Famous People
This woman stood up for Farmworkers rights and believed Si Se Puede for her people, who was she?
Who is Dolores Huerta
If you don't like you elected official and feel like they aren't helping your community, what is the best way you can create change and get someone new to represent you?
What is voting
In the beginning of the year we have our _____ Unit that focuses on teaching girls how to make healthy choices, be a good friend, and better understand our emotions. This is the ____ Unit
What is the Strong Unit
True or False: voting for a candidate you trust is a type of civic engagement
True! Voting is one of the best ways to be part of civic engagement
This Swedish activist started protesting climate change when she was just a girl, and still regularly travels the world to help with events to fight climate change, who is she?
Who is Greta Thunberg
In high school you have to take a class about civic engagement and also take time to volunteer and share with your class what you learned. This is called civic ______
What is civic learning
In the Girls Inc ____ Unit we learn about being a leader, working as a team, and even learned how to help our community by building a cardboard or clay city/school. This is the _____ Unit
What is the Bold Unit
True or false: citizen science is a way to help your local community be better informed and understand what environmental issues your community faces
True!
While she isn't a Lone Star on her own, Jasmine Crockett is a lawyer turned Congresswoman who fights for the rights of people of color, the LGBTQ+ community, and women everywhere. She is from what large Cowboy state?
What is Texas
You and your friends want to create signs and march to city hall to demand change from your local government to better help farm workers in your community. In your group, with signs, and chanting for change you are part of a ______
What is a protest
Girls Inc believes that _____ deserve to have a space just for them where they can learn, explore, grow, and try new things in a space built just for them. Who are ______
Who are Girls (or any female identifying young people)
True or False: bringing an extra bag with you when you walk your dog so you can pick up trash is NOT civic engagement
False! Helping your community by picking up liter is civic engagement
Malala Yousafzai became famous when she was just 15 years old for standing up for the rights of ______ like her against terrorists who tried to kill her, because she believed in the rights of _____ to have an education in her country. Who are ______
Who are girls
Girls from Pakistan were not allowed to go to school or learn to read when terrorists in her country said it was dangerous. At 15 years old she stood up to them and fought for the rights or girls and at 17 she won the Nobel Peace Prize becoming the youngest person in history to win
You really like Girls Inc and want to keep helping us at your old school once you are an adult, this is called _____
In this Girls Inc Unit we learn about science and technology by experimenting with Slime. While traditionally more boys have gone to college for STEM, in the _____ Unit girls learn they can go into anything they want and science is for girls too! This is the ____ Unit
What is the Smart Unit
True or false: teaching others how to be more civically engaged is a form of civic engagement itself
True! Anytime you are working to better inform or take care of your community is a type of civic engagement
This Black woman sat down during the Civil Rights movement to stand up for equal rights and is sometimes known as the "mother of the civil rights movement."
Who is Rosa Parks?
You are volunteering to help other sign up so they are able to vote in the next election, what is the official way to help someone sign up to vote?
What is register or resister to vote
This person is in charge of making sure all girls feel safe and like they are able to try new things. This person tries to make each class fun and interesting so girls can learn at their best and feel empowered. Who is ______
Who is Me (Program Facilitator!)
True or false: Girls Inc Volunteers are participating in Civic Engagement when they help us in class
True!