10 Ways to be an Active

Citizen
Storyboard
By Delaney Graf
Title/Captions: 10 Ways to be an Active Citizen Today
Narration: What does it mean to be a citizen? We are
all citizens of the country, state, and community that we
are born into. According to the Cornell Law Institute, “A
citizen is a person who, by place of birth, nationality of
one or both parents, or naturalization is granted full rights
and responsibilities as a member of a nation or political
community.” As citizens, we are responsible for being
involved and engaged in the community around us. There
are 10 strategies that we can use to maximize our
involvement. In this story, we are going to be looking
into these 10 strategies.
Images/Video Clips:
(Citizen Definition) —> link to Cornell Law Institute
Website. Downloaded on October 10th, 2022.
American Flag image —> Downloaded from the Internet
Google Search. Accessed and Downloaded on October
10th, 2022
Music: ”Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue“ by Toby
Keith. Acoustic Song from Youtube. YouTube
Notes: Start music first, and enter voice after 3
seconds and pose the Question ”What does it mean to
be a citizen?” Over the American Flag.

Dramatic Question
Title/Captions: Strategy One: Staying up to Date
on (Local) Politics

Narration:. As a citizen, we need to be involved and understand

what is going on in both local and national politics. This means that
we need to be actively looking and reading the news on a daily basis
instead of just not understanding the changes around us. However, as
an engaged citizen there needs to be an understanding regarding
media literacy and understanding what is a good source vs another.

Images/Video Clips: Image of Kamala Harris official Portrait.

Accessed on the White House Website Kamala Harris Official Portrait
Image of TN Senators. Accessed on a local news network website
Senator Marsha Blackburn, Senator-elect Bill Hagerty back ... - WKRN

Music: Still using the same song throughout the presentation.

Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue“ by Toby Keith. Acoustic Song from
Youtube. YouTube

Notes: While I am talking, have local and national politician images

come up on the screen to engage them in who they may and may
not know.

The 10 Ways to Be an Active Citizen- One by One

Title/Captions: Strategy Two: Volunteer
in Your Local Community

Narration: This strategy focuses on

volunteer work and continued involvement in
your local community. We should always be
searching to improve both our local and
school communities as a whole.

Images: Volunteer Example One

Volunteer Example Two
Music: Same as earlier.
Notes: Make sure to provide and speak clearly
about cortina examples of volunteer
opportunities to get involved the community.
What are the characteristics of an inclusive classroom?
Title: Strategy Three: Share your Ideas and
Spark Debate
Narration: The third strategy for being an engaged citizen is
holding an open dialogue regarding certain issues that may cause
disagreement. The way for things to be changed and updated is
through discussion and disagreement. As human beings, we are
unable to all agree on the same thing, but compromise arrives
through conversation and debates surrounding each issue.
Images/Video Clips: Collection of Photos regarding
certain protests and debates that are going on in our
country today. (Black Lives Matter, Roe v Wade
Marches, LGBTQ Marches) Black Lives Matter
Roe v Wade LGBTQ
Music: Same as before.
Notes: Encouraging how to have a conversation/debate with
someone. Emphasize the multitude of issues that exist in our world
today, and this is just a few that were chosen and represented.

Continuing with the Different Strategies to be an Active Citizen

Title/Captions: Strategy Four: VOTE!!!

Narration: The fourth and most important strategy that one can do to be an
engaged and active citizen in our country and community is by voting. If you
want change at the both national and local levels, the way that this can happen is
through voting for people who represent those interests. If you elect people into
office that share your values, that is a way for your values to be heard and seen
Image/Video Clips:
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Video showing lines of people at the voting booth and record
turnout Accessed from YouTube on October 24, 2022.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3NLh2wNB4w
Notes: Make sure to pause and allow the video to play and
show the long lines to people going out to vote.
Title/Captions: Strategy Five: Create Space and Opportunity to Humble your
Privilege
Narration: The fifth aspect of being an engaged citizen is acknowledging
your privilege and creating a space to discuss it. This can be a challenging thing
to do and can make some people uncomfortable, but it allows you to be honest
with yourself and the people around you.
Image/Video Clips: Check your Privilege Chart
Music: Same as Earlier
Notes: Need to emphasize being uncomfortable with privilege
and check yourself.
Title/Captions: Strategy Six: Engage with the Culture Around You
Narration: . Our community is full of a variety of cultures and experiences
that we should engage with. One way to do this is by trying new foods and
trying new experiences that may be different from what you may be used to.

