Overview

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Second and fourth grades will explore how rights, responsibilities, and laws provide citizens security and safety in a community.

Second grade will experience how rules are important in the classroom and in communities. They will then investigate how a lack of rules can influence a group of people and how developing rules and laws can create safety for all citizens.

Fourth grade will focus on the laws of our government, and how they affect the lives of citizens. Students will explore the Bill of Rights and discuss the rights and responsibilities of a student. They will create a Bill of Rights in the classroom by role playing the legislative branch of government.

A focus will be given to the ILS standards that highlight Social Responsibility. "Students who contribute positively to the learning community and to society are information literate and recognize the importance of information in a democratic society (ILS7), practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology (ILS8), participates effectively in groups to pursue and generate information (shares and collaborates) (ILS 9)."

Students will also be able to access information efficiently and effectively (ILS 1), evaluate information critically and competently (ILS 2), use information accurately and creatively (ILS3).