Subject:

Bath School Department 2003
Content Area: Social Studies
Grade 3

Content Standard: Civics and Government
A. Rights, Responsibilities, and Participation
Students will understand the rights and responsibilities of civic life and will employ the skills of effective civic participation.

Common Assessment(s): Individual Rights (LAD) (see also Civics and Government C)

Performance Indicators
Students will be able to:
Essential Elements
(Specific grade level learning objectives) Suggested Performance Activities
Suggested Classroom Assessments Vocabulary

1. Identify important individual rights (e.g., freedom of religion, speech, ownership of property).

U. S. Constitution:

Bill of Rights

Women's Rights

Civil Rights

Students will be introduced to and will discuss the Bill of Rights.
Students will watch a video about the Bill of Rights.
Students will develop a classroom Bill of Rights.

Resources: Teaching Kids to Care and Cooperate (Scholastic); Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms.

Students will make posters to show their understanding of three of their individual rights.

Bill of Rights

2. Explain why certain responsibilities of democratic society are important.

Responsibilities of a U.S. citizen:

voting

obeying rules and laws

Students will discuss their responsibilities at the beginning and throughout the year.
Students will hold a mock election (cartoon characters, fictional characters, etc.), particularly in an election year.

Students will express their understanding of what it means to be a good citizen in our school in a discussion, posters, paragraphs, etc.

obeying laws
voting
responsibilities
citizen
election
democracy

3. Identify the functions of government of school, locally, and at the state level.

School:

School Board

Principal

City of Bath:

officials (City manager, City Council)

services

The students will explore several departments of Bath government (fire, police, water treatment, streets and roads, cemeteries, parks, schools, recreation, etc.)

The students will participate in creating a project showing the functions of local government (poster, pamphlet, web, skit, etc.).

school govt.
Bath govt.
fire department
police department
water treatment
cemeteries
recreation
parks

Performance Indicators Students will be able to:	Essential Elements (Specific grade level learning objectives)	Suggested Performance Activities	Suggested Classroom Assessments	Vocabulary
1. Identify important individual rights (e.g., freedom of religion, speech, ownership of property).	U. S. Constitution: Bill of Rights Women's Rights Civil Rights	Students will be introduced to and will discuss the Bill of Rights. Students will watch a video about the Bill of Rights. Students will develop a classroom Bill of Rights. Resources: Teaching Kids to Care and Cooperate (Scholastic); Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms.	Students will make posters to show their understanding of three of their individual rights.	Bill of Rights
2. Explain why certain responsibilities of democratic society are important.	Responsibilities of a U.S. citizen: voting obeying rules and laws	Students will discuss their responsibilities at the beginning and throughout the year. Students will hold a mock election (cartoon characters, fictional characters, etc.), particularly in an election year.	Students will express their understanding of what it means to be a good citizen in our school in a discussion, posters, paragraphs, etc.	obeying laws voting responsibilities citizen election democracy
3. Identify the functions of government of school, locally, and at the state level.	School: School Board Principal City of Bath: officials (City manager, City Council) services	The students will explore several departments of Bath government (fire, police, water treatment, streets and roads, cemeteries, parks, schools, recreation, etc.)	The students will participate in creating a project showing the functions of local government (poster, pamphlet, web, skit, etc.).	school govt. Bath govt. fire department police department water treatment cemeteries recreation parks