Chapter 7 is about civics and government. The goals for this section is for students to understand social science and history topics as well as become knowledgeable, responsible citizens. This section in the chapter focused on the standards for k-4 as well as 5-8th grade. There were also many helpful links about the judiciary, executive, and legislature branches of our government. I could see myself referring back to this chapter when I teach government to my students because of all the helpful websites.
My lesson is for 3rd graders and it is about the constitution. Here are my links on delicious bookmarks:
https://delicious.com/eowdom/History%20Lesson%202
I too touched on the subject of being a knowledgable citizen. I don't feel like this is emphasized enough currently in social studies classes! It is important that this is taught at a younger age because once the student gets to high school, they are not required to take any sort of civics classes. So some students go on purely the knowledge they gained in middle school!
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