CIVICS IN A SNAP!

SS.K.C.2.1 Demonstrate the characteristics of being a good citizen.

What are some activities that represent being a good citizen?

*This lesson uses visual images to teach the concept of being a good citizen.

LAFS.K.RL.1.1: With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text [or deducing meaning from visual images].

SS.K.C.2.1 Demonstrate the characteristics of being a good citizen.

Correlated Florida StandardsLAFS.K.RL.1.1: With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text [or deducing meaning from visual images].

Essential QuestionWhat are some activities that represent being a good citizen?

Learning Goals With the images provided, students will be able to recite examples of

individuals acting as good citizens.OverviewStudents will learn, through the use of images, what some examples of individuals acting as good citizens are.

Materials This lesson and either copies or displayed copies of the images

Activity Sequence

Introduction (3 minutes)

1. Ask students if they have ever been asked to help a member of their family or household to do a task or chore around their home. (1 minute)

2. Ask students how they felt when their family member thanked them for their assistance? (1 minute)

3. Explain to students that just as they helped their family member, citizens of a country help their country by fulfilling certain responsibilities. (1 minute)

Activity (10 minutes)

Show the students the images included in this lesson.(6 minutes) Ask the students what they observed by looking at the images (questions such as what are

the people doing? etc.) (4 minutes)

Closure (2 minutes)

Close the lesson by asking the students the essential question of this lesson.

Optional Extension

Have students draw an example of a person acting as a good citizen. Option for teachers: Use the “Good Citizen” certificate below to award, on a

weekly/monthly basis, students who show good citizenship.

References for links, if applicable: All images are taken from bing.com images (see images below needed to implement this lesson).

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=recycling&view=detailv2&&&id=18F13B754100E609098CE1E4CF6ACC5C309478FC&selectedIndex=76&ccid=LJwvflmK&simid=608050022621251101&thid=JN.bqSP6k9Hi+vAq2Z2VjNupw

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=obeying+laws&view=detailv2&&&id=5C9C4CD1DDD560ECB5B3C5966759AE3D46974A5B&selectedIndex=9&ccid=ASxJpV4W&simid=608014632090076941&thid=JN.ZaGNpV/xY7g73920TyICVQ

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=use+the+crosswalk&view=detailv2&&&id=89D1B17AED20501414B70E70A25439BCD065C55F&selectedIndex=17&ccid=QrDshP2W&simid=608022509062392267&thid=JN.CRSCiy/qwEbc/HvPUr8AQw

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=good+citizens&view=detailv2&&&id=0C01C8DB648F0B2E8CAC402ADCBEB3253B4F491F&selectedIndex=37&ccid=X2Q00n0d&simid=607988596005012737&thid=JN.iyY87rDPMnOd3hssrS+vyQ