Standard 2: Respect - The student will understand and ...
Citizenship – Making your community a better place by your actions. | |
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|Grade Level: 9-12 |Have students bring in a newspaper article that demonstrates someone being |Developing Character by Philip Vincent|Susan Kovalik’s (1994) “Lifeskills” David |
| |a good citizen and present it to the class. |Character Education Activities by |Perkins (1993) |
|The student will: |In ancient Greece, people felt that it was important for all people to try |Sandra Peyer & Miriam McLaughlin | |
| |to leave Athens better than they found it. Come up with a class plan about|Restitution by Diane Gossen |“Teaching for Understanding” Big |
|recognize and describe the meaning of|how the students can do this in their communities. |Monday Morning Messages by Tom Carr |Questions, Big Ideas. Zephyr Press |
|citizenship. |Anne Frank said this, “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single |Character Education in American |Tucson, AZ (1997) |
| |moment before starting to improve the world.” Talk about this quote as a |Schools by Terri Adkins | |
|demonstrate and practice the |class. |The Tough Kids (Social Skills) by |“Character Education 100 Ways to Promote” |
|components of citizenship. |Ask students to identify a problem they see in their community and |Susan Sheridan |Staff of the Center for the Advancement of|
| |construct a letter to a government official with ideas on how the issue |Lesson Plans for Character Education |Ethics and Character |
| |could be addressed. Revise, edit and send the letter to the government |by The Master Teacher | |
| |official. |Activities That Teach by Tom Jackson |Responding to Hate at School: paperback |
| |Have each student engage in 1 hour of community service during the month of|Attitudes of Gratitude How to Give and|books and free teacher’s guide |
| |April. Ask them to document and journal about their experience. |Receive Joy Everyday of Your Life by |“Ten Ways to Fight Hate” |
| |Journal on the quote by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., “Life’s most persistent|M. J. Ryan |Fax 334-264-3121 |
| |question is, What are you doing for others?” |Big Questions, Big Ideas by Zephyr | |
| |Discuss the following as a classroom. What are the benefits of being a |Press |Character Building Odyssey Video Series |
| |citizen of the United States? What rights are given to US citizens that |The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens|$34.95 each |
| |people in other countries to not have? |By Sean Covey |139-VPC “Shadow of a |
| |Discuss this quote, do the students agree or disagree with it? “And so, my| |Doubt” (Friendship) |
| |fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you | |143-VPC “In Harms Way” (Acceptance) |
| |can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world; ask not what | |172-VPC “The Big Lie” (Honesty is Best) |
| |America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of | |138-VPC “A Fine Feather Frenzy” (Be |
| |man.”— John F. Kennedy | |Responsible) |
| |Research the process of becoming a citizen of the United States. Have | | |
| |students volunteer to help a local group that offers classes for those | |Teaching Tolerance website |
| |preparing to become citizens. | | |
| |Attend a citizenship ceremony. | | |
| |Research and present examples from history in which people were either | |Character First |
| |denied citizenship or their rights as citizens. Examples can include: | |Education website |
| |• Japanese Americans during World War II | | |
| |• Indigenous people in various North and South American | | |
| |countries | | |
| |• Indigenous people in Australia (movie Australia) | | |
| |• Black South Africans during Apartheid | | |
|Character Trait: Citizenship |Citizenship... |
| |Making your community a better place by your actions. |
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