• Introduction
• What is Citizenship?

WHAT IS CITIZENSHIP?

Grade Three Curriculum

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”

– Mohandas Gandhi

Demonstrating good citizenship is being a person who is involved in trying to make the classroom, the playground, the school, the community, or the world, in general, a better place. Good citizens are always considering the needs of others.

YOU SHOW CITIZENSHIP WHEN YOU:

• Are being a good friend, peer or neighbour
• Follow rules
• Respect authority – your parents, your teacher, people in the community
• Want to make a difference in whatever setting you are in
• Look for opportunities to help others or the environment
• Think of thoughtful things to do for others
• Work with enthusiasm
• Don’t wait to be asked when something needs doing
• Do your part to recycle, reduce, or reuse
• Help keep your desk and the classroom neat and tidy
• Do something kind for someone else without expecting anything in return
• Control your temper.

OTHER CITIZENSHIP RESOURCES

• Being a Good Citizen: A Book About Citizenship by Mary Small
• Citizenship: Grade 3 by McGraw Hill Children’s Publishing
• Citizenship: Life Lessons by Tyndale House Publishers (Audio Book CD)
• Empowering Children: Children’s Rights; Education as a Pathway to Citizenship by R. Brian Howe
• Good Citizenship Counts by Marie Bender
• Improving the Quality of Life by Susan Watson
• Old Henry by J. Blos
• Present Takers by A. Chambers
• The Day I Became a Canadian: A Citizenship Scrapbook by Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet
• The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White

RELATED VIRTUES:

Service, Kindness, Thoughtfulness, Considerate, Helpfulness, Responsible, Respectfulness, Caring, Integrity, Humility, Tolerance, Appreciation, Conscience, Industriousness, Pride