ANTICIPATE the lesson by asking the following questions: “What are rights? What are responsibilities?” Record key words from students’ answers in a visual place, summarizing their thoughts when you are done taking answers. 

DISTRIBUTE the Citizen Me pyramid guided notes. 

INFORMstudents that they will be building a Citizenship Pyramid, and they should follow along with the PowerPoint presentation to complete their pyramid. 

RUNthe Citizen Me PowerPoint slowly to be sure that students can complete each step on their Citizenship Pyramid. 

PAUSE at each transition between sides of the pyramid to check that students have correctly completed part of their pyramid. 

INSTRUCT students to cut out on the outside line around their triangles. Fold and tape or glue them together into pyramids.  

REVIEWinstructions for the worksheet. Instruct students to complete the worksheet, circulating to check for understanding. 

DISTRIBUTE the “Bob’s Big Day of Citizenship” story.

READ the story with the class.  You may want to challenge the class to raise their hands every time they spot a right or responsibility Bob is exercising/fulfilling.

INSTRUCT students to use their pyramids to help them fill out the chart at the end of the story.  Students should identify two rights or responsibilities (or one of each) for each level of citizenship.  They should write what Bob did, then put a check mark to indicate whether that action was a right or responsibility.  

CLOSEby asking students to silently think of one right or responsibility they will carry out before they go to bed tonight and what level of citizenship it falls under.