SS10.1.2

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 1

SS10.1.2
Identify rights and responsibilities of citizens within the local community and state.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:

How to identify their rights as students and citizens in their community and state.
How to have respect for their personal belongings and other's belongings.
How to understand rules and consequences of breaking rules as students and citizens in their community and state.
How to be responsible for classroom jobs and chores at home to contribute to the common good.
How to vote in order to make choices or decisions.
Vocabulary: rules, laws, rights, responsibilities, community, citizen, state, property, taxes, voting, choices and decisions

Skills

Students are able to:

Describe how rules and laws protect rights and property of the people in the community.
Describe ways responsible citizens contribute to the common good of the community and state (for example paying taxes).
Demonstrate voting as a way of making choices and decisions.

Understanding

Students understand that:

There is an importance to their rights and responsibilities as citizens of their community and state.
Rules and laws protect citizens' rights and property.
It is important to make choices and decisions through voting. Citizens contribute to the common good of their community and state (for example, by paying taxes, conservation, volunteering, etc.).

Vocabulary

identify
describe
demonstrate
rules
laws
rights
responsibilities
community
citizen
state
property
taxes
voting
choices
decisions

Aligned Learning Resources

We the People: Introduction to Civics and Government: Part One

We the People: Introduction to Civics and Government: Part Two

We the People: Introduction to Civics and Government: Part Three

Laws, Rights, and Responsibilities

Lesson: A Simulated Election

Protest Signs

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