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ABC’s of Citizenship Lesson Plans

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Kindergarten
Lesson 1
Citizenship
Attachment 1: Arkansas Outline Map
Attachment 2: Regional Map
Attachment 3: The Arkansas Flag
Attachment 4: The State Tree
Attachment 5: The State Insect
Attachment 6: The State Beverage
Attachment 7: The Arkansas Diamond Flag
Attachment 8: United States Map
Attachment 9: World Map
 
Lesson 2
Rights and Responsibilities
Attachment 1: Ballot Template
Attachment 2: Voting Paddle Template
 
Lesson 3
Symbols & Celebrations
Grade 1
Lesson 1
Roles of Citizens
Attachment 1: United States Map
Attachment 2: World Map
Attachment 3: Sample Job List
Attachment 4: Sample Parent Letter
 
Lesson 2
Roles of Government, Responsibilities of Citizens
Attachment 1: Sample Ballot
 
Lesson 3
Holidays & Symbols
Attachment 1: National Symbols
Attachment 2: State Symbols
 
Grade 2
Lesson 1
Purposes of Local Government
Attachment 1: Arkansas Map
Attachment 2: Local Government Sample Mobile
 
Lesson 2
Democracy
Lesson 3
Historical Symbols & Celebrations
Attachment 1: Symbols of Arkansas
Attachment 2: The State Anthem: "Arkansas"
 
Grade 3
Lesson 1
Levels of Government
Attachment 1: Three levels of Government Services Chart
 
Lesson 2
Civic Responsibility
Attachment 1: Home Conservation Checklist
Attachment 2: Arkansas Voter Registration Application
 
Lesson 3
National Symbols & the State Flag
Attachment 1: The Story of the Arkansas Flag
 
Grade 4
Lesson 1
Local Responsibilities in Levels of Government
Lesson 2
The Election Process
Attachment 1: Arkansas Voter Registration Application
 
Lesson 3
Foundations of Citizenship
Attachment 1: The Great Seal of Arkansas
 
Lesson 4
Forms of Government
Attachment 1: Federal & State Branches of Government
 
Grade 5
Lesson 1 Founding Documents
Attachment 1: The Mayflower Compact
Attachment 2: The Declaration of Independence, Signing the Declaration, The Declaration-In Your Words
Attachment 3: The Articles of Confederation, Transcript of the Articles of Confederation
Attachment 4: The United States Constitution, Preface, The Supreme Law of the Land, Transcript & Commentary, Constitutional Convention, Ratifying the Constitution
 
Lesson 2 Voting Rights & Responsibilities
Attachment 1: The United States Constitution, Summary & Amendments
Attachment 2: Arkansas Voter Registration Requirements
Attachment 3: Arkansas Voter Registration Application
 
Grade 6
Lesson 1 Expanding Voting Rights
Attachment 1: Voting Rights, 1792-1920
Attachment 2: Barriers to Voting
Attachment 3: Constitutional Amendment Timeline
 
Lesson 2 Political Media & Freedom of Expression
Attachment 1: Cartoon Analysis Worksheet
 
Lesson 3 Citizenship
Attachment 1: Citizenship Test
Attachment 2: The Oath of Allegiance
Attachment 3: U.S. Citizenship
Attachment 4: The Naturalization Test
Attachment 5: The Naturalization Process
 
Grade 7
Lesson 1 Forms of Government
Lesson 2 Powers of Government
Attachment 1: The Collage Project
Attachment 2: Comparing Forms of Government
 
Lesson 3 Greek & Roman Societies
Attachment 1: Forms of Government
Attachment 2: Comparing Voting Laws
Attachment 3: Greek-Roman Mystery
 
Grade 8
Lesson 1 The Struggle for Citizen Rights
Attachment 1: Voting & Disenfranchisement
Attachment 2: History of South Africa
Attachment 3: Constitution Comparison
Attachment 4: Revolving Conflicts