Patriotic Theme - I actually have a patriotic theme in my room right now! Our theme for our summer school session is heroes, so I used red, white and blue to decorate my room.
*PATRIOTIC FABRIC: Use fabric for bulletin board backgrounds. I found lots of inexpensive... source
A Class Citizenship Tree for Elementary Students - A lesson plan for citizenship. Grade 2 to 5 source
A Dictionary of Independence - A lesson plan for a project relating history and citizenship. Students create a dictionary of citizenship terms using examples from their state or U.S. history source
Center for Civic Education - Student pages and a teachers guide about the responsibilities that go along with the rights Americans enjoy source
Character Counts! - Information about the Character Counts program and workshops. Click on Resources and guides for free sample classroom activities, a parenting guide, a childrens booklist and more source
Cruel Schools - Students work cooperatively to understand school violence and plan solutions source
Learning Adventures in Citizenship - A collection of lesson plans for teaching about community citizenship. Designed for use with or without PBS programming source
Property: Ownership, Respect, and Responsibilty - Through a story and questionnaire, students learn about property rights, and respect for the property of others source
Teaching Citizenships Five Themes - Activity ideas for the five themes of citizenship: honesty, compassion, respect, responsibility, and courage source
The Peaceful Classroom - Over a dozen character education activities ready to go for young learners source
The Pledge of Allegiance - A lesson plan that helps students understand the meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance through critical thinking source