Image/Video Clips: images of different types of cultures (

Image One , Image Two , and Cultural Competence

Music: Same as Earlier

Notes: Gives examples of different ways to engage in a
specific culture and being culturally competent.
Title/Captions: Strategy Seven: Settle Down and Take a Break with a Book

Narration: Sometimes it is hard to take time for yourself in the crazy world
we live in. As citizens, we need to take time for ourselves and allow us to learn
more by reading and engaging in challenging material. The more we read and
engage in complex texts, the more we can allow for us to understand certain
things and challenge our preconceived notions.

Image/Video Clips: Book Store ,

Music: Same as Earlier

Notes: Give some suggestions on what you are reading at the

moment or the different genre of books
Title/Captions: Strategy Eight: Supporting Local Businesses
Narration: One way to spur support for the community is through shopping
or eating at local businesses. This can include shopping at stores, engaging on
social media to promote a local restaurant, or simply by being a loyal customer.
This allows for the community and economy to flourish.

Image/Video Clips: Image of business here in Memphis

(Global, Central, and Curb Market)

Music: Same as Earlier

Notes: Can change the images associated with the local

business to where you actually live. Students can make that
more relatable to them
Title/Captions: Strategy Nine: Watch your Ecological Footprint
Narration: Our world ecologically is struggling and it is becoming more and
more evident. As citizens, we need to be aware of our own ecological footprint.
By this, I mean that (defs here) (Ecological Foot). We can understand more at
what we can do to allow that our world is there for the future generations
underneath us.

Image/Video Clips: Ecological Footprint Image

Music: Same as Earlier

Notes: Make sure to fully pronounce the definitions. Put the

definition spelled out on the screen over the image as a
transition words, have it fade away once start talking about it
more generally.
Title/Captions: Strategy Ten: Taking on Issues that You are Passionate about
Narration: The final way that we can become a more engaged citizen in our
country is by standing up for what we believe in and getting involved. The
biggest way that people can do this is by engaging in protests/marches in person
or becoming more empowered in social media. I have found that the more
people can understand certain issues and become involved in them, the more
invested they are in creating change in their community

Image/Video Clips: Collection of Images in regards to

Specific Issues/Causes that someone could be passionate
about.

Music: Same as Earlier

Notes: Image coming in one at a time while I speak regarding

this specific narration.
Title/Captions: None

Narration: By being more engaged citizens, we can have a larger impact on our
communities. We all need to work on these, which will allow us to become more
active and involved in creating change for the future generations to come.

Images: Collage of all the photos together demonstrating the 10

strategies of being an active citizen in our country today. Going
to be using the same images used earlier
.
Music: Same as Earlier

Notes: Have the images come in the correct order as the

different strategies was mentioned earlier

Conclusions
Title/Captions:
Credits:
Image 1: Image of Kamala Harris official Portrait. Accessed on the White House Website Kamala Harris Official Portrait
Image 2: Image of TN Senators. Accessed on a local news network website Senator Marsha Blackburn, Senator-elect Bill Hagerty back ... - WKRN
Image 3: Volunteer Example One
Image 4: Volunteer Example Two
Image 5: Black Lives Matter
Image 6: Roe v Wade
Image 7: LGBTQ
Image 8: :
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Image 9: Image One of Culture

Image 10: Image Two of Culture
Image 11: Book Store ,
Image 12: Ecological Footprint
Music 1: ”Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue“ by Toby Keith. Acoustic Song from Youtube. YouTube
Video Clip 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3NLh2wNB4w
Other 1: Cultural
Competence
Other 2: Check your Privilege Chart
Music: None Credits Slide/Scene
Notes: The caption should be displayed in this last scene