Grade Level: 5

Unit: Government

Missouri Show Me Standards:
-Performance Standards
G1_02, G1_04, G1_07, G1_09, G1_10, G2_03, G4_01
-Knowledge Standards
CA_03, CA_06, SS_01, SS_02, SS_03, SS_06, SS_07

NET Standards:
-Students use technology tools to enhance learning, increase productivity, and promote creativity.
-Students use telecommunications to collaborate, publish, and interact with peers, experts, and other audiences.
-Students use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of sources.

Curriculum Standards:
-Knowledge of the principles expressed in documents shaping constitutional democracy in the United States
-Gather, Analyze and Apply Information and Ideas

Objectives:
-Students will be able to identify, describe, summarize and/or illustrate the first ten amendments in the Bill of Rights. Social Studies (1.5, 4.2), Communication Arts (1.3, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8)
-Students will be able to recognize the basic rights of citizens reflected in the Bill of Rights. Social Studies (4.1, 4.2)
-Students will be able to identify three issues of today and tell which of the Bill of Rights is illustrated. Social Studies (3.1, 3.6), Communication Arts (1.6, 1.8)