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Urban or Rural?

Take two sheets of blank paper. Label one URBAN. Label the other RURAL. Look through the newspaper to find pictures that show things that happen in an URBAN area and things that happen in a RURAL area. Paste them on the appropriate papers.

Subject:

Geography

Grade:

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

Skill or Strand:

Location

Standard:

Students describe how location****** weather and physical environment affect the way people live.

Respecting Rules

Laws are rules a society agrees to live by. They are made to help keep order. Find stories about people who broke the rules. What rules were broken? What were the consequences?

Subject:

Community

Grade:

2nd 3rd 4th 5th

Skill or Strand:

Citizenship

Standard:

Students understand the difference between making laws*** carrying out laws and determining if laws have been violated and punishing wrongdoers.

First Amendment

Part of the first amendment reads Congress shall make no law . . .prohibiting the freedom of speech or of the press or the right of people peaceably to assemble and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Find and mount articles showing dangers to the rights laid out in this amendment. Label them DANGERS. Find and mount articles showing protection of these rights. Label them SAFEGUARDS.

Subject:

Government

Grade:

8th 11th 12th

Skill or Strand:

Bill of Rights

Standard:

Students understand the functions of a free press and fundamental liberties ensured by the Bill of Rights.

Community Heroes

Find an article in the newspaper about a person who is working to make your community a good place to live. Make a list of words that describe that person. Make a separate list of words that describe a hero. Are any words in the two lists the same? How can the newspaper help the community?

Subject:

Community

Grade:

2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

Skill or Strand:

Citizenship

Standard:

Students understand the importance of individual action and character and explain how heroes make a difference in others' lives.

Culture for Dinner

Find three names or ads for restaurants in your paper that serve ethnic foods. Discuss and locate on a map the countries the restaurant's foods represent.

Subject:

Geography

Grade:

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th

Skill or Strand:

Maps & Globes

Standard:

Students use map and globes skills to determine the absolute location of places.