Citizenship: Home, School, and Community
Session 6: Rules in the Community

Materials

• Chart paper and markers
• Pencils and crayons
• Pictures of neighborhoods and communities

Instructional Activities

NOTE: The following Web resource may be helpful:
I Am Responsible. <http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/theme/respk1.htm>

1. Review rules at school and rules at home from the past sessions with the students.
   
   
2. Introduce rules in the community by reading a teacher-selected book about community rules. While reading the book, point out the different rules in the community and ask if they are similar to the rules in the students’ community.
   
   
3. Use chart paper to list the community rules that students recall from the book.
   
   
4. Have students create pictures that illustrate the rules in the community, and post them on a bulletin board, or create a class book.
   
   
5. Guide students in a discussion about the responsibilities of good citizens in the community, such as:
   •    obeying the laws
   •    respecting the rights and property of others
   •     voting
   
   
6. Have students draw a picture of the responsibilities of good citizens in the community, and then have them share their responses.