STAGE 1 – DESIRED RESULTS

Unit Title: A Good Citizen

Established Goals:
K.1 Students understand that being a good citizen involves acting in certain ways.
1. Follow rules, such as sharing and taking turns, and know the consequences of breaking them.
2. Learn examples of honesty, courage, determination, individual responsibility, and patriotism in American and world history from stories and folklore.
3. Know beliefs and related behaviors of characters in stories from times past and understand the consequences of characters’ actions.

Understandings: Students will understand that… Essential Questions:

● A good citizen has many different qualities including positive
ethical and empathetic qualities.
● A good citizen can be of any age, race, culture, sexual orientation,
socioeconomic status, and can have exceptional abilities.
● It is important for others to know that a person is a good citizen,
however, self-assessment and self-value is precious.
● There are consequences for choices and actions.
● What makes a person a good citizen?
● Who can be a good citizen?
● Who decides what makes a person a good citizen or a good
person?
● What happens if we don’t make the best choices?

Students will know: Students will be able to:

● Positive behaviors associated with a good citizen.
● About different historical people from all sorts of backgrounds that
are considered good citizens.
● That there are both consequences imposed by rules that are made
and also logical consequences imposed by another person.
● Determine and explain what makes a good citizen.
● Explain how different people of all backgrounds can be good
citizens.
● Predict what may happen based on decisions made.

STAGE 2 – ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE

Performance Tasks: Other Evidence:

Key Criteria:

STAGE 3 – LEARNING PLAN

Summary of Learning Activities: