Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities
Students use knowledge of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship in order to
examine and evaluate civic ideals and to participate in community life and the American
democratic system.
By the end of the K-2
program:
By the end of the 3-5
program:
A. Describe the results of
cooperation in group settings
and demonstrate the
necessary skills.
A. Explain how citizens take
part in civic life in order to
promote the common good.
1.) Creating a Spider
Vivarium
http://www.readwritethink.org/le
sson_images/lesson119/vivar
ium.pdf
2.) Cooperative Learning
Structures
http://www.utexas.edu/academic/
diia/research/projects/hewlet
t/cooperative.php
B. Demonstrate personal
accountability, including
making choices and taking
responsibility for personal
actions.
1.) Toys for Me; A Poem
Interactive
http://www.econedlink.org/lesso
ns/em517/popupActivity2.ht
ml
2.) The Perfect Pet
http://www.econedlink.org/lesso
ns/em468/popupActivity_2.ht
ml
3.) REQUIRED LINK
Try a WebQuest ; this one on
Miss Spider’s Tea Party is
great!
http://warrensburg.k12.mo.us/we
bquest/missspider/index.htm
1.) Ben’s Guide to U.S.
Government for Kids
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/35/election/index.html
2.) It Takes a Rookery
http://www.nationalgeographic.
com/xpeditions/activities/10/
mpenguins1.html
B. Identify rights and
responsibilities of
citizenship in the United
States that are important for
preserving democratic
government.
1.) Character and
Citizenship Education:
A Class Citizenship Tree for
Elementary Students
http://www.eduref.org/cgibin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Les
sons/Social_Studies/Civics/CIV
0014.html
2.) REQUIRED LINK
Try a WebQuest; More
Amazing Americans
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_
lesson_plan.asp?id=350
By the end of the 6-8
program:
A. Show the relationship
between civic
participation and
attainment of civic and
public goals.
1.) Vital Voters:
Educating Youth on Voting
and the Electoral Process
http://www.nytimes.com/lear
ning/teachers/lessons/20021
104monday.html
2.) The Mystery of is it
Mine or Ours?
http://www.econedlink.org/le
ssons/index.cfm?lesson=EM
462&page=teacher
B. Identify historical
origins that influenced
the rights U.S. citizens
have today.
1.) U.S. Government
http://cyberlearningworld.com/lessons/usgle
sson2.htm
2.) REQIRED LINK
Try a WebQuest: Election
2004
http://www.educationworld.c
om/a_lesson/lesson202.
shtml
3.) The Bill of Rights
http://edsitement.neh.gov/mo
nthly_feature.asp?id=9
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