Module 16-Living in America-Social Studies 4A - Course Guide

Module Overview:

In this module students will identify at least 5 individual American rights, identify at least 5 American laws and their consequences, identify at least 5 American public goods and services, identify at least 5 types of taxes Americans pay, and identify at least 5 services taxes pay for.

Module Materials:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Material(s)
1	Individual Rights	construction paper crayons or colored pencils pen or pencil
2	Laws	crayons or colored pencils pen or pencil
3	Public Goods and Services	crayons or colored pencils pen or pencil
4	Pay Your Taxes	crayons or colored pencils pen or pencil
5	Taxes Pay for...	crayons or colored pencils pen or pencil

Module Objectives:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Objective(s)
1	Individual Rights	Identify at least five individual American rights.
2	Laws	Identify at least five American laws and the consequences of disobeying laws.
3	Public Goods and Services	Identify at least five American public goods and services.
4	Pay Your Taxes	Identify at least five types of taxes that Americans pay
5	Taxes Pay for...	Identify at least fives services that are paid for by taxes.

Module Key Words:

Key Words	Vocabulary Words
presumption innocence counsel laws consequences violate private good or service public good or service belong income taxes revenue cost benefit infrastructure	presumption innocence counsel laws consequences violate private good or service public good or service belong income taxes taxable cost benefit infrastructure

Module Assignments:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Page #	Assignment Title
1	Individual Rights	7	American Menu
2	Laws	7	American Menu
3	Public Goods and Services	5	American Menu
4	Pay Your Taxes	5	American Menu
5	Taxes Pay for...	5	American Menu

Learning Coach Notes:

None

Module Guiding Questions:

When a student starts a lesson ask them questions to check for prior knowledge and understanding and to review concepts being taught. At the end of the lesson ask the questions again to see if their answer changes.

Lesson Title	Question
Individual Rights	What does it mean to have rights?
Laws	What laws and consequences are there in America? What happens when you break a rule?
Public Goods and Services	What does public mean? What does private mean?
Pay Your Taxes	Why do we pay taxes? What things are taxed?
Taxes Pay for...	What are the benefits from taxes?

Module Video Questions:

When a student watches a video take time to ask them questions about what they watched. Suggested questions for the videos in this module are listed here. Suggestion: Have the student watch the entire video first all the way through. Then have them watch the video a second time, as they watch it pause the video and ask the questions.

Lesson Title	Video	Question
Public Goods and Services	Public Goods and Services	What are examples of private goods and services? What does public mean? What are examples of public goods and services? What pays for public goods and services?
Taxes Pay for...	What Can my Federal Taxes do for Me?	What do our federal taxes pay for?

Module Suggested Read Aloud Books:

Take time to read to your student or have them read aloud to you. Read a different book each day. While reading the book point out concepts being taught. You may purchase these books or find them at your local library. Suggested things to discuss while reading the book:

What is the main idea?
What are three things new you learned?
How does this book relate to what you are learning about?

#	Book	Author	Lexile Level
1	Paying Taxes	Sarah De Capua	930L
2	Taxes, Taxes!: Where the Money Goes	Nancy Loewen	NC730L

Module Outing:

Take some time to apply what your student is learning to the real world. Suggested outings are below.

#	Outing
1	Go shopping and have your student add up the cost of items being bought. What will the additional cost be with sales tax?