Alabama Social Studies SS24.K.1a

Social StudiesKindergartenCivics

The Standard

SS24.K.1: Describe rights and responsibilities of citizens and individuals within the home, school, and community.

Differentiate between rights and responsibilities of citizens and individuals.

2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students sort everyday examples into things people should have and things people should do. They explain how having a turn to speak differs from listening to someone else.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student identifies learning at school as a right and letting others learn as a responsibility. They can name another pair, such as being safe and keeping their hands to themselves.
Common Misconceptions: Some students think a right must be earned by doing chores. Others call putting blocks away a right because they are allowed to do it.
How to Assess It: On an exit ticket, ask students to mark 'I can learn at school' as a right or responsibility, then mark 'I let others learn.' Ask them to explain one choice.

Lesson moves

Give pairs picture cards showing a child learning, a child staying safe, a child listening, and a child putting blocks away; sort them into two groups.
Ask, 'Why should everyone get a turn to share an idea, and what should we do while someone else talks?'
Read cards saying 'I can learn' and 'I let others learn'; have students point to a rights or responsibilities mat.
Show a crosswalk photo; ask students to name their right to be safe and their job to wait for the walk signal.

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