ADDING TEXT REMIX of Remix: Election Day: Our Civic Duty & Why It Matters: Grade 3-5
Students will build background and show understanding about government elections at the local, state, and national levels in the United States.

Students will write, revise, and edit an informational piece to demonstrate mastery of the topic of elections incorporating key academic content vocabulary.

Students will create a PPT with a teacher's model to demonstrate understanding and mastery of key content area vocabulary words.

Students will complete activities during independent work time or literacy stations. Provides a QR code for students to listen to stories (2 non-fiction and 1 fiction) about elections. After they listen to the stories they choose one of the non-fiction texts to write facts about, find the main idea and key details, and define new words

Students will learn more about a first responder or group of first responders in their community. They will then design and create a certificate to honor that individual or group.

Students develop an understanding of how good citizens acting alone or working together can improve the community and help other people.

In this unit, students learn that effective citizens are committed to protecting rights for themselves, other citizens, and future generations, by upholding their civic responsibilities and are aware of the potential consequences of inaction. Students also learn distinctions between a citizen's rights, responsibilities, and priviledges help to define the requirements and limits of personal freedom.

In this lesson, students learn about citizenship and how they can show citizenship.

In this lesson, students learn about the process of voting through a class election. The main objective is to see if students understand qualities important in a leader and elements involved in an election.

Students learn about the Declaration of Independence and about the term “consent of the governed” as well a
its relationship to the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution. Students also learn about several Founding Fathers, including Benjamin Franklin, and their contributions to communities that have influenced history.

Students learn about the Declaration of Independence and the term "consent of the governed" as well as its relationship to the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution. Students also learn about several Founding Fathers, including Benjamin Franklin, and their contributions to communities that have influenced history.

Students create a poster to enter into a poster contest that educates others about issues surrounding bullying.

In this lesson, students revisit the traits of a good citizen using historical figures as examples (Thurgood Marshall, Abigail Adams, and Sojourner Truth). Students also examine choices they make that can lead to good citizenship in the classroom and in the community.

In this lesson, students learn about historical and contemporary figures who contribute to a community's culture by introducing ideas that change, expand, or shape communities. Students learn through historical figures who exemplify good citizenship the importance of the characteristics of good citizenship and acts of civic responsibility.

In this lesson, students consider heroes and deeds based on the criteria of a good citizen. Students learn about heroes in the past and consider their efforts on the present. Using vocabulary, past, present, and future, students place heroes into a timeline and tell about their deeds.

With this lesson, student look closely at historical people who were first to make discoveries or create inventions or innovations that changed communities at that time, now, and in the future, focusing also on local heroes who are good citizens and first responders. Students make use of technology as a resource for research, to summarize and write what is learned, and place information into a timeline format.

With this lesson, student explore the structure of government at the local, state, and national levels, as well as the services the government provides, and the financing for the services. Students compare the three branches of government focusing on the executive branch, how the levels work together and the enforcement of rules and laws.

With this lesson, students learn about local, state, county and national group decisions on taxation, as well as consent of the governed and how leaders can be elected who will fulfill the wishes of the people as designed by the Founding Fathers through the United States Constitution. Students also review traits of good citizenship and consider how they can help their own communities.

This lesson develops students' understanding of how good citizens acting alone or working together can improve the community and help other people.

In this lesson, students explore their local (or nearby) Communities in Schools chapter and create an infographic for individual services provided.

In this lesson, students analyze the impact/contributions of Hunter in his local community and regions over time. Students will create a brief digital presentation to demonstrate their understanding of Hunter’s contributions followed by examples of how we can contribute to our communities today.

Students consider heroes and deeds based on the criteria of a good citizen. Students learn about heroes in the past and consider their efforts on the present. Using vocabulary, past, present, and future, students place heroes into a timeline and tell about their deeds.