Schools of California Online Resources for Education
Score: Colusa Community School: Independence Day!
Using the concept that a class has become an independent country, students work in groups to design symbols that depict their class. This activity not only teaches the history of American symbols, but it exercises higher-order thinking...
SMART Technologies
Smart: Be a Good Citizen
This lesson guides students to learning about the qualities of a good citizen.
HotChalk
Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: A Rights vs. Responsibilities Game
Directions for a dominos game. The teacher, before class or with students' help, creates dominos depicting various occasions. Students identify the responsibilities they would have for each occasion. Then students can use the pieces to...
The Dirksen Congressional Center
Congress for Kids: What Is Citizenship?
Being a citizen comes with rules you must follow and responsibilities towards other members of your community and country. Learn what it takes to become a U.S. citizen, what behaviors are expected of you, what civil disobedience is, and...
The Dirksen Congressional Center
Congress for Kids: Citizenship: What Is Responsible Citizenship?
This section challenges you to determine for yourself how to act in order to be a responsible citizen. You will develop standards for your own behavior through these activities. You will have the opportunity to conduct a search for the...
iCivics
I Civics: Sortify: u.s. Citizenship
Test your knowledge of US citizenship without getting out of sorts.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: What Is Citizenship?
Learn the difference between nationality and citizenship and the characteristics of a good citizen.
Curated OER
Library of Congress: Teachers: Chinese Immigration to the Us
Group portrait of three Chinese children standing in a room in Chicago, Illinois, each holding an American flag and a Chinese flag.