This curriculum guide explores character through the newspaper by helping students develop definitions and real-life examples of character traits such as honesty, loyalty, tolerance, respect, perseverance and fairness, etc. This guide focuses on citizenship. It contains 20 lessons covering topics such as analyzing news, the role of a free press, consumer rights and responsibilities, how laws affect people and community problems and resources. This guide was created to celebrate the 200th birthday of the Bill of Rights. These activities are presented at three levels of difficulty and are based on citizens' rights guaranteed by the Bill of Rights.
Lessons relate to American history and culture, government, economics, geography and current events.
It contains four activities for each level. Topics include how the earth began, dinosaurs, fossils, and the first birds, reptiles, mammals, etc. The activities focus on analytical questions that aid the student in dissecting political cartoons. The current events issue-related activities promote critical thinking and enhance cognitive skills. This guide examines today's environmental issues.