Unit: Rights, Responsibilities, and Participation in the Political Process - 2
Grade Level/Course: 7th Grade NM History
Teacher: Mr. Stidham
Learning Goals (Question 1)
Complex
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Preview
Explain the impact of citizens in political decision-making through voting, petitioning, electing or serving as public officials, the
recall process and analyzing current issues in government, (e.g. how an individual can voice his/her opinion by signing a
petition.)
Citizens impact political decisions.
Planning for Question 2
Critical Input Chunk
Planning for Question 3
Actively Process
Agree/Disagree:
Read a Passage:
Reflect on Learning:
Analogy:
Ten statements that
may either be true or
false. Students mark
whether they agree or
disagree with each
statement. Subject:
New Mexico’s Indian
Peoples; How Indians
got the right to vote,
and the Blue Lake story.
Guided reading
activity on pages 270
– 271 describing the
account of Miguel
Trujillo and his
efforts to gain voting
rights for the Indians
in 1948. Also, the
story of the Taos
Indians fighting for
their claim on Blue
Lake.
Students will
respond to the
following questions
using the RACE
format.
1. Describe the
process Miguel
Trujillo went
through to gain the
right to vote.
2. Describe the
political fight the
Taos Indians went
through to gain
protection and
control of Blue Lake.
Give an example of
how your rights may
be violated at school
and the process you
would go through in
order to have your
right protected.
Resources: Please add any text page numbers, web links, articles, or other unit resources here.
Planning for Question 4
Unit: Rights, Responsibilities, and Participation in the Political Process - 2
Grade Level/Course: 7th Grade NM History
Teacher: Mr. Stidham