Third Grade Michigan’s Citizens and Government Lessons Breakdown

/ Title / GLCEs / Included Resources / Needed Resources / Suggested Resources /
Lesson 1 / Rules, Rules, Rules / C1.0.1 / A book such as No, David! By David Shannon or Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
video: Stop, Think, and Choose (REMC 01975)
Video: United Streaming: TLC Elementary School: Understanding Government Creating a Classroom Constitution Segment
Lesson 2 / Our State Needs Rules / C1.0.1
C5.0.1 (Introduction) / Chart paper
Whiteboard
Markers
Lesson 3 / Purposes of Government / C3.0.1
C3.0.2
G1.0.2 / Natural and Human Characteristic Map / Physical and Political maps (Optional) / www.michigan.gov
Lesson 4 / Money Doesn’t Grow on the Tree Branches of Government / C3.0.2 / Taxes Activity / Taxes, Taxes! Where the Money Goes by Nancy Loewen or Paying Taxes by Sarah De Capua.
Video: Why We Have Taxes – the Town That Had No Policeman- (REMC 07707) 7 minutes.
Smarties for Taxes Activity
Lesson 5 / Branching Out / C3.0.3
C2.0.1 / Three Branches Of Government worksheets
Justice Branch Information Sheet
Lesson 6 / You Be the Judge / C3.0.4 / MOCK TRIAL SCRIPT-“Gold E. Locks vs. Three Bears
MOCK TRIAL SCRIPT-“Big Bad Wolf vs. Three Little Pigs” / (http://www.abanet.org/publiced/mocktrials.html
For more Mock Trial Scripts
The True Books: Serving on a Jury by Sarah De Capua
Lesson 7 / Create a Classroom Government / C3.0.1 / Art supplies for campaign posters and buttons, ballots, voting box
Materials for graphing / Note: Jehovah Witness children do learn about government but do not participate in voting or in student elections.
Lesson 8 / Issues and Decisions / P3.1.1 / Reader’s Theater - The Other Cinderella Story by Cara Bafile
Reader’s Theater – Uptown Mouse, Town Mouse by Cara Bafile / Chart paper or whiteboard and markers / Other stories indicating Point Of View
Such as:
Country Mouse, City Mouse by Jan Brett
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs Told by A. Wolfe
LaRue book series by Mark Teague
Tall Tails series books by Dona Smith
Lesson 9 / Public Issues / P3.1.1
P3.1.2
P3.3.1
4-H3.0.8
(introduction) / The Mitten (May 2004): “Michigan’s Bottle Bill,” p. 1-3.
1. Major crop list for migrant workers
2. Great Lakes Compact info
3. Survey and graphing rubric / Articles and sources about public policy issues (Some are provided.) / www.trash-o-meter.com Video for kids on Michigan’s trash issue. Note: This is from the democratic party.
Migrant and Seasonal worker web site:
http://www.michaglabor.org/
Lesson 10 / Core Democratic Values and Issues / P3.1.3
4-H3.0.8 / CDV book list / Issues discussed in Lesson 10
Poster making supplies.
Core Democratic Posters / Books from the CDV book list that will help illustrate concepts.
Lesson 11 / Group Presentations / P3.3.1
P4.2.1
P4.2.2 / Markers, poster paper / Material that may help chosen forms of presentations like newspapers, music sheets, etc.

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