• Lesson Plan #1: Introductory Unit Lesson (6 Dimensions)

• Lesson Plan #2: Deliberation

• Lesson Plan #3: Voting and Elections

• Lesson Plan #4: Voting and Elections (Maps)

• Lesson Plan #5: Service Learning and Community Action (Introduction)

• Lesson Plan #6: Service Learning and Community Action (Animal Shelter Donation Drive)

• Lesson Plan #7: Citizenship Values

• Lesson Plan #8: Citizenship Values (Values Debate)

• Lesson Plan #9: Citizenship Dispositions and Virtues (Responsilblity & Civility)

• Lesson Plan #10: Citizenship Dispositions and Virtues (Fairness & Justice)

• Lesson Plan #11: Citizenship Knowledge

• Lesson Plan #12: Final Unit Lesson (Field Trip)

PA & Core Standards

• 5.2.4.B - Describe the sources of conflict / disagreements and different ways conflict can be resolved. (Lesson 2,8)

• 5.3.4.F - Explain how different perspectives can lead to conflict. (Lesson 2)

• 5.2.4.D - Describe how citizens participate in school and community activities. (Lesson 1,5,6,11)

• 5.2.4.C - Describe the roles of leadership and public service in school, community, state, and nation. (Lesson 1)

• 5.3.4.E - Explain the voting process. (Lesson 1,12,3,4)

• 5.1.4.B - Explain rules and laws for the classroom, school, community, and state. (Lesson 1)

• 5.2.4.A - Identify individual rights and needs and the rights and needs of others in the classroom, school, and community. (Lesson 1,7,9)

• 5.2.C.D - Evaluate and demonstrate what makes competent and responsible citizens. (Lesson 9)

• 5.1.CC - Evaluate the application of the principles and ideals in contemporary civic life. (Lesson 10)

  • • • • • Liberty / Freedom

          • Democracy

          • Justice

          • Equality

• 5.2.C.D - Evaluate and demonstrate what makes competent and responsible citizens. (Lesson 10)

• 5.2.C.B - Analyze strategies used to resolve conflicts in society and government. (Lesson 10)

• CC.1.5.4.A - Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions on grade-level topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly. (Lesson 10)

• CC.1.4.4.E - Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic. (Lesson 9)

• CC.1.1.4.A - Determine a theme of text from details in the text, summarize the text. (Lesson 7)

• CC.1.3.4.E - Read with accuracy and fluency to support comprehension (Lesson 7)

• CC.1.2.4.J - Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or states of being and that are basic to a particular topic. (Lesson 8)

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.4 - Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and communicative tasks. (Lesson 2)

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.4 - Participate effectively in conversations with diverse partners. (Lesson 2)

• 7.1.4.A- Describe how common geographic tools are used to organize and interpret information about people, places, and environment. (Lesson 4)

• 6.1.4.D- Explain what influences the choices people make (Lesson 3)

Concepts

Introductory Lesson Plan:

• Students will be able to create classroom rules and values.

• Students will be able to respectfully listen to their groupmate’s ideas and be able to incorporate them into the classroom rules and values.

• Students will be able to understand the notion of “majority rules” through the voting of classroom rules.

• Students will be able to define democracy.

• Students will be introduced to the 6 dimensions of citizenship education.

Lesson #2: Deliberation

• Students will be able to identify the meaning of deliberation and the components that come with it.

• Students will be able to partake in a group debate and be able to give their personal rational on why they voted for said topic.

• Students will be able to resolve conflicts between peers when debating on said topic in order to agree on a final choice (with the guidance of the teacher).

• Students will be able to understand that individuals have diverse needs and values which will sway their final vote.

Lesson #3: Voting and Elections

• Students will understand the process of campaigning and voting. They will learn how to work in a group and conduct their own campaign. Students will also vote in the election.

Lesson #4: Voting and Elections

• Students will learn about what the electoral college is and how it works. Students will talk about how the electoral votes affect a presidential election.

Lesson #5: Service Learning and Community Action

• Students will learn that helping others in need is an important value that teaches us to be respectful, to empathize with others, and problem-solve.

Lesson #6: Service Learning and Community Action

• Students will learn how to organize and advertize for a donation drive.

• Students will gain a better understanding of the who, what, where, when, and why's of persuasive writing.

Lesson #7: Citizenship Values

• Students will be able to identify the definitions and differences of citizenship, values, and democratic values.

• Students will be able to identify the basic values of a democratic citizen and the components that come with being a democratic citizen.

Lesson #8: Citizenship Values

• Students will be able to demonstrate what citizenship values and democratic values are through holding a classroom debate on values.

Lesson #9: Citizenship Dispositions and Virtues (Responsibility & Civility)

• Students will be able to demonstrate what responsibility and civility looks like in a democratic society.

Lesson #10: Citizenship Dispositions and Virtues (Fairness/Justice)

• Students will be able to demonstrate what fairness/justice looks like in a democratic society.

Lesson #11: Citizenship Knowledge

• Students will demonstrate their understanding of what it means to participate as citizens by writing letters to citizens who participate in the community.

Lesson #12: Final Unit Lesson (Field Trip)

• Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the voting process by taking part in an election at a field trip in Harrisburg.

Vocabulary

Introductory Lesson Plan:

• Democracy

• Deliberation

• Voting and Elections

• Service Learning and Community Action

• Citizenship Values

• Citizenship Dispositions and Virtues

• Citizenship Knowledge

Lesson #2: Deliberation

• Deliberation

• Democratic Voting

• Debate

Lesson #3: Voting and Elections

• Elections

• Votes

• Debate

• Campaign

• Advertise

Lesson #4: Voting and Elections

• Electoral College

• Electoral Votes

• Maps

• Population

Lesson #5: Service Learning and Community Action

• Service

• Community

• Donation

• Charity

Lesson #6: Service Learning and Community Action

• 5W's

• Advertisement

Lesson #7: Citizenship Values

• Citizenship

• Values

• Democratic Values

Lesson #8: Citizenship Values

• Values

• Democratic Values

• Government

• Democracy

Lesson #9: Citizenship Dispositions and Virtues (Responsibility & Civility)

• Citizenship

• Civility

• Responsibility

• Citizenship dispositions and virtues

Lesson #10: Citizenship Dispositions and Virtues (Fairness/Justice)

• Fairness/Justice

• Citizenship

• Responsibility

Lesson #11: Citizenship Knowledge

• Community

• Citizen knowledge

• Effective citizen

• Informed

Lesson #12: Final Unit Lesson (Field Trip)

• Citizen

• Voting

• State capital

• Election