2-Social-Studies-June

Main Concept
Decision Making & Government: Making & Changing Rules & Laws

Guiding Questions

 * Why do we have laws?
 * What happens if you break the law?
 * Who makes laws?
 * How do we enforce laws?
 * KWL of community laws.

Theme/Content Skills

 * People in rural, urban, and suburban communities develop rules and laws to govern and protect community members.
 * Our local communities have elected and appointed leaders who make, enforce, and interpret rules and laws.

Key Terms
laws, leaders, consequence, election, appoint

Holidays
Father's Day

Student Outcomes

 * Students will identify why we have laws and what happens if laws are broken.
 * Students will recognize how laws are created and established.

Assessment/Project
-"Neighborhood Walk: Law Hunt" Take pictures, or check off of a checklist, or write down different laws you see (ex: ped xing sign, no parking sign, don;t walk sign, etc). -Students will match pictures of consequences to broken laws. -"If I'm Elected" Students make posters as if they were running for school president. Have th posters filled with new laws (rules) they would create. Students must explain why these new laws (rules) should be put into effect.

=**Resources for Students**= Stellaluna by Janell Cannon Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry Allard

Resources for Teachers
Harcourt Brace

Field Trip Suggestions
Ask a local councilman to come in and discuss how laws are made and why they are necessary,