Teachers: Angela Longo, Andrea Simpson

Concepts:

Skills:
By the end of the week students will have a firm understanding on
the concepts of authority, fairness, justice, responsibility and rules.
They will with this understanding be able to implement it in the
classroom setting.

The Social Studies

Civics and Government

Centers & Activities

Monday
(Responsibilities)

Tuesday
(Authority)

Wednesday
(Rules)

Thursday
(Fairness)

Morning Group
Activity

Bring the class

together and get a
sense of what
responsibilities exist
in the community.

Ask questions
during circle about
who holds
authority in the
community. See if
any child knows the
meaning of
authority.

Introduce the
classroom rules,
allow for time to
explain what each
rule is as well as the
students to ask
questions. See
attached rules.

Talk about taking

turns, sharing with
one another and
how we all work
together as a
cooperative group.

Play charades in
classroom but using
different authority
figures talked about
earlier in day. Such
as teacher, police
office etc. Allow
students to use some
words so that it is
easier for them to
act out and have

Play Red light,

Green Light* (with
rules)

Afternoon Group
Activity

Friday
(Justice)

Talk about justice

and equality.
Explain to children
the importance of
this in our society
today. Talk about
what equality is and
how it relates to
them inside the
classroom.
Discuss what it
Have students talk
means to be a fair
to you about the
person. Have
differences they
students brainstorm observe between
a list of dos and
one another inside
donts for being fair. their classroom.
Write ideas down on Have students list
paper and hang on
their differences as
classroom wall.
well as similarities.
See if these
attributes are

friends guess.

Language and
Literacy

Read At Work and

discuss what
children know about
their home life and
what jobs exist.
- What do their
parents do,
grandparents, etc.

Art

Have students draw

pictures that
represent different
professions, such as
construction worker,
police officer,
doctor or teacher.
Learn mail carrier
song to show that
this is a
responsibility that
someone in the
community has.

Music & Movement

Sing Five Friendly

firefighters and
Im a police
officer.

external or internal,
and discuss this with
the class. Students
should begin to
realize that it's
important to respect
human differences
Read articles from
Read Bootsie Barker
newspapers and
Bites and bring in a
magazines on events discussion of the
in which fairness
fairness title.
and justice are an
issue. Have a
discussion about
who is acting fairly,
and who is acting
unfairly in these
situations.

Listen and sing

Listen to those in
Authority song
(attached below)
have students
identify important

things talked about

in song
Dramatic PlayHome living

Math Manipulative

Home living center,

let children act out
the different jobs in
the home and
community.

Incorporate different
costumes that show
authority into
dramatic play such
as a police officer.
Count how many
different
authoritative figures
the children can

Count how many

friends are in the
class. Break it up
into groups of boys
and then groups of
girls. Count as a
total number also.

Science &
Discovery

Note: The original lesson plan from text has a social studies segment. Instead of just a segment this lesson of the week focuses on
social studies as a topic. Sepcifically civics and government for day to day activities.
Textbook example of Preschool-kindergarten lesson plan. Book:

Concept: Civics and Government: authority, responsibility, fairness, rules and justice.
Standard: 6. Give examples that show the meaning of the following concepts; authority, fairness, justice, responsibility and rules.
PreK-K.5 Retell stories that illustrate honesty, courage, friendship, respect, responsibility, and the wise or judicious exercise of
authority, and explain how the characters in the stories show these qualities. (C)
Prek-K.6 Identify and describe family or community members who promote the welfare and safety of children and adults. (C)
PreK-K.8 Give examples of different kinds of jobs that people do, including the work they do at home. (E)