🌱 Phase 5 — Propagation 💬 Bridging ⏱ 5 minutes

Task 10 — What Would You Actually Do?

The final step. Democracy does not end in the classroom. Connect what you learned today to something real in your own community — and make one civic pledge.

Step 1 — Connecting back to your world

🌱 Phase 5 · Final reflection

You have explored a real civic dilemma. You have weighed the arguments, spotted propaganda, taken a position, and backed it with evidence.

You have created something that a real citizen might create and send.

Now — one step further. Democracy does not end in the classroom.

Is there a real issue in your school, neighbourhood or community where someone is making a decision that affects you?

Where is it being decided? Who is deciding? And — what could you do about it?

Step 2 — Choose your civic pledge

Two prompts below. Tap the one that speaks to you — your response will be saved privately to your portfolio as a "Civic pledge", with a special badge that marks it as different from regular portfolio entries.

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Option A — Find your issue

"One real civic issue in my community that I want to find out more about is…"

because it affects me by…

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Option B — Take one action

"One small civic action I could realistically take this week is…"

I would do it by…

Your civic pledge · Auto-saved · Private

Complete your pledge

Max 250 characters · Saves automatically · Private — only you and your teacher can see it

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🔒 Your civic pledge is private — only you and your teacher can read it. If you turn on sharing below, it will appear on the class board with your first name only.

✅ Saved — tagged "Civic pledge"

Lesson complete — Democracy, Citizenship & Civic Action

"Your civic pledge has been saved. If this lesson is followed by a lesson on local governance or media literacy, your pledge will be revisited at the start of that lesson. Come back to it. Civic awareness is not a one-day activity — it is a habit."

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What happens in Task 10

The final bridging task connects the lesson back to the student's real life. A 3-line opening text reveals phrase by phrase on a dark gradient background. Two prompt cards ask students to choose: (A) identify a real civic issue in their community, or (B) commit to one small civic action this week. The selected card's sentence starter pre-fills the pledge field. The pledge auto-saves as a "Civic pledge" portfolio entry with a distinctive badge. After saving, the closing animation overlays the full screen — phrase by phrase on dark background, lesson marked complete.

🌱 The two pledge prompts

Option A — Find your issue: "One real civic issue in my community that I want to find out more about is… because it affects me by…"
For students who don't yet have a specific action in mind — encourages civic awareness as ongoing attention.

Option B — Take one action: "One small civic action I could realistically take this week is… I would do it by…"
For students ready to act — encourages specific, realistic commitment. "Realistically" is deliberate — prevents over-promising.

✨ Closing animation

Full-screen overlay on a deep green-to-navy gradient. A civic emblem SVG (radial rings + directional lines) animates in. The student's pledge echoes back to them in a glowing box. Then five closing lines reveal one by one: "Democracy does not need heroes. / It needs citizens. / You already are one. / Keep asking. Keep questioning. / Your voice matters." — gold, white, green, white, gold. The "Lesson complete ✓" button appears after all five lines. Tapping it marks the lesson complete and returns to the lesson index.

♿ SEN Adaptations

Prompt cards available one at a time — student sees Prompt A, taps Next to see Prompt B — activated per student in teacher dashboard
Sentence starter reads aloud automatically when a card is tapped (toggled per student in accessibility settings)
Pledge field accepts voice-to-text via microphone button — same component as previous tasks
Closing animation has a Skip button displayed immediately for students who find transitions overwhelming
Closing lines read aloud on tap
No time limit on the pledge field

🖨️ No-Tech Format

Two printed prompt cards distributed — one per option. Students choose one card and write their pledge on the reverse.
Teacher reads the opening text aloud slowly with meaningful pauses
Students keep the card — it is a physical civic pledge, not collected
Optional: 2–3 students invited to share their pledge verbally — no pressure
Teacher reads the closing line aloud slowly, phrase by phrase, with silence between each line

📊 Teacher dashboard — bridging note

All pledges accessible in Student portfolios in the teacher dashboard. If this lesson is followed by a lesson on local governance or media literacy, the pledges can be revisited at the start of that lesson — display them on the shared screen and ask: "Did anything change since you wrote this?" The pledge is tagged separately from other portfolio entries with a civic badge icon.