Civic Education Lesson Plans

Introduction

The Democracy Project offers lessons and units for grades K-12 that are aligned to the Delaware civics standards. The lessons featured here have been field tested in Delaware classrooms. Additional lessons will be added periodically. Staff from The Democracy Project are available to offer guided practice in the use of the lessons.

Lesson Plans for Grades K-3

• Teams-Games-Tournaments for Delaware Civics Standards Review: Lesson Plan | Lesson Plan
• The ABCs of Citizenship (addresses Delaware Civics Standards 3 for Grades K-3): Lesson Plan/ABC Pages | Lesson Plan | ABC Book
• The King Has Croaked (addresses Delaware Civics Standards 1 for Grades K-3): Lesson Plan | Lesson Plan

​Lesson Plans for Grades 4-5

• ​Teams-Games-Tournaments for Delaware Civics Standards Review: Lesson Plan | Lesson Plan
• Erutan: The Purposes of Government (addresses Delaware Civics Standards 1): Lesson Plan | Lesson Plan
• Due Process (addresses Delaware Civics Standards 2): Lesson Plan | Lesson Plan
• Emergent - Securing Our Rights (addresses Delaware Civics Standards 3 a & b): Lesson Plan | Lesson Presentation
• The Election (addresses Delaware Civics Standards 4): Lesson Plan | Lesson Plan

​Lesson Plans for Grades 6-8

• First Congress Unit for teachers in grades 6-12
• Teams-Games-Tournaments for Delaware Civics Standards Review: Lesson Plan | Lesson Plan
• Erutan: The Powers of Government (addresses Delaware Civics Standards 1): Lesson Plan | Lesson Plan
• Figuring Out Federalism (addresses Delaware Civics Standards 1): Lesson Plan | Lesson Plan
• Our Nation’s Report Card (addresses Delaware Civics Standards 2b): Lesson Plan | Lesson Plan
• Have Plans Changed? (addresses Delaware Civics Standards 2b): Lesson Plan | Lesson Plan
• Not for Sale: When Property Rights and the Public Good Clash (addresses Delaware Civics Standards 3): Lesson Plan | Lesson Plan
• House Bill 180 - Staying Informed (addresses Delaware Civics Standards 4): Lesson Plan | Lesson Plan

Lesson Plans for Grades 9-12

• First Congress Unit for teachers in grades 6-12

• Teams-Games-Tournaments for Delaware Civics Standards Review: Lesson Plan | Lesson Plan

• On Presidential Disability: The Event of Woodrow Wilson’s Stroke: Lesson Plan | Lesson Plan | Reenactment Script | Reenactment Script

• Problem in Inarqi (addresses Delaware Civics Standards 1): Lesson Plan | Lesson Plan

• Get the Party Started (addresses Delaware Civics Standards 2): Lesson Plan | Lesson Plan
• A Dynamic Duo: The Chambermaid and the Federal Government (addresses Delaware Civics Standards 2): Lesson Plan | Lesson Plan
• The Election (addresses Delaware Civics Standards 3): Lesson Plan | Lesson Plan
• A Sprawl Commission Investigation (addresses Delaware Civics Standards 4): Lesson Plan | Lesson Plan

​Media Literacy Lessons and Resources

• ​A Taxonomy of Tweets: Lesson Plan | Lesson Plan

Contact Us

For more information about Delaware civic education lesson plans, contact Fran O'Malley or Leann Moore.