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A Unit of Citizenship

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This unit is created to cover the following Virginia 2nd grade SOL:

SOL 2.10: The student will explain the responsibilities of a good

citizen, with emphasis on:

A) Respecting and protecting the rights and property of others

B) Taking part in the voting process when making classroom

decisions

C) Describing actions that can improve school and community

D) Demonstrating self-discipline and self-reliance

E) Practicing honesty and trustworthiness

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2.10 B) Taking part in the voting process when making

classroom decisions

Literature to share with your students:

1. Woodrow for President: A Tail of Voting, Campaigns, and Elections

by Peter W. Barnes and Cheryl Shaw Barnes

2. Voting (True Books: Civics)

by Sarah De Capua

3. Let's Vote on It! (Scholastic News Nonfiction Readers: We the Kids)

by Janice Behrens

4. Vote!

by Eileen Christelow

Ideas for Activities:

1. Vote as a class on classroom rules.

2. Write about the fruity snack and then have the class Vote on the snack.

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Name Fruity voting

Directions: Try each type of fruit provided in class. Write about each fruit you tasted. Give reasons

explaining why someone should vote for each snack.

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Class Fruit Vote

APPLE ORANGE BANANA

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2.10 C) Describing actions that can improve school and community

D) Demonstrating self-discipline and self-reliance

Literature to share with your students:

1. Good Citizen Sarah

By Virginia Kroll

2. We Live Here Too!: Kids Talk About Good Citizenship

By Nancy Loewen

3. Being A Good Citizen

By Mary Small

Ideas for Activities:

1. Brainstorm ways to make school a better place.

2. students Write and illustrate ways to improve their neighborhood.

3. Discuss picture cards and how to demonstrate self-discipline and self-reliance.

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We can improve our school by…

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Name Directions: Draw and illustrate how to improve your community.

To improve my neighborhood, I can…

My idea…

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clean…

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Help my neighbors by…

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Control my Body

Complete My Work

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Be respectful of others

Make good choices

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Follow classroom routines

Be prepared for school

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Clean up after myself

Monitor my behavior

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2.10 E) Practicing honesty and trustworthiness

Literature to share with your students:

1. Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire

by Diane DeGroat

2. Being Trustworthy: A Book About Trustworthiness

By Nancy Small

3. A Big Fat Enormous Lie

By Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

Ideas for Activities:

1. Compare honesty and lying.

2. Citizenship board game.

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Why should I Be Honest?

If I tell the truth, people will… If I don’t tell the truth, people will…

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Citizenship Game

2-4 players

Materials: Game board, 1 marker/player, Game cards

Directions: Player 1 picks a card and reads it.

Decide if the card tells of being a good citizen.

If the card tells of being a good citizen, move 2 spaces.

If the card does not, move only 1 space.

Players 2-4 do the same in order.

First player to FINISH wins the game!

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Kate rides her bike through

her neighbor’s front yard.

Is Kate being a good

citizen?

Sam tells Sarah she is the

meanest person in class.

Is Sam being a good

citizen?

Ben takes another student’s

lunch money.

Is Ben being trustworthy?

Liz hits Beth when she does

not get her way.

Is Liz showing self-

discipline?

Kim sticks her tongue out

at Tammy.

Is Kim showing self-

discipline?

Jake does not bring his

homework back to school.

Is Jake showing self-

reliance?

Peter writes on the

bathroom walls.

Is Peter being a good

citizen?

Bob tells the teacher he

cleaned up his mess even

though he did not.

Is Bob being honest?

Lily drops trash on the park

playground.

Is Lily being a good citizen?

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Mary tells the teacher her

dog ate her homework.

Is Mary being honest?

Gracie stands on her chair

when the teacher looks the

other way.

Is Gracie being

trustworthy?

Shelly takes a box of

crayons off the teacher’s

desk.

Is Shelly being

trustworthy?

Brian yells out in class.

Is Brian showing self-

discipline?

Dane steals a candy bar

from the store.

Is Dane being a good

citizen?

Seth brought a weapon to

school.

Is Seth being a good

citizen?

Peyton kicks Bailey at the

park.

Is Peyton showing self-

discipline?

Jon takes 2 yo-yos instead

of 1.

Is Jon showing self-

discipline?

The teacher tells Jamie to

hang up her backpack every

day.

Is Jamie showing self-

reliance?

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JJ shares his crayons with

his friends.

Is JJ being a good citizen?

Jim does his morning work

as soon as he gets to

school.

Is Jim showing self-

discipline?

Kelly asks to use Sue’s

scissors.

Is Kelly being a good

citizen?

Calvin tells the teacher he

did not do his homework.

Is Calvin being

honest?

Eric turns down the radio

so he does not bother his

neighbors.

Is Eric being a good

citizen?

Ava brings her school

supplies to school every

day.

Is Ava showing self-

reliance?

Todd does not brag

after he wins the

game.

Is Todd showing self-

discipline?

Amy raises her hand to

answer a question.

Is Amy being a good

citizen?

Jill talks quietly in the

library.

Is Jill using self-discipline?

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Kate lets Karen use her

scissors.

Is Kate being a good

citizen?

Chris tells the teacher he

was talking instead of

listening.

Is Chris being honest?

Matt promises to follow

directions and he does.

Is Matt being trustworthy?

Jack brings his books back

to the library every week.

Is Jack showing self-

discipline?

Dan uses polite manners in

the cafeteria.

Is Dan being a good

citizen?

Claire shovels her elderly

neighbor’s driveway.

Is Claire being a good

citizen?

Nikki mows the lawn for

her grandma.

Is Nikki being a good

citizen?

Paula takes the all money to

the cafeteria and turns it

in.

Is Paula showing

trustworthiness?

Lisa holds the door open

for her teacher.

Is Lisa being a good

citizen?

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2.10 A) Respecting and protecting the rights and property of others

Literature to share with your students:

1. Respecting others

By Robin Nelson

2. Be Polite and Kind

By Cheri J. Meiners

Ideas for Activities:

1. Create a group T-chart or students Create an individual T-chart about rights.

2. Brainstorm types of property, both classroom and personal.

3. Sorting activity

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What are your rights as a student? What are your rights as a person?

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Sorting Headers

Respecting the

rights of others

Disrespecting the

rights of others

Respecting the

property of others

Disrespecting the

property of others

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Put trash in someone’s yard Use a friend’s notebook

without asking

share scissors with your class Don’t bring weapons to school

Call someone names

Use polite words

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steal someone’s markers Ask to use markers

take someone’s seat Borrow a pencil after asking

Wear a book bag that is not

yours

Don’t make fun of others

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Classroom Property Personal Property

Property