New Roads to Thinking

What does it mean to be a good citizen?

K-2

Being a Good Citizen: A Book About Citizenship
by Mary Small
Explains many different ways that children can be good citizens and show good
citizenship.

Swimmy
by Leo Lionni
A little black fish in a school of red fish figures out a way of protecting them all
from their natural enemies.

The Name Jar
by Yangsook Choi
After Unhei moves from Korea to the United States, her new classmates help her decide
what her name should be.



3-5

We live here too! : kids talk about good citizenship
by Nancy Loewen
Uses an advice-column format to define citizenship and explain how it can be
demonstrated or
used in daily situations.

Baseball Saved Us
by Ken Mochizuki
A Japanese American boy learns to play baseball when he and his family are forced to
live in an internment camp during World War II, and his ability to play helps him
after the war is over.

Together in Pinecone Patch
by Thomas F. Yezerski
A girl from Ireland and a boy from Poland overcome the prejudices held by the
residents of the small American town to which they have emigrated.

Articles

Title: Take Action for Good Citizenship.
Source: Scholastic News -- Edition 2; Sep2008, Vol. 65 Issue 1
Abstract:
The article describes several classroom problems and outlines the ways by which
students can help in solving them.