SS+Citizenship+and+Leadership


 * Assessments: **

**Social Studies TEKS/SEs** (A) explain the purpose for rules and laws in the home, school, and community (B) identify rules and laws that establish order, provide security, and manage conflict (A) identify the responsibilities of authority figures in the home, school, and community (B) identify and describe the roles of public officials in the community, state, and nation ||
 * **//1.11 Government. The student understands the purpose of rules and laws. The student is expected to: //**
 * //1.12 Government. The student understands the role of authority figures, public officials, and citizens. The student is expected to: //**

**Teaching Point:** (A) explain the purpose for rules and laws in the home, school, and community || Explain //What is the purpose for rules and laws in the home, school, and community? //
 * **TEKS ****/SEs ** ||  **Specifications/Examples**  ||
 * **1.11 Government. The student understands the purpose of rules and laws. The student is expected to: **

Purpose for rules and laws <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">(B) identify rules and laws that establish order, provide security, and manage conflict || <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Identify //<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">What rules and laws establish order, provide security, and manage conflict? //
 * To create/maintain order
 * To make things fair
 * To ensure a safe place to live, work, and play ||
 * **<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">1.11 Government. The student understands the purpose of rules and laws. The student is expected to: **

<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Identify rules and laws that establish order, provide security, and manage conflict <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">(A) identify the responsibilities of authority figures in the home, school, and community || Identify //What are the responsibilities of authority figures in the home, school, and community?//
 * Listen and follow directions
 * Take turns
 * Be safe
 * Be kind ||
 * **<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">1.12 Government. The student understands the role of authority figures, public officials, and citizens. The student is expected to: **

<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">(B) identify and describe the roles of public officials in the community, state, and nation || <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Identify and Describe //<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">What are the roles of public officials in the community, state, and nation? //
 * Authority figures set standards, enforce the law, or maintain social order in the absence of laws.
 * Authority figures include parents and grandparents, school teachers and principals, police officers, clergy, military officers, and others in positions of authority. ||
 * **<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">1.12 Government. The student understands the role of authority figures, public officials, and citizens. The student is expected to: **

<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Examples
 * **Community/Mayor** (leader of a city or town who works with other leaders to make a community a good place to live)
 * **State/Governor** (works for many communities in a state; works with the government to make laws)
 * **Nation/President**(leader of our country; works with other government leaders to decide on laws; meets with other leaders from around our country and other countries) ||


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">Essential Questions: **
 * * What is the purpose of rules and laws in our community?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">What is the role of authority figures in our community? ||

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">Lesson Plans & Needed Resources:

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Vocabulary Cards: <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Citizenship1.doc] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Citizenship2.doc] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Famous Leaders.doc]

<span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 22px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Week of August 29th**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Review what a leader is and leaders we know (school leaders, families, etc.)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Discuss how we have special leaders that are responsible for leading our community/nation and making sure we follow rules/laws
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Introduce vocabulary words: President, Mayor, Governor, law
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Ask students to brainstorm what the purpose is of each leader and what they think they do
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">KLRU: How Leaders and Events Shape Communities (25:34)

<span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 22px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Week of September 6th** <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 22px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 22px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 22px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 22px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 22px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 22px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Review what a leader is and leaders we know (school leaders, community leaders, etc.)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Tell students you are going to share a story with them
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Read a story about **Benjamin Franklin, Clara Barton, Francis Scott Key, or Eleanor Roosevelt**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Ask students to do 2 things while you read aloud the story:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> 1) decide if this story is fiction and why or why not?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';"> 2) decide if this person is a leader and why or why not?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">After reading the story, discuss the above questions.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Add vocabulary card of this leader to your vocabulary chart/SS words
 * <span style="font-family: 'century gothic','sans-serif';">Have students take our their Reader’s Response Journals or use the [|Response Sheet.docx] <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">and have them glue into their notebooks
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Have students complete/write about the following information:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Date **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Today I read _____ **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Written by _______ **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">This person was a good citizen because _______ **

<span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 22px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Students may draw a picture to accompany their entry. <span style="font-family: 'century gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">﻿ <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 22px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">