Teach core democratic values with primary source documents, read alouds, social studies-history activities & art lessons.

American Democracy Lessons for a Core Democratic Value: Liberty

LESSON PLANS FOR LIBERTY
Warm-up - Dance and Drama
Read Aloud - Picture Book from your library or bookstore
Explore Democratic Values: Think-Pair-Share
and Document Analysis
Think Piece essay - Discussion of Liberty
Pencil Power - Are you ready for greater liberty?
Art Connection activities - Papier Collé

Think-Pair-Share SAMPLE: Ask students, Why does the dreidel run away? Give students a few minutes to ponder this question on their own. Then invite them to discuss their thoughts with a partner. Finally, have partners share with the class.

Purchase and download the electonic-booklet in PDF file format. Print copies for your assistants and the students in your classroom. Use the Core Democratic Values lesson plans year after year.

Get the picture book,
Runaway Dreidel!,
at your library or bookstore.

The Core Democratic lesson plans are electronic booklets in PDF format so you can download the files to your hard drive.You can print copies of the teacher's information pages and duplicate the Student Activities pages, documents, and worksheets for all of your students. Use the Core Democratic Values Lesson Plans over and over again each semester.