Integrated Literacy Assignment (ILA) By: Blake Bromley SST November 6, 2014

GLEC 4.C5.02 Describe the relationship between rights and responsibilities of citizenship.

Websites:  Congress for Kids: Provides students with interactive quizzes, games, projects, and lots of information on government and citizenship. _whatisresponcitizenship.htm

Poster for the Classroom: This poster explains the rights and responsibilities a student has in a classroom. It could be hung up as a reminder of classroom expectations. Also, it helps reinforce the idea that all rights come with responsibilities.

Songs/Raps Bill of Rights Rap- Smart Songs 4E0&list=PL397484AE480C9B00

Songs/Raps:  Chorus It’s the Bill of Rights, it’s the bill of your rights It’s time to take your knowledge up to unfamiliar heights The thrill of your life, just like riding a bike You’re never, never, never going to forget the Bill of Rights (×2) Verse I The right to free speech and religion and press Are guaranteed by Amendment One Amendment Number Two says it’s true, that it’s all up to you If you choose to possess a gun The government can’t force you to house and feed a soldier Says Amendment Number Three Amendment Number Four we adore says without a warrant Your stuff can’t be searched or seized Chorus Verse II Amendment Number Five says the court can’t try you With evidence they already used It also says that nobody can make you self-incriminate You’re allowed to stay silent if you choose. Amendment Number Six won’t let the criminal clock tick The rights of the accused continue here, and then Amendment Number Seven gives you one plus eleven: A right to a trial by a jury of your peers If it’s cruel and unusual punishment It’s ruled out by Amendment Eight Amendment Number Nine says that other rights are fine And Ten gives the rest to the states.  This website provides a variety of songs and raps that can be used for all ages to make learning fun!  ap.com/music- contents/Bill_of_Rights- m366_p415.html

Games:  Do I Have a Right? game is one of many on the icivics.com webpage. This game allows students to pretend to be a lawyer and determine if their client has a case or not based on the rights of citizenship.

Games:  Responsibility Launcher is an icivics.com games allows students to help remind citizens of their civic duties by thinking about the responsibilities of citizenship.

Acrostic Poem:

Artwork:

Video:  Rights and Responsibilities is a great video from School Tube that students can relate to. Real students give examples of the rights that they have in their daily lives and the responsibilities that go with those rights. 

Activity Book:  The Learning About Responsibility Activity Book is an excellent resource found at the CML. It is filled with short stories, definitions, questions, short activities, and important ideas for students to understand about responsibility of citizens in a democracy.

Magazine:  This is the December/January issue of The Mailbox magazine for teachers. This issues includes a large section about celebrating citizenship filled with activities on the rights and responsibilites of citizenship.

Books: A Kid’s Guide To America’s Bill of Rights by: Kathleen Krull

Lesson Plan Idea: Democracy for Kids is a lesson plan that I found on the Scholastic website. It gives students two panels of information to read though so that gain background information and also includes an activity to help students gain an understanding of the difference rights and responsibilities of citizens.

Lesson Plan Idea:  Just a Spoonful of Rights Make the Responsibilities Go ‘Round!  This is a 4 part lesson that is aligned with the GLEC. It introduces rights and responsibilities of citizens in society, in our classroom and community.  ive.org/lessons/unit44 /lesson3.html ive.org/lessons/unit44 /lesson3.html

Textbook: This is the teacher’s edition and student’s edition of the Macmillian/McGraw-Hill textbook Our Communities. The book has many chapters, but does an excellent job teaching students about government, citizens, and the rights and responsibilities that they have.

Citations: Artifact 6: Acrostic Poems. (n.d.). Retrieved November 2, 2014, from Banks, J. (2003). Our communities (Texas ed.). New York: Macmillan/McGraw-Hill. Bill of Rights. (2013). Retrieved November 2, 2014, from Bill of Rights Rap - Smart Songs. (2010). Retrieved November 2, 2014, from Congress for Kids: [Citizenship]: What is Responsible Citizenship? (2011). Retrieved November 6, 2014, from Do I Have a Right? (n.d.). Retrieved November 3, 2014, from Krull, K. (1999). A Kids' Guide to America's Bill of Rights. New York: Avon Books. Learning to Give, Philanthropy education resources that teach giving and civic engagement. (2008). Retrieved November 3, 2014, from Llyod. (2014, January 1). Rights vs. Responsibilities. Retrieved November 2, 2014, from

Citations Continuted: Responsibility Launcher. (n.d.). Retrieved November 2, 2014, from Rights and Responsibilities Chart | Carson-Dellosa Publishing. (n.d.). Retrieved November 3, 2014, from Responsibilities-Chart-6305 Scholastic News: Democracy Plaza. (2009). Retrieved November 2, 2014, from y_plaza/reproducibles/index.asp?article=rights&topic=0 The Education Center. (2001). Celebrate Citizenship. The Mailbox,