This morning, our social studies lesson focused on rules and laws. We began with a video on why rules are important and what would happen if there were no rules. Then, we watched a second video on the similarities and differences between rules and laws, who creates each, and the consequences or punishments if they are broken. Then, Teddy determined whether given statements were rules or laws, and he categorized the laws into groups based on whether they were made for safety, order, or equality.
This morning, our social studies lesson focused on rules and laws. We began with a video on why rules are important and what would happen if there were no rules. Then, we watched a second video on the similarities and differences between rules and laws, who creates each, and the consequences or punishments if they are broken. Then, Libby determined whether given statements were rules or laws, and she categorized the laws into groups based on whether they were made for safety, order, or equality.
Today, we continued to discuss the importance of responsibilities as citizens, such as maintaining a clean community, following laws, getting involved, and exercising our right to vote. The mini book that was begun on Monday, named "Citizens Have Responsibilities," was completed.
For today's lesson, we discussed the word responsibility. They were asked to share their idea of what responsibility means and give an example of a responsibility that they have at home. Then, we discussed the importance of responsibilities as citizens, such as maintaining a clean community, following laws, getting involved, and exercising our right to vote. Finally, we started working on a mini book named "Citizens Have Responsibilities," which we will continue on Wednesday.
Our lesson on the Bill of Rights continued today. For reference, a flip book was made with simplified explanations and pictures depicting the first 10 amendments. The pages were cut out, stapled in order, and colored while we discussed each one before placing the book into their social studies journal.
Today's lesson introduced the Bill of Rights. We discussed how the Bill of Rights is a list of rights that Americans have and is made up of the first 10 amendments to the American Constitution, which give rights to all American individuals, including freedom of speech, press, and religion.
Today, we completed the lesson on Florida and the symbols that represent our state. The flipbook describing the main symbols was continued with the sentences to describe the pictures completed and the pictures colored. Then, the book was glued into the social studies journal for future reference.
United States History: Florida Flag, State Seal, Motto, and Capital
Lesson Outline
We used the big box of colored pencils to color the Florida flag and State Seal according to the key. I asked Libby and Remington what a key is and how it is used. Libby said it is a guide. That's a very good definition. We looked at the key to guide us to use the correct colored pencil for the parts of the Florida flag and the State Seal. Then we learned about the state motto and wrote that on the worksheet, Lastly, we learned the state capital and spelled it out on the worksheet. Then I asked Libby and Remington to spell Tallahassee out loud with me few times.
