Rights, Responsibilities, and Roles of Citizenship

Emily RoderickJune 2010

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Notes for the teacher

• Each individual in a community is considered a citizen. As citizens we should become involved in the community to help make it better.

• There are many different ways as citizens to be actively involved in the democratic process such as: voting, student government, involvement in political decision making, analyzing issues, petitioning public officials.

• Citizens should also have character traits that are important to the preservation and improvement of the constitutional democracy in the United States.– Character traits such as: respect, responsibility fairness, and involvement

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This school year we will be learning how to become productive citizens of our community. We will learn different ways that citizens can be beneficially to a community and what they can do to help the community be better.

• After learning about the rights, responsibilities, and roles of citizenship you will create a community service activity for the class to participate in.

1. Research the rights and responsibilities of a citizen.

2. Fill out the student packet about rights, responsibilities, and the roles of a citizen. Answers will be found on the websites provided.

3. Review different community services ideas.

4. Make a plan for the community service activity you would like to complete with the class:

1) What will the class be doing?

2) What materials will be needed?

3) When will the class be participating in the service project?

4) How long will be needed to complete the project?

5) What outside help (parents, other teachers, principal) will be needed?

5. Create a Power Point to present your community service activity to the class.

6. Create a poster to advertise your service project.

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• There are three major parts to this project. 1. Individual handouts

• Each team member is responsible for researching the websites on the “Resources” page and answering the questions in complete sentences.

2. Poster promoting your Community Service activity• One team member will be in charge of the words on the poster. This person should have good handwriting that is legible from

a 10 foot distance. • One team member will be in charge of all the illustrations on the poster. This person should have a talent in drawing and enjoy

the process of drawing.• One team member will be in charger of coloring the poster. This person should be a good at coloring in the lines and be

patient to take their time with the coloring.• The last team member will be in charge of making sure all aspects of the poster are included. This person will check the rubric

for the poster to make sure all needed parts are included. This person will also lead the group when deciding on what the poster should include and look like.

• All team member will be helping each other and willing to give advice when asked for it.

3. Power Point for you Community Service activity• One team member will be in charge of creating the layout and background of your Power Point presentation. This person will

also be in charge of saving the project each day to the flash drive.• One team member will be in charge of finding appropriate picture for the Power Point presentation. This person will search the

internet and local files for pictures that will add to the presentation.• One team member will be in charge of typing the content of the Power Point presentation. This person should be comfortable

with typing in Word documents and with copying and pasting from one program to another. • The last team member will be in charge for editing the Power Point presentation. This person should be comfortable with

editing skill and be proficient in the trait of conventions. • All team member will be responsible for helping other teammates and for checking the rubric to make sure all part of the

Power Point presentation are included.

HAVE FUN!! USE YOUR IMAGINENATION!! TAKE CHANCES AND SHOW ME WHAT YOU’VE GOT!!

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• Explore each of the following links to fully understand the rights, responsibilities, and roles of citizenship. Once you have read all of websites you may start filling out your packet.

• http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/citizenship/responsibilities.html– This website contains information about citizenship, becoming a U.S. Citizen, the rights of citizens: The Bill of Rights, and the

responsibilities of a citizen.

• http://www.lwvor.org/citizensrightsnresp.htm– This is a quick overview of a citizens’ rights and responsibilities

• http://www.ehow.com/how_5404334_contribute-community-year-round.html– This website allow you to find different ways to contribute to your community throughout the year.

• http://lancaster.unl.edu/4h/serviceideas.shtml– This website provide 366 different community service ideas.

• http://www.childrenforchildren.org/index.php?q=node/13– This website provides ways for children and teens to contribute to their community

• http://www.kidactivities.net/post/Community-Service-Ideas-for-Kids.aspx– This is another website dedicated to helping children get involved in their community.

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Evaluation

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Aspect Beginning (79%-0%) Developing (89%-80%) Accomplished (100%-90%)

Group Work 2 or more Checks Missing

__ All group members, including you, contributed to project equally

__All group members, including you, stayed on-task until project was complete

__Task was completed on time

__Other:

1 Check Missing

__ All group members, including you, contributed to project equally

__All group members, including you, stayed on-task until project was complete

__Task was completed on time

__Other:

__ All group members, including you, contributed to project equally

__All group members, including you, stayed on-task until project was complete

__Task was completed on time

__Other:

Individual Work

__ Packet is missing 6 or more answers

__Rough drafts for PowerPoint and Poster missing 4 or more needed components

__ Other:

__ Packet is missing 2-5 answers

__ Rough drafts for PowerPoint and Poster completed but missing 2-3 needed components

__ Other:

__ Packet was completed correctly with no more than 1 missing answer

__ Rough drafts for PowerPoint and Poster was completed correctly with no more than missing 1 needed component.

__Other:

Content __Limited exploration on community service project

__Understanding appears muddled in packet

__Little thought was given to PowerPoint and Poster

__Other:

__Some aspects explored on community service project

__Basic understanding is shown in packet

__ Some thought was given to the PowerPoint and Poster

__Other:

__All aspects explored and shown in the community service project.

__ Answers were well articulated in packet

__Responses show evidence of deeper learning of concepts in the PowerPoint and Poster

__Other:

• Objectives– By the end of the WebQuest students will be able to identify the rights, responsibilities, and roles of

Citizenship.

• Arizona State 5th grade Standards, Concepts, and Performance Objectives– Strand 3: Civics/Government

• Concept 4: Rights, Responsibilities, and Roles of Citizenship– Performance Objectives

» 1: Describe ways an individual can contribute to a school or community

» 2: Describe the character traits (e.g., respect, responsibility, fairness, involvement) that are important to the preservation and improvement of constitutional democracy in the United States.

» 3: Describe the importance of citizens being actively involved in the democratic process (e.g., voting, student government, involvement in political decision making, analyzing issues, petitioning public officials).

• Instructional Materials needed– Handouts:

• Poster: http://poster.4teachers.org/worksheet/view.php?id=148465 • Power Point: http://poster.4teachers.org/worksheet/view.php?id=148468 • Individual handout: http://poster.4teachers.org/worksheet/view.php?id=148469

• Credits– http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/citizenship/responsibilities.html– http://www.lwvor.org/citizensrightsnresp.htm– http://www.ehow.com/how_5404334_contribute-community-year-round.html– http://lancaster.unl.edu/4h/serviceideas.shtml– http://www.childrenforchildren.org/index.php?q=node/13– http://www.kidactivities.net/post/Community-Service-Ideas-for-Kids.aspx

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