Citizen Me

Overview

Students learn that they are citizens at many levels of society: home, school, city, state, and nation! Students create a graphic organizer that diagrams citizen rights and responsibilities at these different levels of citizenship. They also learn the sources of their rights and responsibilities at each level. We recommend following this lesson with the iCivics lesson, " The Global You."

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Grade Levels

• 6-8

Learning Objectives

• Define citizenship on five levels (home, school, city, state, nation)
• Describe rights and responsibilities of citizens at each level of citizenship
• Identify the source of rights and responsibilities at each level of citizenship
• Suggest examples of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship in their own lives

Related Resources

• The Fourth Branch: You!
• Neighborhood Good
• Citizenship: Just the Facts
• The Global You
• Students Engage!
• A Trip Around the World