Civics and government are essential subjects to teach, but it can be difficult to fit them into already busy teaching schedules. One way to cover what students need to know is to integrate them with other subjects. Here's a few ways you can do that.
A HASS inquiry studying Civics and Citizenship - linked to Australian Curriculum. A unit of work designed for Year 3, however, suitable for any Civics and Citizenship. This resource comes with both PDF worksheets and digital Google Slides. It looks at the importance of rules, democracy and how people participate in their community. Using Microsoft Teams? Open in Google slides, go to file and download - to PowerPoint. Open up the document and save as your own name. You can then edit/ upload individual slides or the whole document into Teams :-) CLICK ON THE PREVIEW BUTTON ABOVE TO VIEW IN MORE DETAIL Included in this resource: Student worksheets Interactive and engaging tasks Learning intentions and success criteria for easy assessment Topics and tasks included in this unit: Reasons for rules Rules at home interactive pocket Rules in games How can I help in the community spinner Helping others in the community Ways you can use this resource: Whole class lessons Set group tasks Independent work Homework assignments Students work independently/ in pairs or groups to complete the tasks over a range of lessons or during an intensive few weeks. This can also be tied in with 'theme' days to celebrate student learning. *** THIS IS PART OF A GROWING BUNDLE OF HASS INQUIRY UNITS *** ★ Year 3 Australian Curriculum HASS Inquiry: History Related Products ⭐ Australian Geography: Australian States and Territories BUNDLE, HASS ⭐ History of School, Transport, Technology and Toys: BUNDLE, HASS ⭐ HASS Year 4 Australian Curriculum Term Inquiry Bundle ⭐ HASS Year 5 Australian Curriculum History, Economics, Geography, Civics ⭐ History Project Year 6 Australian Curriculum, HASS ⭐ Year 6 Geography Project Australian Curriculum, HASS ⭐ BUNDLE - Year 7 Ancient History, Australian Curriculum, HASS TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID… ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Stacy T says, "Engaging lessons with my students, they enjoyed the content and understood the concepts." ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Meagan G says, "Perfect! Just what I needed and my students enjoyed the activities." ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Vicki, K says "This is a clear and easy resource to use to build a comprehensive program." ** If you like this resource, you may find my other research projects useful as well. Please have a look at these: START OF THE YEAR RESOURCES LITERACY MIDDLE SCHOOL PROJECTS AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM ~~~~~~ Receive TPT credits to use on future purchases ~~~~~~ Go to your My Purchases page. Next to each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button, click it and you will be taken to a page where you can leave a quick rating and a short comment about the product. Each time you provide feedback, you’ll earn TPT credits that can be used for future purchases to save you money! Plus, the feedback you provide helps me make my products better suit your needs! ~~~~~~ How to Follow My Store to receive updates and special deals ~~~~~~ Click the green star beside my name at the top of this page OR at the top of my store page. Following me notifies you when I post a new item and you will receive emails when products are on sale. Copyright information: Purchasing this product grants permission for use by one teacher in his or her own classroom. If you would like to share with others, please purchase an additional license.
Looking for activities for a civics unit to teach being a good citizen for kids? This blog post has resources and activities you'll love!
Democratic decision making is one of the early concepts students come across as they learn about civics and citizenship. It’s an important concept - one which is used in government and community organisations and even to make playground decisions - so here’s some different and fun ways you can bring
Citizenship activities for first grade including characteristics of citizenship, rules and government, voting and USA symbols and more.
Read a few ideas for civics and government activities. There are free lessons and activities as well as other fun hands-on, engaging ideas.
What is citizenship? Is it the ability to vote? Does it mean having the right documents? Is being a citizen about being part of a community? And what does it mean to be a good
Citizenship is such a fun topic to teach students. Watching the light bulb go off when they learn that they are here to serve the world is inspiring. So where should we start when teaching citizenship? Some key points to teach while addressing citizenship include: What makes us a citizen? Rules and Laws Rights and Responsibilities Contributions to Community Lessons are so much better when you add in a hook that engages children. We always like to start this unit off with an explanation of why we need to be a good citizen. This includes contributions to our community. Consider using Kid President to explain the hows and whys of contributing to our community. I've included a video link for you below. These books are a good place to start if you need material to read to your students for citizenship. Every teaching unit needs engaging activities that present students with a hands-on learning experience. A great example of an engaging educator is Debbie Clement. I've compiled a pinterest board with a creative project from her and some other suggestions for you. Time is always an issue in the classroom for me. Due to this, I created materials that I could use quickly and efficiently. If you are in need of any more materials check out my unit. Take care!
