What is the difference between a right and a responsibility? Scholars consider the question while sorting characteristics of citizenship into buckets using a video game. After playing, class members see how effectively they sorted the elements of citizenship into different thematic categories.

Concepts

civic duty, civics, citizenship, constitutional amendments, constitutional rights, responsibility

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Use as a warm-up activity to talk about rights and responsibilities of citizenship
• After playing, extend by asking learners what other categories they would create for the game

Classroom Considerations

• Requires computer access for all students
  

Pros

• Categories are engaging and allow for lively debate
• Game is fun to play with near-instant feedback

Cons

Common Core

RH.6-8.7 RH.9-10.7 RH.11-12.7