Social Studies - 3rd Grade (2024)
Lesson Plans

Strand 3: Your Rights and Responsibilities as a Community Member

Students delineate their civic rights and responsibilities as members of their community and the limits to their rights when they conflict with the rights of others. Students are introduced to the concepts of civil rights, public virtue, and civic engagement.

Compelling Questions:

• What do you like about your community? Are there changes you would like to make?
• Who decides what your community is like?
• How can you demonstrate respect for others in your community?
• How has your community improved, and how can you help your community continue to improve?
• How are your local leaders chosen, and how does your community assure that its leaders do what your community wants and/or needs?

Standard 3.3.4

Describe some of the civic roles that people fulfill within their community, and explain the reasons why people choose to serve in those roles and how they benefit the community.

• Father Sky & Mother Earth: A Navajo Legend
  Caring for the Earth is an important part of responsible decision-making and global citizenship. Our Father Sky and Mother Earth provide for our most basic needs. We need to protect and care for our environment. Through this lesson, students will strengthen thier social and emotional learning skills by reading a Navajo legend - "Father Sky and Mother Earth." Student will explore how they can be good stewards of the Earth and Sky in protecting our natural resources. 

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