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Standard:
Standard 2 (Citizenship): Students will recognize and practice civic responsibility in the
community, state, and nation.
Objective 1 - Examine civic responsibility and demonstrate good citizenship.
b. Explain the benefits of being a U.S. citizen (e.g., responsibilities, freedoms,
opportunities, and the importance of voting in free elections).
Vocabulary:
Rights, Responsibilities, Voting
Activities: Materials:
● Class discussion about rights and ● Whiteboard
responsibilities ● Dry erase markers
● SmartBoard
● Brain Pop Jr. Video
● Brain Pop Jr. Video -
● “A Difficult Decision” Story https://jr.brainpop.com/socialstudi
● Rights vs Responsibilities Game es/citizenship/rightsandresponsibili
ties/
● Wonders story “A Difficult
Decision”
● Rights vs Responsibilities Game and
materials
● Rights and responsibilities sentence
strips
Accommodations:
● Use Brain Pop Jr. video as another mode of representation other than me
teaching
● Write words on the board so students can visually see them
● Give students think time before sharing
● Class discussion about “what are rights?” and “what are responsibilities?”
○ Rights: Things the law says you can do or have; A freedom that is protected
○ Responsibility: Your duty to do something; Something you should do
● Write words on the board so students can read them
● Give one or two examples
● Watch Brain Pop Jr. Video:
https://jr.brainpop.com/socialstudies/citizenship/rightsandresponsibilities/
○ Pause video to discuss different components with class
■ What is a citizen?
■ What is a responsibility?
■ What are examples of responsibilities you have?
■ What is a right?
■ What are examples of rights you have?
● After video, discuss with class
○ What are other rights you have?
○ What are other responsibilities you have?
○ Is voting a right and a responsibility?
● Write the students’ examples of rights and responsibilities on the board.
● Possible examples of different rights and responsibilities:
Rights: Responsibilities:
○ Safe environment ○ Follow safety rules
○ Voice your opinion ○ Respect the opinions of
○ Good education others
○ To learn ○ Go to school
○ To play ○ To listen to teachers
○ To feel safe in school ○ To look after school
○ To have friends equipment
○ To be listened to ○ To be kind to each other
○ To take care of your
belongings
○ To do your homework
● Watch video again all the way through without pausing.
● Discuss as a class and add to the list of rights and responsibilities.
● Read “A Difficult Decision” from the Wonders book.
● Class discussion about the story.
○ How are Paul and Wyatt good citizens?
○ What responsibility did Wyatt have when he found the GameMaster?
○ What is something you do to be a good citizen?
○ What is a responsibility you have as a citizen?
● Discuss rights and responsibilities, refer back to examples on the board.
● Review definitions of words.
○ Right: Things the law says you can do or have; A freedom that is protected
○ Responsibility: Your duty to do something; Something you should do
● Play rights vs. responsibilities game for practice determining difference between
rights and responsibilities.
● “Post-Assessment”: On 2 strips of paper, have students write down one right they
have and one responsibility they have. Hang them up on the board.