Fourth graders learn how citizenship has two sides, the rights people are guaranteed and the responsibilities they take on, and sort real examples into each.
Students will be able to…
Citizenship gives you freedoms, and asks something of you in return. What separates a right from a responsibility, and why do they go together?
Project this and sort each example into a right or a responsibility — tap an example, then tap where it belongs.
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You have the right to speak your mind, and the responsibility to let others speak too. How do rights and responsibilities fit together?
Students sort rights and responsibilities.
Students pair a right with its responsibility.
Students draft shared rights and duties.
Students reflect on citizenship.
Aligned to the C3 Framework for Social Studies and Common Core literacy in social studies.
Explain how a democracy relies on people's responsible participation.
Examine the origins and purposes of rules, laws, and key institutions.
Describe ways in which people benefit from and are challenged by working together.
Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining it.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have students list three rights and three responsibilities for the class and write a short charter, so citizenship becomes something they practice. A printable rights-and-responsibilities worksheet is in the Social Studies library.
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