Subject/Lesson Title/Group: Lesson start time: 12:25

Social Studies/ Being a Good Citizen/3rd Estimated ending time of lesson: 12:55
Standard(s):
Concept 4: Rights, Responsibilities, and Roles of Citizenship
PO 3. Identify traits of character (e.g., honesty, courage, cooperation, respect,
trustworthiness, responsibility, citizenship) that are important to the preservation
and improvement of democracy
Learning Goal(s): Resources/Materials:
SWBAT describe traits of being a Social Studies student books (p.252-
good citizen. 257)
SWBAT identify people in history Note sheet
that have been good citizens.
Pencils
SWBAT recognize an everyday hero
Paper
in his or her own life.
Crayons
Key Vocabulary:
Cooperate
Character trait
Justice
Boycott
Hero

Anticipatory Set: 1-2 min

Ask students to define the word citizen.
What are some good qualities of a citizen?
Supplement their responses by reminding them that citizens have both rights and
responsibilities.
Ask students to give examples of rights and responsibilities citizens have.
Mini-Lesson: 12-15 min
Begin reading aloud the text to the students. Asking students to join me in
reading when a vocabulary word is in a sentence. Ask for students to volunteer to
read the headings before I start reading. Analyze pictures in the text and read
captions associated with them.
Work time:
Throughout the lesson students will be following along with me in the text and
filling in a vocabulary sheet provided to them at the beginning of the unit. At
various points throughout the lesson I will be stopping and asking students
questions where I will then use Think, Pair, Share or cold calling depending on how
much I gauge the level of student engagement and overall participation.
Closure: 10-12 min
Page 257
Who is an everyday hero in your life?
Students will draw a picture who their everyday hero is in their life and write a
caption to go along with their picture about who their everyday hero is and why?
** Extension for students who finish early- how does this person compare to
someone from history that you know of or have just read about?
Then I will be asking for volunteers to share what they made.
** If time is too short this will be an open discussion.

Differentiation for Student Needs:

Questions: (Be sure to include Integration Areas: N/A
higher level questions. See
Blooms Taxonomy).
Page 252 What are some ways you
can you be a good citizen at school?
Page 253- Adopt- a- highway, have you
heard of this organization? This is an
organization where you can adopt an
area of road and you are responsible
for keeping the roadway clean!
Page 254- What character trait does
Jimmy Carter show when volunteering?
Responsibility
Page 255 - What character traits are
necessary to promote peace?
Respect, fairness, trustworthiness and
justice.
Formative Assessment:

Reading check questions at the end of every page we read.

Page 253 - How would you describe a good citizen? Someone who respects
others, follows rules, has helpful character traits, and works to solve problems.
Page 254 - How is Jimmy Carter a good citizen? He works for peace and is
volunteering to help others.

Page 255- How did Rosa Parks help her community? She helped change an unfair
law.

Page 256- How did Dolores Huerta help farmworkers? By helping them become
citizens and earn money.

Page 257- What is an everyday hero? Someone in a community who does

something important and sets and example.