HSS Standard: 1.1 Students describe the rights and individual responsibilities of citizenship.

1. Understand the rule-making process in a direct democracy (everyone votes on the rules) and in a representative democracy (an elected group of people make the rules), giving examples of both systems in their classroom, school, and community.

2. Understand the elements of fair play and good sportsmanship, respect for the rights and opinions of others, and respect for rules by which we live, including the meaning of the “Golden Rule.”

Who is responsible for enforcing the rules? What are the consequences if these rules are broken?

Engage: See video: "Neil Patrick Harris Talks to Kids about Rules"

Purpose:

CCSS Outcomes:

Interacting with the Text

1. Paul Galdone’s The Monkey and the Crocodile

2. Lenny Hort’s The Boy Who Held Back the Sea

3. Francisco Jimenez’ La Mariposa