Katelyn Kelly

September 10, 2015

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Citizenship
Integration of Learning Outcomes
a. The students will define good citizenship and discuss who is
expected to show good citizenship.
b. The students will understand rights and responsibilities of a
United States citizen.
c. The students will record how participating in good citizenship
activities makes them feel.
Standards
a. 5.1.3.E. Identify the rights of an American citizen.
b. 5.2.3.A. Identify personal rights and responsibilities.
c. 5.2.3.D. Describe how citizens participate in school and
community activities.
Anticipatory Set
a. Welcome back from gym, everyone! Take a few minutes to grab
a drink and get ready for social studies. Give students a few
minutes to get settled and ready to learn. Once they are back at
their desks, begin.
b. Does anyone remember what the 3 words we learned yesterday
were? Take volunteers to respond. The answers should be as
follows (write on board):
i. Citizen a member of a nation
1. For example, we are citizens of the United States
ii. Right a freedom thats protected
1. For example, the right to free speech and religion
iii. Responsibility A duty (another word we discussed
yesterday) or something you should do
1. For example, homework and recycling
c. Put t-chart from yesterday on the board. Review some of the
examples they wrote.
Procedures
a. Watch Rights and Responsibilities video on Brain Pop Jr. to
connect to yesterdays lesson
b. Yesterday, we learned mostly about classroom citizenship. Today,
we will learn more about being a citizen in the United States, or
any country for that matter. We just reviewed 3 words that we
previously learned; I would like you to keep them in mind while
we continue our lesson today.
c. Please take out your social studies textbook from your desk. It is
the one titled From Seat to Shining Sea with a plane on the
cover of it. Turn to page 241 and follow along with me as I read
about a girl named Ina becoming a United States citizen.
d. Continue onto page 242 in text and discuss that a citizen is a
member of a nation/country. Some people are born in the United

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States and are automatically citizens, some people, like Ina,

have to pass a test and take an oath to become a citizen. No
matter how you become a citizen, or even if you are just in the
United States visiting, you are expected to be a good citizen.
e. There are ways that children can be good citizens, too. Some
ways include throwing their paper in the recycling bin, helping a
classmate find a library book, or helping a younger student find
their classroom at the beginning of the school year. I want you to
talk to the person across from you and discuss how you practice
good citizenship, whether it is in or out of school. You have about
2-3 minutes. When theyre done discussing with a neighbor, call
on a few students to share with the class.
f. Recap what a right is with the students. We have rights here in
Glen Acres, and specifically in our classroom, but we also have
rights in the United States, too. Where do these rights come
from? How are they protected? Allow students to answer. Yes,
thats right. Our rights are protected through the Constitution.
Take a look at page 243 in your textbook. It shows you a list of
rights that we have as American citizens.
g. Moving on, we are going to discuss responsibilities or duties. A
duty/responsibility is something that we should or we must do. If
you take a look in your book on page 244, it explains to you that
some duties are laws that MUST be obeyed, such as following
traffic laws. However, some duties are things that would just be
nice and you SHOULD do, like not littering.
h. Ask students if they know what a volunteer is. Take some
responses, then read pages 244-245 in text to see if it clarifies
what a volunteer is.
i. Ladies and gentleman, we are going to do a quick little activity.
You are going to find a partner, when I tell you to do so, and
discuss the activities that you participate in that lead to good
citizenship, just like the girl I just read about who started a club
called Tree Musketeers. You are going to come up with a list, with
your partner or alone, of how this good citizenship activity
makes you feel during and after participating in it. You may use
adjectives to describe your feelings, but I also want to know why
it makes you feel this way. Please write your responses in your
learnal. You may work anywhere in the room you choose. When
you are done writing, please come back to your seat quietly.
Questions? Allow a moment for any questions. Ok. Go!
j. If time allows, they may share their good citizenship activity and
journal response to how it makes them feel.
Differentiation
a. I will write the definitions of citizen, right, and responsibility
on the board, and also post the t-chart from yesterday of right
and responsibility examples, so students do not feel

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overwhelmed while they are discussing these topics with

classmates.
b. Students are asked to pull out their textbook and have the option
to follow along, for those who have difficulty listening to me
verbally read aloud.
c. A word search puzzle is made available for students who finish
their quiz before others, and the option of reading is also
available, so they arent sitting there with nothing to do.
Closure
a. Students will complete CFA: Unit 1 ELT 1 Form A. Everyone, I am
going to pass out a half sheet of paper that has a few questions
on it which I would like you to answer individually. We have
learned this information the past two days and it should be no
problem at all for you, so dont worry. Please, no talking during
this time. When you are done, place your paper in the finished
basket. If theres time left, you may grab a word search puzzle to
work on while your classmates are finishing; they are on the
counter next to the finished back. If youd like, you may read
instead.
b. When everyone is done, clear desks and call students to get in
line for lunch.
Formative/Summative Assessment
a. The students will formatively be assessed through the CFA Unit 1
ELT 1 Form A quiz. This assessment will assess the students
comprehension regarding rights and responsibilities. Those who
are struggling with the concept will be given extra support over
the next few days to prepare them for the citizenship test, which
will be administered on the 24th of September.
Materials/Equipment
a. White board marker (teacher)
b. T-chart (from yesterdays lesson)
c. Laptop
d. Smartboard
e. Rights and Responsibilities Brain Pop Jr. Video
f. Sea to Shining Sea social studies textbook
g. Learnal (each student)
h. Pencil (each student)
i. CFA: Unit 1 ELT 1 Form A quiz
j. Citizenship word search puzzle
Technology
a. Internet (to pull up video)
b. Smartboard (to project video)