Civics Back To School Gallery Walk Activity US Citizenship & American Government

This What is Civics? Back to School Gallery Walk introduces students to Civics, Civic Duties, and Citizenship through a gallery walk of images and quotations that show the American government in action, perfect for middle school Civics, American Government, or American History classes! Start your year off with a curriculum-focused activity that hits on all the key concepts you’ll be studying!

Compatible with the Florida State Standard for Middle School Civics, and applicable to other states as well:

• Standard 2: Evaluate the roles, rights, and responsibilities of United States citizens, and determine methods of active participation in society, government, and the political system. 

This What Is Civics? First Week Back to School Gallery Walk for Civics & American Government includes:

✯ The 3-Page What Is Civics? First Week Back to School Gallery Walk Worksheet. Acting as journalists for the school newspaper, students will attend a “Civics in America” gallery and choose five exhibits to take detailed notes on. They’ll describe each image and make an educated guess on how it relates to Civics. Based on these notes, they will craft their own definition of Civics.

Then, after you reveal one final exhibit (a plaque with the formal definition of Civics, “the study of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship”), students will use this definition and examples from the gallery to write their official “report” for the school paper, answering the question: “What is Civics and why do we study it?”

✯ 20 images for the What Is Civics? Gallery Walk representing Civics, Citizenship, and Civic Duties. Each image comes numbered with its own caption, explaining the context and relation to our various rights and responsibilities. Together, these images should introduce students to many of the key concepts you’ll be studying in your Civics class, making this a great back-to-school activity to kick off your curriculum! 

The images in the gallery walk represent such topics as: Voting, Volunteering, Paying Taxes, the 14th Amendment, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Press, the Oath of Citizenship, the 15th and 19th Amendments, and more! 

I hope you can use this gallery walk to hit the ground running in your Civics or American Government class this year! If you’re looking for more Civics First Week Back to School Activities, I’ve also got these available in my store:

• What is the Purpose of Government? Preamble Gallery Walk | Civics Back to School
• What Makes A Good Citizen? Civics Back to School Activity | U.S. Citizenship

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