After looking at responsibilities Citizens in the US have we look at Americans that have historically been respected. The 5 chosen are: Abraham Lincoln, Harriet Tubman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Martin Luther King Jr, and George Washington. The class begins with a "force choice" exercise where students are told to go to different sides of the room labeled "agree,strongly agree, disagree or strongly disagree. After the statement is made, for example "it is the responsibility of people to take care of others", the students have to choose how they feel about it and move to that section of the room.
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