Civic Engagement
A community is a group of people who are connected by values or where they live. Communities can be big or small.
Which level of government handles and deals with services in a city, county, or town?
What is Local Government?
Why is voting important? (There are multiple answers)
Gives you a say in who represents your community, helps shape decisions and polices that affect our daily lives.
What was the name of the awareness campaign Mr Beast had launched in 2019?
What is Team Trees?
What do the SBU Values stand for?
S - Show Commitment
B - Bring Integrity
U - Unite the Community
What does it mean to be civically engaged in your own words?
Mentors/instructors will be the judges.
How much is the 2026 NY State Budget?
254 Billon
What movement allowed for women to have the right to vote?
What is the Women Suffrage Movement?
What are some 3 ways people can share awareness campaigns with other people?
- at community events
- physical posters
- pamphlets
- newspapers
What is the last field trip in Summer Scholars?
What is Six flags?
How can being civically engaged in your community be helpful?
- you can bring awareness to an issue in your community
- you can unite your community for a certain cause
- you can influence the people who represent your community
- you can participate in certain events (ex: poll site worker, a volunteer for your community)
How many City Council members are there?
51 City Council Members
Which election involves voters choosing a political party's candidate to run in the main election?
What is a primary election?
Name 4 common community issues
Immigration, Education, Littering/Pollution, Gun Violence(School Safety), Homelessness, High Crime Rate, Drug Addiction, Equal Rights, Transportation, & Healthcare
Which mentor worked at the Campaign Finance Board?
Cecilia
Name 3 ways to be civically engaged in your community
Voting,Spread the word on an upcoming election,Volunteer at a food bank/Cleaning up trash in your neighborhood,Donate,Signed a petition,Protest
What is the highest level of government?
What is the Federal Government?
What are the 3 requirements to vote?
Be a US Citizen
Be a Resident of your State
Be 18 years old
During the COVID pandemic, the US started to heavily encourage hand washing and social distancing. Explain how this is an example of an awareness campaign.
This is an example of an awareness campaign because people learn about the disease and steps they can take to lower their risk of contracting it (self-isolating, maintaining good hand hygiene, etc).
Who is the Excutive Director of South Bronx United?
Andrew So
Name 3 civic leaders or groups that you know that worked to change their community (could be from the civic engagement class or from your own knowledge)
These leaders could be from the past or from now.
Examples:
- MLK
- Dolores Huerta (helped migrant farmworkers)
- The Black Panthers (cleaned their community)
- Eleanor Roosevelt
- Malala Yosefzai
What are the 3 branches and the main function of each branch?
Legislative
Judicial
Executive
What are some voting barriers? (name at least 3 of them)
- Language
- Education
- Location
- Accessibility
- Legal Status
What is Quantitative and Qualitative data? Name 2 examples of each
Quantitative-"Quantity"-how many?,qualified data,numbers and statistics,ex:test scores,weight,shoe size
Qualitative-information that can't be expressed as a number such as obersevations,symbols ex:name,ethincity,personaliy traits
Name 4 different soccer tricks (first team to name them gets the points)
Examples:
- the big step over
- rainbow kick
- la croqueta
- the Rabona
- the Cruyff turn
- Maradona Turn