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A Good Citizen

A Good Citizen. How to be a Good Citizen?. Unit Overview:. The students will learn that good citizens do their part to make their community a good place and that they have the power to make a difference in the world.

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A Good Citizen

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  1. A Good Citizen How to be a Good Citizen?

  2. Unit Overview: • The students will learn that good citizens do their part to make their community a good place and that they have the power to make a difference in the world. • The students will reach these goals by taking responsibility and working collaboratively in groups to create rules for a new resource that will be added to the classroom. • The students will produce a project to better the world (recycling and conservation). • The students will meet and communicate with leaders in the school.

  3. What is a good citizen? • Merriam-Webster dictionary defines citizenship as “the status of being a citizen as well as a membership in a community and the quality of an individual’s response to membership in a community. • It is compassion for people, animals and the environment What activities in daily life can we do to become great citizens? • List your thoughts. • Think of ways you can become a good citizen. • What do you already do? • Time for Citizenship • http://www.timeforcitizenship.org/

  4. How can we make a difference in the world? • What can be recycled? • How can trash and pollution affect the world?

  5. How do authority figures help us? • Who is an authority figure? • How should we treat authority figures?

  6. What is project based learning? • Project based learning is a student centered instructional model. It develops content knowledge and skills that tie content standards and higher-order thinking to real world context.

  7. 21st Century Skills • In this unit students will meet the 21st century skills: • Accountability and adaptability • Communications skills • Creative and intellectual curiosity • Critical thing and systems thinking • Interpersonal and collaborative skills • Problem identification, formulation, and solution • Self-direction • Social responsibility

  8. Assessment: • Before project work • Questioning • K-W-L • Picture journals • Students work on projects and complete tasks • Presentation rubric (rules for new resource and recycling project) • Questioning • Group and self assessment • After project work is completed • K-W-L presentations • Questioning • Reflection • Group conference

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