Indiana Social Studies S.6.10

Social StudiesGrades 9–12Sociology of Groups

The Standard

Identify both rights and responsibilities the individual has to the group.

2026 Indiana Academic Standards: K-12 Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students identify what members can expect from a group and what the group can expect from members. They apply both to a club decision or disagreement.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can name a member's right to speak and a responsibility to listen. They can explain how both matter when a group makes a decision.
Common Misconceptions: Students may call any preference a right, such as always getting their first choice of task. They may think a majority vote means dissenting members do not get to speak.
How to Assess It: Exit ticket: A club votes on a fundraiser before one member gets to speak. Name two rights and two responsibilities members have, then explain how one of each applies here.

Lesson moves

Give groups a mock club scenario and index cards; have them write two member rights and two responsibilities, then arrange them into an agreement.
Ask students to write what a club should do when it votes before Maya gets to speak, and to name the right at stake.
Run a three-pile sort of slips labeled speak at meetings, finish assigned work, and win every vote: right, responsibility, or neither.
Bring in a school club meeting notice; students add one speaking rule and one member duty that would help the meeting run fairly.

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