Students create their own classroom constitution. In this leadership skills lesson, students work together to solve problems. Students discuss why rules are important and brainstorm ways to solve classroom problems. Students vote on the...

Young scholars examine reasons for studying government. In this U.S. government lesson, students brainstorm the reasons for rules. Young scholars draft their own class constitution in the style of the U.S. Constitution.

Students examine the need for rules to keep order at home, in school, in communities, and in the country using trade books and teamwork activities. They work in cooperative groups to define a positive learning community by writing a...