Grade 11 Lesson plan
The 1902 Reclamation Act: A Grade 11 Document-Based Inquiry
A grade 11 U.S. history inquiry in which students source, contextualize, and corroborate five stakeholder statements and a timeline on the 1902 Reclamation Act.
C3 Framework · Grades 9–12
D2.Civ.14.9-12 Historical, contemporary, and emerging means of change
Analyze historical, contemporary, and emerging means of changing societies, promoting the common good, and protecting rights.
Why water teaches this standard well
Means of changing water policy have evolved from municipal sanitation reform to Clean Water Act citizen suits, environmental justice organizing in communities like Flint, and social media conservation campaigns. Analyzing these strategies shows students how citizens keep reshaping who gets safe water.
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28 materials aligned to D2.Civ.14.9-12
Lesson plans
Grade 12 Lesson plan
Governing Lead Pipe Replacement in Halloway: Who Pays and Who Decides
A grade 12 government lesson in which students use a Halloway stakeholder brief to map federal, state, and local roles and judge who pays to replace lead pipes.
Grade 10 Lesson plan
Redmayne's Plant Expansion and the Sable Row Siting Review
A grade 10 lesson in which students weigh three sites for a fictional city's wastewater plant expansion against a neighborhood's cumulative-burden objection.
Grade 11 Lesson plan
The 1899 Refuse Act and the Search for Federal Pollution Power
A grade 11 US history lesson tracing how an 1899 navigation statute became a pollution enforcement tool and comparing five instruments of policy change.
Grade 11 Lesson plan
Sewer Lines and City Limits: A Sunderby County Service Lesson
A grade 11 civics lesson using four invented county documents from 1961 to 2021 to explain why neighborhoods outside a fictional city never got piped sewer service.
Grade 9 Lesson plan
The 1911 Filtration Bond Vote in Stonebury: A Council Lesson
A 50-minute grade 9 civics lesson using three fictional 1911 documents to examine how a city council decided to filter and chlorinate its drinking water.
Grade 10 Lesson plan
Coldwater Bend Algae Poster: A Grade 10 Color-Theory Lesson
A grade 10 art lesson where students use complementary contrast and value to design a poster series urging a fictional town to cut the fertilizer that feeds algal blooms.
Grade 9 Lesson plan
Designing a Fenwick Shoals PFAS Notice: Color and Icon Lesson
Grade 9 art students design a clear, non-alarming public water notice about PFAS, applying color meaning, iconography, and accessible plain-language layout.
Grade 10 Lesson plan
Who Regulates the Tap? Three Levels of Government and Safe Water
A grade 10 civics lesson in which students sort drinking-water responsibilities among the federal EPA, a state agency, and a local utility to map how oversight is shared.
Grade 9 Lesson plan
Discolored Water in Corrigan: Citizens, Officials, and Lead
Grade 9 civics lesson using a fictional town's lead contamination scenario and the real Flint case to analyze how citizens hold local government accountable.
Grade 11 Lesson plan
New Deal Water Posters: Designing Public Art for Infrastructure
A grade 11 art lesson where students analyze New Deal-era public-works art, then design an original poster advocating for a modern water-infrastructure investment.
Worksheets
Grade 10 Worksheet
Reading Sedgeburn County's Private Well Testing Bill
A grade 10 civics worksheet on a fictional state bill requiring private well tests at home sale, with committee roll call, testimony, and two amendments.
Grade 12 Worksheet
The Pallowmere Lake Diversion Case: Reading a Court Opinion
A grade 12 worksheet on a fictional state supreme court opinion about a lake diversion permit, asking students to separate holding, reasoning, and what it left undecided.
Grade 9 Worksheet
The 1873 Cravenhurst Outbreak: Mapping a Water Supply
A grade 9 worksheet in which students turn ward case counts from a fictional 1873 outbreak into rates and judge what the health officer's map revealed.
Grade 10 Worksheet
Mapping the 1856 Cholera Outbreak in Ashendell
A grade 10 worksheet in which students plot four public pumps in a fictional mill town, compute case rates per 100 households, and weigh the evidence.
Grade 10 Worksheet
Reading Merribow's Annual Water Quality Report
A grade 10 worksheet on a fictional district's annual water quality report, where students convert between ppm, ppb, and ppt and compare results to limits.
Grade 11 Worksheet
Sourcing the Lead and Copper Rule: A Grade 11 Document Worksheet
A grade 11 civics worksheet where students source three documents on federal lead rules and judge whether a fictional city must accelerate pipe replacement.
Classroom activities
Grade 10 Classroom activity
Storm Drain Stencil Campaign: A Grade 10 Scale-Design Activity
A grade 10 design activity where teams create a storm-drain stencil warning, scale it to full size, calculate paint needed, and pitch it as a real civic campaign.
Reading passages
Grade 11 Reading passage
Passing the Clean Water Act Over a Veto in 1972
A grade 11 passage on how Congress rewrote water pollution law in 1972, overrode a veto, and left most runoff, especially from farms, outside the permit system.
Grade 11 Reading passage
When States Sue Over Rivers: A Grade 11 Interstate Water Passage
A grade 11 passage on how states resolve disputes over shared rivers, from Supreme Court equitable apportionment suits to negotiated interstate compacts.
Grade 12 Reading passage
Reserved Water Rights and the Long Road to Settlement
A grade 12 passage on tribal reserved water rights, the 1908 Winters decision, and how litigation and negotiated settlements turn a paper claim into delivered water.
Grade 10 Reading passage
How the Safe Drinking Water Act Shares Power Among Governments
A grade 10 informational passage explaining how the Safe Drinking Water Act divides authority among federal, state, and local governments, with comprehension questions.
Grade 11 Reading passage
How American Cities Built Their Water Systems: A Grade 11 Passage
A grade 11 informational passage on how U.S. cities built public water systems after 19th-century epidemics, and why those pipes are now aging.
Grade 12 Reading passage
Why Cities Took Over Their Water: A Grade 12 Reading Passage
A grade 12 reading passage on the economics and history of public water systems, from why water became a public monopoly to today's aging-pipe funding gap.
Projects
Grade 10 Project
Torro Mesa Lead Line Campaign: A Grade 10 Design Project
A grade 10 art project where teams design a public-awareness campaign about lead service lines for a fictional town, within a budget, and present it to a water board.
Grade 9 Project
Fernwood Storm Drains: A Grade 9 Pollution-Awareness Design Project
A grade 9 art and design project where teams create a storm-drain stencil and companion poster explaining that storm drains flow untreated into a local creek.
Graphic organizers
Grade 11 Graphic organizer
Four Ways a Town Can Own Its Water: A Grade 11 Governance Frame
A four-column comparison organizer for grade 11 civics, mapping ownership, rate setting, appeal routes, and voter access across four water governance models.
Career spotlights
Grade 9 Career spotlight
The Water Conservation Specialist: Rebates and Campaigns
A grade 9 career spotlight on a utility water conservation specialist who runs rebate programs and public campaigns, covering the four-year and graduate education paths.