The Year 4 Australian Civics and Citizenship curriculum introduces students to some really important concepts - helping them understand the influence of government, laws and the communities they belong to on their everyday life. But what do teachers need to know to make these lessons more effective?
Use this list of children's books about citizenship to teach kids about being a responsible citizen of the neighborhood and country that they live.
Engage your students as they explore how local community groups work together with this fun unit designed to compliment the Year 3 Australian Civics and Citizenship curriculum (8.4 and 9.0). Highly engaging, this unit includes printable activity sheets, classroom posters, student assessment opportunities and a unit plan to guide your teaching sequence. It is a great way to engage your student's interests in the topic as well as expand their knowledge on the importance of personal rights and responsibilities as members of a local community group.
President’s Day is the perfect time to learn about what is means to be a good citizen! This is truly a must-have unit for all kindergarten and first grade teachers. Citizenship, expectations at school, social skills, friendship, and behavior are all tied together. I am so excited to teac
Free printable citizenship activities for kids and families to do together as part of the Family Dinner Book Club.
Read a few ideas for civics and government activities. There are free lessons and activities as well as other fun hands-on, engaging ideas.
Citizenship activities for first grade including characteristics of citizenship, rules and government, voting and USA symbols and more.
This education guide teaches students about key topics in Canadian civics. You can use the guide to learn about how the Canadian system of government works, your rights and responsibilities as Canadians, and how students can engage in active citizenship — for example, through stewardship of the natural environment.
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Engaging Digital Citizenship Activity for any time of year! Great for the 1:1 classroom or classrooms that have access to Chromebooks, laptops, iPads or computers. Google Drive is used to complete this fun and free activity!
There's been a notable increase with all sorts of activism in the past year, with a lot of people getting more involved in issues which matter to them. For many, it's one way of creating a better world - a world we'll be proud to pass on to those who come after us. But how can we get our students in
Read a few ideas for civics and government activities. There are free lessons and activities as well as other fun hands-on, engaging ideas.
I did not know much about global citizenship growing up. It is impossible to travel as a family as much as we would like. However, I was so excited to find
With Election Day right around the corner and Veteran’s Day close behind, now is a great time for teaching citizenship rights and responsibilities. I created this unit to teach students all about what it means to be a United States citizen. It includes 9 days of engaging, informative lessons and resources. Students love the interactive […]
We will be focusing on discussing Digital Citizenship over the next two weeks in the library, and how to be safe while on the internet. I created these posters and bookmarks quite a while ago to help teach the information to my students, and have a way to review them throughout the year. You can... Read more
A primer for peaceful protest, resistance, and activism from the author of Rodzilla and Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag. Protesting. Standing up for what’s right. Uniting around the common good—kids have questions about all of these things they see and hear about each day. Through sparse and lyrical writing, Rob Sanders introduces abstract concepts like “fighting for what you believe in” and turns them into something actionable. Jared Schorr’s bold, bright illustrations brings the resistance to life making it clear that one person can make a difference. And together, we can accomplish anything.
Even for the human race, we are newborns when it comes to citizenship.
If you've ever struggled with planning and implementing effective, engaging social studies lessons in your kindergarten classroom, then please read on. This post is for you! Maybe your district supplies you with a big-box curriculum that
Free educational material for kids to help them learn history, science, math language arts, and more in a fun, hands-on way.
5 EASY techie ideas for digital citizenship activities. Technology in the classroom! iPads, GAFE, websites
These ten simple ideas will help you raise kids that are young global citizens, even if you're not able to travel. Find books, activities, and resources that help young children experience cultures around the world.
