The document discusses teaching students about the rights and responsibilities of citizens in the United States. It provides definitions of key terms like citizen, rights, and responsibilities. It outlines activities over 5 days that involve creating charts of rights and responsibilities, making posters illustrating classroom and community bills of rights, reviewing books about the US Bill of Rights, and creating additional posters about rights at different levels. The goal is to explain to students that the US government is founded on equal rights and to help them understand some of the basic rights and freedoms protected in the country.

1. You Have the Right to..... By: Mary Ellen Wessel