English Language Arts
- Introduce non-fiction and fictional texts about African Americans in state and local governmental roles.
- Have students write essays about the kind of Mayor or state leader they would be.
Social Studies
- Explain the role that a Mayor plays in local government.
- Get students to research the number of Mayors of Ravenel, SC since its founding.
- Explain how Mayors are elected, term of office, etc.
- Explain the role of the State House of Representatives.
- Compare and Contrast the role of the State House of Representatives and the US House of Representatives.
- Get students to research the number of African American Representatives in the State of South Carolina and those that represent the State of South Carolina in Washington, DC.
- Identify the ways that State Representatives get elected.