My goodness I have so much to share with you! Sorry for being MIA for the past month....I have been on fall break AND I was moving to a new apartment so life has been crazy! Before we went on break we did so many wonderful things that I can't wait to share with you: Mo Willems Author Study, fiction writing and learning about good citizens. I won't bombard you with all of that today so I'll start with our citizenship unit. After I saw the AMAZING clipart from Melonheadz of so many amazing heroes from our country's past, I knew I wanted to make a citizenship unit. I wanted to first talk about how we can be good citizens and then move toward learning about good citizens from our country's past. First we brainstormed ideas of what good citizens can, have and are. I wrote down the kids' ideas and they were able to use these or add their own to their own recording sheet: On the back they filled in a web where they wrote (or drew) about what makes a good citizen: The next day was Tuesday, September 17th or Constitution Day! It was perfect timing for talking about good citizens from our country's past. I got a wonderful ideas from Deanna Jump's blog on celebrating Constitution day. First I read the kids the book John, Paul, George & Ben by Lane Smith. No, this is not a story about the Beatles where Ringo's name is Ben...it's about some of our founding fathers! :) We talked about what each of these men did to help start our country and this led into talking about the constitution. We talked about how the constitution was a list of rules are country created that we were to follow. Next, I had the kids brainstorm what we would write on our own classroom constitution. I wrote down their ideas and they drew a self portrait that I used to decorate our room with. It turned out adorable. Thanks Deanna! :) And we ended our lesson by watching School House's Rock Preamble video...which I can still recite perfectly thanks to the catchy music! The rest of the week was spent reading books, books and books! We read books on some of the presidents, Eleanor Roosevelt, Amelia Earhart, Harriet Tubman, Neil Armstrong and more! Some of the books we read all the way through while in others we just skimmed and mainly looked at pictures. The kids enjoyed learning about new people in history. On Wednesday I had the kids choose one example of a good citizen and illustrate them: On Thursday the kids filled out their book about good citizens by writing why each example was a good citizen. On the last page they got to choose their own example: (he was a president) (he was the first man on the moon) (he was a good inventor) (he stopped slavery) The Friday before we started this unit, I sent home a little homework project for my kids to complete. They could choose a person to research and present to the class. I gave the kids different graphic organizers to choose from and they could do one or more by the following Friday. I was BLOWN AWAY by how hard my kids worked. Many of them chose to do all four pages. The week after our unit was over, I had four or five kids stand up in front of the class and teach us about their person. We learned so much! We had a variety of people chosen including President Lincoln, Harriet Tubman, George Patton, President Theodore Roosevelt, Neil Armstrong, Rosa Parks, President Washington and many more! The first choice of activities I gave was to fill in a web: The next choice was to write about their person's childhood and adult life and include real or drawn pictures: Their next choice was to fill in a timeline with five key events: Their final choice was to simply write about their person and include a picture: Hope you enjoyed our learning! If you are interested in this unit, please click on the picture below! First three people to comment with their email will get a free copy!
Do Your Younger Students Need Coaching in What Citizenship Means? Help Children Connect the Dots: They are Citizens in Our Community Too! CiViCs for KiDs is an introductory civics lesson suitable for Ages 5 -10. Presentation shares what it means to be a citizen. Gives the message of what good citizen conduct is. Includes eight (8) Q&As for active class discussions! Concept Highlights Include: Explains WHO is a Citizen Who are Special Types of Citizens Citizens Who Do Government Jobs Instills Social Responsibility Guidance Embedded Morality for Citizen Ethics NO PREP- 8 Integrated Q&A Points Simple, Fun and Engaging Awareness Present PDF as Handouts or Show Overhead Receive credits for leaving your comment and rating on this product. Your credits can be applied to buy other Patty Ann Resources on TPT! Thank You and Enjoy!
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Hello Everyone! Just a quick share tonight. As I've mentioned before, we have integrated our reading and social studies. So far things are ...
Teach the importance of personal responsibility and citizenship in the classroom with books, videos, art and SEL lessons for kindergarten or first grade.
Learning to be a good citizen in the primary grades is so important as young students begin to understand what it feels like to become a rig...
