PACE

5th grade is the year that students learn about civics and government . The students are put into five groups per class and are given a constitutional topic to research. They each have to write a speech and be prepared to answer questions as if they were taking part in a congressional hearing. Zach's topic question was 'How does a responsible citizen promote the common good? When he first started working on the speech I talked with him about needing to cite the Declaration of Independence and/or Constitution and find current events that related to his topic. He acted all annoyed at me for some of my suggestions and I finally gave up on trying to help. I was glad that when all was said and done he did take my advice (whether it was because of me or not I'm not sure but I will take credit for it). He did an excellent job giving examples and relating it to current events. His teacher told me one day in the hall that she was really impressed with Zach's work on the PACE project. It made me smile.