5. Classroom Constitution
1. Children list the rules they
believe should exist in the
classroom
2. Rules are clustered based on
broad responsibilities
3. For each responsibility is
translated into a right
Rules
Responsibilities
Rights
Alignment
Arizona Social Studies
Strand 3: Civics/Government
Concept 1: Foundations of
Government
Concept 4:
Rights, Responsibilities, an
d Roles of Citizenship
Classroom Constitution
Integrating Pop Culture in the Classroom is like integrating any cooperative learning. It shifts the classroom dynamic away from the teacher causing disequalibrium for those used to maintaining complete control. The volume is going to rise, kids aren’t necessarily going to stay seated and refocusing group attention can be challenging. But if you prepare in advance, its easy to get into the spirit of things.