Overview

OAV Civics Curriculum
Family Life is Civic Life Edition

This new edition of the OAV curriculum contains lessons that have been updated to include Family Life is Civic Life components.

This curriculum is designed to give middle school students an in-depth look into their rights, responsibilities, and roles as citizens.

• All lessons feature Library of Congress primary sources.
• Lessons contain digitized Student Learning Activities structured to Spark Inquiry, Deepen Inquiry, Connect and Act.
• Lessons contain Teacher Instructions on how to implement the digitized learning activities.
• Selected lessons contain family life is civic life components.
• There is a summative assessment for each group of lessons.
• Ordered in three levels of lessons: Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced.
• Teachers can determine which level of lesson is appropriate and order the presentation based on student needs.
• Customizable and flexible in nature.

Acknowledgements

The Our American Voice Civics Curriculum (Civics Curriculum) was created based upon content drawn from the Our American Voice Civic Learning and Community Engagement Program (OAV Schools Program).  The OAV Schools Program operated by the Barat Education Foundation (BEF) since 2009 was developed as a collaborative endeavor with support through the years from staff, teachers, students, schools, parents, advisors and donors. The key contributors supporting the creation of this Civics Curriculum were:  The Barat Education Foundation; the Office of Innovative Professional Learning at DePaul University; The Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Program; The Robert R. McCormick Foundation; Berwyn South School District 100; the DeKalb County Foundation; and our generous donors. This updated Family Life is Civic Life Edition of the Curriculum was supported through a grant from the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Source Program.