Private i History Detectives Civic Virtues Collection
Private i History Detectives Civic Virtues Collection
In the new Private i History Detectives Civic Virtues Collection, students learn about civic virtue champions and practice civic virtues in their own lives and in the classroom.
Throughout these units, students will discover the untold stories of important and influential figures who lived out civic virtue in their own lives. They will also gain the skills they need to understand each other’s ideas and have opportunities to bring their own experiences into the learning.
These four additional units, created for early elementary students, are a valuable addition to the Private i History Detectives curriculum.
Introduction: How Can Civic Virtue Help Me Be a Good Citizen?
Students make choices every day, but they might not think about how their choices impact themselves and others. In this inquiry-based unit, they are introduced to the practices of civic virtue, consider the importance of classroom rules, and discover how Benjamin Franklin practiced civic virtue.
How Can Perseverance Help Me Be a Good Citizen?
The way students respond when things are challenging can be the difference between success and failure. But it’s not easy to practice a civic virtue like perseverance. In this inquiry-based unit, students are introduced to Wilma Rudolph and Katherine Johnson and explore the ways they demonstrated perseverance.
How Can Generosity Help Me Be a Good Citizen?
What happens when people are generous? In this inquiry-based unit, students learn how they can practice generosity to help others. They will analyze primary sources to discover how children showed generosity during the World Wars and investigate how people’s generosity brought the Statue of Liberty to New York City.
How Can Being Civic-Minded Help Me Be a Good Citizen?
What does it mean to be a good citizen? In this inquiry-based unit, students will examine how they can be civic-minded and make decisions for the common good. Then they will explore how Clara Barton and Robert Smalls demonstrated civic-mindedness throughout their lives.
Key features
Organized by grade level and topic, these whole-class, mystery-themed units make teaching social studies fun. Guide elementary students through exciting historical investigations to build content knowledge, civic dispositions, and critical thinking skills.
Standards-aligned
Reduce time searching for materials and make teaching civics easy and relevant with lesson plans that meet state standards.
Engaging lessons
Ignite student interest and make social studies fun with whole-class, mystery-themed units that teach lifelong inquiry skills and primary sources analysis.
Timely
Easily incorporated into your curriculum and class time, lessons require 40 minutes or less to complete.
Illuminate untold stories
Introduce students to a diverse and inclusive range of stories with lessons that draw connections between history, civics, geography, economics, and students’ lives.
How to Use Private i History Detectives?
Grow elementary students’ content knowledge, civic virtues, and critical thinking skills with Private i History Detectives, our K-5 curriculum.
