Title – Responsibility

By – Paula Hrbacek

Primary Subject – Social Studies

Secondary Subjects – Other

Grade Level – K to 5

Every freedom entails a responsibility. For instance, one of your rights is to a good, free education. Your responsibility for this right is to do your homework; respect the administration; take good care of the buildings, grounds and supplies; study; and behave in a manner that doesn’t take a freedom away from someone else.

Cut cardboard into 1 1/2 x 3 inch rectangles. Use the stickers that are intended to be used on a calendar or school agenda, as reminders of doctor’s appointments, special days, etc. Put two stickers on each rectangle.

Discuss what your responsibility would be for each occasion.

To play dominos, spread the tiles out face down. Each player picks four. One tile is turned up. Go around the table, taking turns. If the player can match a picture, lay the tile down touching one of the three sides of the first tile. If they cannot match, pick up a tile and pass the turn to the next player. The first person to use up all of their tiles wins.

I am a director for an after school program run by the YMCA. I used this to go over one of the core values in a fun way.

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