They learn citizenship by living it and the debriefing assists them in understanding it. Such activities can be a common occurrence in social studies, civics and citizenship lessons as students begin to be aware of and understand the people behind the concepts. But it takes a while to learn. The list grows and it is clear that some students are more excited about a few topics more than others. Students provide their vision of the play that will emerge and why they think that the topic is a good one to do.
Different classes arrive at a different course of action, making such decisions unique.
Sometimes each student is given four votes and goes to the board with chalk in hand and gives four votes. They debate whether a person could give four votes to one topic or spread them around. They discuss the pros on cons of a secret and public ballot and eventually decide how they will decide. After the voting is tallied a second vote could be taken allowing each student one vote for the top three or four topics and sometimes a straw ballot is used prior to this point. The teacher carefully adds other decision making possibilities until the students have created a process that works for them.