6. Fields of Knowledge - History and Social Sciences
Citizenship
| CITIZENSHIP 6.10 MEANING OF CITIZENSHIP: |
Grades K-2, (5-8 year-olds) |
Grades 3-5, (8-11 year-olds) |
Grades 6-8, (11-14 year-olds) |
| Students examine and debate the meaning of citizenship
and act as citizens in a democratic society. This is evident when students:
6.10 Meaning of Citizenship Cross Referenced to Vital Result Standards |
· Define responsibilities of citizenship
in a school setting.
· Practice democratic processes. |
· Participate in team democratic process.
· Debate and define the rights, principles, and responsibilities of citizenship. |
· Analyze and debate the problems of majority
rule and the protection of minority rights.
· Analyze ways that individuals and institutions have narrowed the gap between the ideal (in national documents and symbols) and the actual in various times in their local community, in Vermont, in the United States, and in various locations world wide. · Debate and define issues of justice and equality, including those that sometimes conflict. |
| 6.11 TYPES OF GOVERNMENT: |
Grades K-2, (5-8 year-olds) |
Grades 3-5, (8-11 year-olds) |
Grades 6-8, (11-14 year-olds) |
| Students compare and evaluate the philosophical underpinnings
and the workings of different types of governments, including constitutional
governments, in various times in their local community, in Vermont, in
the United States, and in various locations world wide. This is evident
when students:
6.11 Types of Government Cross Referenced to Vital Result Standards |
· Discuss problems in classroom and
school
· Participate in the formulation of reasonable rules. |
· Identify the U.S. as a republic with
democratic processes.
· Identify the principles of differing governments. · Identify and evaluate the purposes of laws and rules, and the processes for making and changing them. |
· Identify and evaluate different governments,
their differing views and individual rights, opportunities for citizen
participation and relations with foreign governments.
· Analyze the relationship between principles of governing and the implementation of those principles. |
| 6.12 INSTITUTIONAL ACCESS: |
Grades K-2, (5-8 year-olds) |
Grades 3-5, (8-11 year-olds) |
Grades 6-8, (11-14 year-olds) |
| Students analyze the access that various groups and individuals
have had to justice, reward, and power, as those are evident in the institutions
in various times in their local community, in Vermont, in the United States,
and in various locations world wide. This is evident when students:
6.12 Institutional Access: Cross Referenced to Vital Result Standards |
· Discuss fair treatment for all. | · Examine, community (e.g. classroom, school, town, nation) for fair treatment of all, regardless of ethnicity, class, gender, or religion. | · Identify, compare, contrast, and evaluate the
political and economic power of various groups.
· Analyze the influence that interest groups and public opinion have had on political, social, and economic life. |
| 6.13 HUMAN RIGHTS: | Grades K-2, (5-8 year-olds) | Grades 3-5, (8-11 year-olds) | Grades 6-8, (11-14 year-olds) |
| Students identify and evaluate the concept of human rights
in various times in their local community, in Vermont, in the United States,
and in the various location world wide. This is evident when students:
6.13 Human Rights Cross Referenced to Vital Result Standards |
· Articulate how they want themselves and others to be treated. | · Identify and evaluate how they want themselves
and others to be treated.
· Identify and compare how various societies have defined human rights. · Identify and evaluate how actions (e.g. individual, group, national, international) promote or deny human rights. |
· Evaluate the impact of social choices (e.g. efforts to end hunger, finance health care, defend homelands) on human rights. |
| Areas of Study for All Shelburne Students on Standards
6.10, 6.11, 6.12, 6.13 |
Communities
Patriotism All About Me Early Inhabitants Global Awareness Other Cultures |
U.S. Government/ Geography
Vermont Contemporary Cultures Ancient Cultures Early American History Conflict & Conflict Resolution |
Governments
Social Justice & Equity U.S. History & Culture Regional Studies Comparative Cultures |
| Examples of Classroom Activities for Standard
6.10, 6.11, 6.12, 6.13. This may vary from team to team |
Team rules
Class meetings Literature discussions |
Mock elections
Team voting Underground Railroad study Conflict-resolution role playing Awareness week - guest speakers |
Historical connections
Social issues Criminal/civil justice Constitution Community service Revolution Team culture |
| Examples of Assessment Strategies for Standard 6.7, 6.8, 6.9 |
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