A 3-page 1st grade social studies sort on citizenship. Page 1 has a two-column chart headed Good citizen and Not a good choice, and twelve small captioned pictures, from picking up litter and recycling a bottle to cutting in line and yelling in the library. Students write each picture's number or caption in the column where it belongs. Page 2 has two drawing boxes, one for being a good citizen at school and one at home. Page 3 gives the completed sort.
D2.Civ.7.K-2
“Apply civic virtues when participating in school settings.”
The sort asks students to separate choices such as taking turns and holding the door from cutting in line and yelling in the library.
D2.Civ.2.K-2
“Explain how all people, not just official leaders, play important roles in a community.”
The two drawing boxes ask each student to show their own part at school and at home.
Twelve numbered pictures with captions. Six are good choices (picking up litter, taking turns on the slide, helping a friend who fell, raising a hand to talk, recycling a bottle, holding the door) and six are not (cutting in line, dropping litter, breaking a toy on purpose, yelling in the library, taking someone's pencil without asking, writing on a desk). A smiley column and a frown column hold the answers.
Two large boxes. Students draw one way they are a good citizen at school and one way at home.
The completed chart, with the odd-numbered pictures as good choices and the even-numbered ones as not, and a note on what to accept in the drawings.
Start together
Do the first four pictures with the whole class and say the reason aloud for each. Students then sort the other eight on their own.
Where is it okay
Pictures 8 and 10 lead to good talk about rules in different places. Ask where it is fine to be loud, such as outside at recess.
Share and display
Students show their school drawing to a partner before they draw the home one. Pin the pages on a good citizens board.
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