply these skills in class will help with their future. Teaching students about current events also keeps them in tune with their surroundings and what is going on in the world they live in.