1.3 Being a Citizen
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A citizen is a member of a community or group. Students are citizens of their local and global communities.1.3a An engaged and active citizen participates in the activities of the group or community and makes positive contributions.
- Students will participate in group activities and contribute to the work of the group.
- Students will explain the traits of a responsible citizen and model actions of responsible citizens.
- Students will discuss ways that they can protect and respect our world and its people.
Supporting Materials
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Community Rules & LawsThis program distinguishes between the rules made by institutions such as schools and laws made for everyone in the community. Provides an introduction to the Bill of Rights and the freedoms it preserves for all Americans. Using women's suffrage as an example, explains that unjust laws can be... |
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Let's Go To...There are lots of places to go in a day some important, some interesting and some fun! This program teaches children what happpens and how to behave wherever they go. Visit a doctor and dentist and it won't hurt a bit. See how getting your hair cut is easy (and no reason to squirm!) and go... |
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Taking Care of our EarthWith the help of animated landfill characters, students learn about their environment. Natural resources are identified and shown as students learn how important it is to conserve them. They also discover how reducing, reusing, and recycling benefit our environment, and how air and water... |
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Things in a DayThis program teaches children what happens and how to behave wherever they go including going out to eat, going to the park,the movies and library.Teaches: Social, Self-Help, Communications & Play Skills plus speech, labeling, writing, reading, sequencing, modeling, generalization, and... |
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