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Here is a unit covering the Virginia's 2.10 standard of learning. The unit includes literature, individual. whole group and partner activities.
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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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Are you a Good Citizen?
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Go
Again
Back to
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Go to
Finish
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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