Being a Good Citizen Back to School Rules & Laws Kindergarten & First

Looking for a resource that will help build an awareness of citizenship, government, community, authority & power with kindergarten and first grade students? These posters & activities will help prompt good meaningful discussions and support the journey of building a classroom community ...as well as being good citizens in it!

Includes 13 mini posters that (simply) explain key vocabulary:

• rules
• laws
• community
• citizens
• power
• authority
• enforce
• duty
• constitution
• fairness
• resolution
• conflict
• decisions

Includes the following activities:

• colored & blackline label the "good citizen" activity
• have you seen this good citizen? "ad" activity
• 3 ways to be a good citizen activity
• rule follower lift the flap activity
• power & authority at school cut, glue & sort activity
• places that have rules cut, glue & sort activity
• rules & laws sort game (includes 12 different example cards for teacher/students to read/sort whole group or in a center)
• the Declaration of Independence poster (excerpt of the passage "we hold these truths to be self evident…)
• 3 branches of government poster featuring Executive, Legislative and Judicial.

Happy Teaching!