Module 18-Citizenship-Social Studies 4A - Course Guide

Module Overview:

In this module students will distinguish between rights and responsibilities and identify at least 3 responsibilities as an American, identify 3 reasons public service is important, describe the American voting process, identify 2 ways Americans resolve conflict in government and 2 ways Americans resolve conflict in society, and identify 3 things good Americans do.

Module Materials:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Material(s)
1	Rights and Responsibilities	crayons or colored pencils pen or pencil
2	Leadership and Service	crayons or colored pencils pen or pencil
3	Voting	crayons or colored pencils pen or pencil
4	Resolving Conflict	crayons or colored pencils pen or pencil
5	What Can I Do?	crayons or colored pencils pen or pencil

Module Objectives:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Objective(s)
1	Rights and Responsibilities	Distinguish between rights and responsibilities and identify at least three responsibilities as an American. Recognize types of school rules and community laws that promote health and disease prevention.
2	Leadership and Service	Identify three reasons public service is important.
3	Voting	Describe the American voting process.
4	Resolving Conflict	Identify two ways that Americans resolve conflicts in government and two ways that Americans resolve conflicts in society.
5	What Can I Do?	Identify three things good Americans do.

Module Key Words:

Key Words	Vocabulary Words
rights responsibilities citizen citizenship job community laws school rules disease prevention health public service voting polls election conflict resolution fair community donate less fortunate volunteer	citizen right responsibility public service volunteer cinquain ballot register candidate conflict compromise conflict resolution community donate less fortunate

Module Assignments:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Page #	Assignment Title
1	Rights and Responsibilities	8	Activity: Acrostic Poem
2	Leadership and Service	7	Writing a Cinquain
3	Voting	7	Voting Process
4	Resolving Conflict	6	Writing an Ode
5	What Can I Do?	7	Bumper Sticker

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
Rights and Responsibilities	What does it mean to be a citizen? What are the rights and responsibilities we have as American citizens?
Leadership and Service	What is public service? What are the ways in which public servants or public service workers help the American people? What does it mean to volunteer in your community?
Voting	What does it mean to vote? What are the steps in the voting process? How do people vote?
Resolving Conflict	How do you solve a conflict or problem? How are conflicts solved in our government? How do American citizens work together to help the government solve state and community problems?
What Can I Do?	What is a community? Why is it important as an American to get involved in your community? How can you get involved in your community?

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
Leadership and Service	A Day in Your Life	Who are the people who provide services to you daily?
Voting	Election Day	At what age can you vote? What are some things you should do before you vote to make an informed decision?

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	Being a Good Citizen	National Geographic Learning	500L
2	Voting	Sarah De Capua	920L
3	Everything You Need to Know about The US Voting System	Baby Professor

Module Outing:

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

#	Outing
1	Discuss with your student things they would like to volunteer for to help out in their community. Sign up for one of those events so your student can participate.