At a Glance:
| Grades: | 4 |
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| Subject: | Civics; Social Studies |
| Topic: | Understanding Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens |
| Lesson Length: | 40 - 45 mins |
Standards / Framework:
What will students learn in this activity?
Students will be able to distinguish between protected rights and responsibilities as members of their community, state, and country.
What should students know before this activity?
Students should have an understanding of the terms right and responsibility.
How can teachers introduce this lesson?
- Read and discuss the sample comic.
- Have students decide if the action in each panel is a right of a citizen or a responsibility of a citizen.
What will students do?
- Have students create a two-panel comic depicting a right and responsibility for citizens living in their community, state, or country.
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Panel 1: Illustrate a protected right of a citizen.
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Panel 2: Illustrate a responsibility of a citizen.
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How can teachers wrap up the lesson?
- Share and discuss the completed comics.
- Were there any commonalities?
- What would life be like if citizens didn’t follow through on their responsibilities?
How can teachers differentiate this activity?
- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
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Preteach vocabulary.
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Provide examples and have students sort into rights and responsibilities.
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Allow students to work in pairs or groups as needed.
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Provide sentence starters as needed.
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Allow students to create a comic in their home language.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
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