Civics 5th grade
Overview
This lesson plan is over civics for the 5th grade. It involves a fair amount of online resources and incorporates way they can be innovative in their own way. I highly encourage you to check out this lesson if you are teaching civics due to the fact that the students get to make their own comic strip to demonstrate the whole idea of civics and what it entails. I incorporated a lot of helpful websites that may be helpful for teachers even if they do not use the whole lesson plan they might find those interesting.
supporting question 1 5th grade
Introducing day one is basically going to get the students feet wet with the topic. The teacher will slowly start introducing it during this day. The information will get heavier as the days go on.
While the studnets are exploreing make sure the students are on the coorect websites.
Morning work:
What is civics?
Perception
Write what you think civics is on a peice of scrap paper. Then write one exaple of a way a person can show civics in the community.
Have students explore the websites:
https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/-h-our-history-lesson-what-about-heroes-marshall-and-wilson.htm
https://www.kidcitizen.net/https://www.kidcitizen.net/
https://eagleeyecitizen.org/
Write two things down that stook out to you while reading though the information.
Action & Expression
Now think of some ideas that youd think will help model civics.
-turn and talk with you partner to share a way that you can participate in civics.
Supporting question 2 5th grade
-The police officers should be warned on what unit we just have started. They need to know that our main focus is civics and this is what our entire unit is stuctured around.
Day two
Before leaving brain storm some questions to ask the office.
The students will be taking a feild trip to the local police station.
Engagement
The student will bring their note books to write down any questions they have for the police officers in order to help them with the poster when they get back.
Comprehension
When the students get back the students will begin on their posters that explains how a polcice officer models civics and relate them to the hero website that was given to them the day before. On the back side they will write how a major models civics as well.
https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/-h-our-history-lesson-what-about-heroes-marshall-and-wilson.htm
The students will present their posters front and back side to the whole class.
Supporting question 3 5th grade
educate the tsudents before the book on hwta it means to model civic virtues. Then read the book and ask the students how the charcter modeled responsiblity, coooperation, and respect.
Then have the students creat their own comic book that pertains these virtues.
Listen to the book "what can a citizen do?" by Dave Eggers
Comprehension/ Recruiting interest
After reading this lesson the students will create a commic book using people in the community modeling their super power of civics.
Think of the professions that help make the city a better place.
the people in the comic book should model civility, cooperation, respect, and responsible participation.
Goal and standards of this lesson
The goal of this lesson is to look at heroes in our everyday lives that have made a difference and look at them as an example of a person that shows that they care about the community. This lesson should introduce what civics is and how it can be modeled then we will go into looking at examples. This lesson is important because they students need to be able to see how they can model civics in their community and how they can be a good example like the models shown.
Standard-5.C.6
Describe group and individual actions that illustrate civic virtues, such as civility,
cooperation, respect, and responsible participation.