D2.Civ.7.6-8 | Applying Disciplinary Concepts & Tools
Grades 6-8
Apply civic virtues and democratic principles in school and community settings.
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D2.Civ.7.6-8 | Applying Disciplinary Concepts & Tools
Grades 6-8
Apply civic virtues and democratic principles in school and community settings.
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Community Immunity: A simulation-based exploration of vaccination choices

Using simulations and role play, students explore how knowledge, social influences, access, and policy all influence whether individuals vaccinate. They then see how vaccination rates of a community determine whether an outbreak turns into an epidemic or gets stopped in its tracks.
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Lesson 2
In Lesson 2, students apply civic virtues and democratic principles as they discuss whether or not they would like their imagined child to participate in a simulated polio vaccine trial in the 1950s.
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