SUPER CIVICS TOOLBOX
What is Super Civics?
Super Civics recognizes the opportunity presented to K-8 teachers and their students to start building their toolboxes for civic learning. The reasons why and the how’s of each building block are essential to prepare a young person for full participation in the American experiment in democracy. You may never see yourself as a civics teacher, but you are. Every day, and in many ways. The Super Civics Toolbox is a fast growing collection of additional resources and lessons for teaching citizenship and government in grades K-6.
You are key.
Imagine five-year-olds cutting a cake into pieces to share. Why do they watch so closely? When they pick games and activities, why do they take turns? Why are they outraged when someone doesn’t wait their turn? Ever tried to change rules in the middle of the game?
Each one of these situations is a display of a principle of democracy: Fairness. Participation. Equality. Due Process.
Super Civics will connect you with tested lessons and strategies in the toolbox, deepen your own knowledge of our system of government and the rights and responsibilities of the people who are charged with running it, and provide professional development for you and others in the same boat.
Our goal is to inspire and prepare you to seek out civic education opportunities for your students, to unpack lessons and grab each chance to add a layer of civic learning. Dig in with the link below to Super Civics:
SUPER CIVICS TOOLBOX
For video instructions on how to read and navigate this document, please visit:
Super Civics Toolbox Video Tutorial
SUPER CIVICS ELECTION 2024 EXPLORATIONS GRADES K-6
We know that teaching elections might not be top on your list so our Super Civics teacher team has created quick grade-level lessons we call Election Explorations.
Election Explorations support the MN Academic Standards for Social Studies.
Election Explorations
- Includes fun Tic Tac Toe and Election Bingo.
- May be used with remote, hybrid or face to face learning situations.
- Include a challenge task sheet with a certificate of completion so students may track their progress.
- Provide opportunities for literacy integration. For each grade level Election Exploration, a specific picture book title has been carefully chosen and vetted to use as an anchor text for learning.
- Include a guide to help determine how to best use these anchor texts with your students.
The Election Explorations are available in the Super Civics Toolbox.
Election Explorations Book Guide
PAST ACTIVITIES
DISTANCE LEARNING 2020
SUPER CIVICS ELECTION EXPLORATIONS SPRING 2020 (appropriate for distance and in-class learning)
Super Civics Challenge letter to teachers April 2020
Grades K-1 Explorations
Grades 2-3 Explorations
Grade 4 Explorations
Grade 5 Explorations
NO VEHICLES IN THE PARK
Distance Learning Version
No Vehicles in the Park Letter to Teachers
2019 Super Civics Summer Institute for MN K-8 teachers
Is civics education an afterthought on your list of “to-dos” in your already full school day? Do you wonder how to foster respectful discourse with students in today’s world? Are you seeking new tools for integrating civic education into your existing lesson plans? If so, join us for this exciting 3-day institute where you will explore engaging lessons and resources that will bring civics to life in your classroom. The target audience is K-8 teachers.
Super Civics is made possible in part through grants from
