1-4.1 Links To Information For Teachers

Vocabulary

• democracy
• equal rights for all
• Respect for the rights and opinions of others
• respect for the rule of law
• freedom generally for all and specifically for you
• American symbols of liberty
• American Flag
• Liberty Bell
• Statue of Liberty
• special holidays (Independence Day, Flag Day, Veterans Day, President’s Day)
• right to vote

Suggestions

• Using a calendar show the different holidays.
• Talk about the value of the different above pictures and why they are so important to our country.
• Give a simple definition of democracy…Telling the students that they have many privileges granted to them by the DeConstitution.
• Show students how a voting ballot looks and talk about making choices.
• First Grade Dictionary For Vocabulary

Streamline SC

• Citizenship and the Community

Books

• Keep On Sewing Betsy Ross by Michael Dahl
• American History National Observances
• Independence Day by Mir Ansary
• D Is For Democracy: A Citizens Alphabet by Ellisa Grodin
• Election Day by Mir Ansary
• President’s Day by Mir Ansary