Annotated Resource List--Citizenship (2nd grade) Source Steig, W. (1986). Brave Irene. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux.

Medium Picture Books, Fiction Rationale This story lends itself well to a study of character traits. It will be especially helpful to use at the beginning of the unit, as the characters trait is explicitly stated in the title. Connection to Literacy: Character traits/Character development/Character change over time Connection to Citizenship: Cat learns how to respect and appreciate his friend Mouse after meeting new friends who are irresponsible and disrespectful This story lends itself well to a discussion of how we can use our understanding of a characters traits to identify their motivation. Ruby is a copycat because she is insecure/because she lacks confidence. This guide has a few good lesson plans related to what it means to be a part of a community. Specifically, Limitations The language is pretty complex/advanced.

Monson, A.M. (1997). Wanted: Best Friend. New York, NY: Scholastic, Inc.

Picture Book, Fiction

Rathmann, P. (1991). Ruby the Copycat. New York: Scholastic.

Picture Book, Fiction

It will likely be difficult for students to recognize that Ruby is insecure but I think that this is a good challenge! This would not be a good source to guide the entire unit. It

Bower, B. & Lobdell, J. (2003). Social Studies Alive: My Community. Palo Alto, CA: Teachers Curriculum Institute.

Lesson Guide

there is one called How Do Communities Change? that gets kids thinking about changes they could make as good citizens of their community when things arent right.

would be boring if used everyday because it is so basic/introductory. It will be more helpful as a tool for giving me ideas than as something that I teach from directly.

Lovell, P., & Catrow, D. (2001). Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon. New York: G.P. Putnams Sons. Adler, D.A. & Widener, T. (1997). Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man. San Diego: Harcourt Brace.

Picture Book, Fiction Picture Book, NonFiction, Biography

This book is a great example of an author using show, dont tell sentences to depict a character and her traits (confident/proud). My students read this book during a study of biographies in February. I will set a new purpose for reading it this second time through: to identify character traits of Gehrig. In this story a young boy learns how to problem-solve a situation with a bully by talking through it with his dad. Connection to Literacy: Character traits Connection to Citizenship: problem solving I want to introduce JFK as an This book is fairly long, the vocabulary is pretty advanced, and the concepts are pretty big. This book requires some real picking apart. Pretty simple book not a ton of higher order thinking necessary to understand or interpret it. Similar to the Lou

Naylor, P. (1991). King of the Playground. New York, NY: Aladdin Paperbacks.

Picture Book, Fiction

Adler, D.A. & Casilla, R. (1991). A Picture

Picture

Book of John F. Kennedy. New York: Holiday House

Book, NonFiction, Biography

important figure in American history, and as an example of a good citizen. This picture book covers his whole life and is highly accessible.

Cowen-Fletcher, J. (1994). It Takes A Village. New York, NY: Scholastic, Inc.

Picture Book, Fiction (Folk tale?)

Castle, C. (2001). For Every Child: The Rights of the Child in Words and Pictures. New York, NY: Phyllis Fogelman Books.

NonFiction

Havill, J., & OBrien, A.S. (1999). Jamaica and the Substitute Teacher. Boston, Mass: Houghton Mifflin.

Picture Book, Fiction

In this story a mother asks her young daughter to look after her little brother all by herself. The daughter loses track of the little brother but the rest of the villagers have their eye on him. Connection to Citizenship: It takes a village to raise a child, value of community, responsibility Depicts, in an accessible way, the rights formally laid out in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Connection to Citizenship: helpful in getting students to think about their rights beyond whats stated in the Bill of Rights. Depicts the feelings and actions of young Jamaica as she makes a decision about whether or not to tell the truth in a difficult situation. Good

Gehrig autobiography. This book is fairly long, the vocabulary is pretty advanced, and the concepts are pretty big. This book requires some real picking apart. Might be more about community than citizenship.

Some of the rights might be a bit too abstract (ex: Every one of us shall have a name and a land to call our own.)

way of teaching integrity. Blue, R., Naden, C.J., & Tate, D. (2009). Rons Big Mission. New York, NY: Dutton Childrens Books. Picture Book, Historical Fiction A fictional account of a young black boy growing up in South Carolina in the 1950s. He loves reading and spending time in the library, but is not allowed to have a library card because he is black. He decides that its not fair and stands up for himself. Great way of teaching the idea that its not always clear what the right thing to do is. Ron breaks the law (is not a responsible citizen) but is he still right in his actions? My students love learning about Presidents. Additionally, I have shown them videos of famous speeches from the past, and they have really enjoyed it. I think that this provides them with a more authentic understanding of the gravity of JFKs words. A chapter book that chronicles JFKs life from start to finish. Offers some great detail about the political climate and lead-up to his inaugural address. This book poses the question What if everybody did.(e.g. throw their It is quite long and the language is a bit more complex/advanced.

Video of JFKs inaugural speech http://www.jfklibrary.org/AssetViewer/BqXIEM9F4024ntFl7SVAjA.aspx

Website, Video

Some of it will be too difficult for second graders to understand. I will have to fast forward parts. May not get to read entire bookwill likely have to pick and choose. Repetitivewill only use excerpts.

McDonough, Y.Z. & Weber, J. (2005). Who Was John F. Kennedy? New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Stover, J.A. (1960). If Everybody Did. New York: D. McKay.

Chapter Book, NonFiction, Biography Picture Book,

Fiction

Boelts, M. & Jones, N. (2007). Those Shoes. Cambridge, Mass: Candlewick Press.

Picture Book, Fiction

(2009). Every human has rights: a photographic declaration for kids based on the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Washington, DC: National Geographic.

NonFiction

trash on the floor)? I will use a few pages from this book to introduce a discussion about responsibilities as citizens of our classroom. A story about a young boy who is dying for the newest pair of cool shoes. Unfortunately, his family cannot afford them. His grandmother tells him that they only have room for needs, not wants. I will use this book to introduce the idea of rights as being similar to needsthat we have a right to all of our basic needs, but not to things that we merely want. I will photocopy certain pages from this book that demonstrate basic human rights. There is only a sentence or two on each page, and a photograph to go along with it, making the content accessible to second graders.

Some of the pages highlight difficult issues (domestic violence) and portray them in the form of photographs. I would be careful about giving this book to a child.