Week 4- Qualities of a Good Citizen
Standard
3.C&G.2.1 Exemplify how citizens contribute politically, socially and economically to their community. 3.C&G.2.2 Exemplify how citizens contribute to the well-being of the community’s natural environment. 3.C&G.2.3 Apply skills in civic engagement and public discourse (school, community). |
Activities
Have students hold town meetings for towns created to discuss scenarios that affect town. Create a flip books of ways to help. Make smaller pieces of a large poster of ways to be a good citizen and service jobs. poster pieces in larger view Teach character traits that good citizens model throughout the year- maybe one a month and have students make a poster about the trait as a class. traits Choose the good citizen and write about it. |
Vocabulary
citizen immigrant characteristics of a good citizen responsibilities of being a citizen volunteers service jobs recycle |
Read Alouds-
Officer Buckle and Gloria Being a Good Citizen List of Multiple books that could be used-http://www.amazon.com/dp/143293340X/?ref=cm_sw_r_pi_dp_HQaNqb0GQZ6DR SS Text- Unit1- pages 7- 10 Leveled Reader- What it means to be a citizen Mr. Post’s class |
Video Links
Discovery Education- Citizenship in the communities Community rules and laws Keeping your Community clean Exploring Community Rules and Laws TLC-Understanding Good Citizenship Brain Pop- Rights and responsibilities World Book Online- Community and Government Who is a Citizen? Who is a Resident? |