This is an optional program for use by Utah LEAs, schools, and teachers to observe Founders Month and Consitution Day. It aligns with and supports mastery of many Utah Core Social Studies Standards in grade K-5. Standards alignment is provided, along with resources for possible use.

This lesson shares a Ute tale with students to help them to use illustrations to help clarify text details and sequence. The story is then used to help engage students in a discussion on bullying, how actions have consequences and what the characteristics are of a good friend.Background information gives teachers resources to help their students learn more about the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation. The lesson is an integrated English Language Arts, Social Studies, Health lesson. 

 This is a lesson plan for younger grades to teach digital citizenship. It. can be done in person or assigned online.This can be used as a culminating assessment project or done as a whole group to introduce being a responsible user of technology. Here's the website for the image:https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship  

Students will learn that there are rules to be followed or jobs to be done in the classroom. Students will also learn how to listen and speak to others.

It is our pleasure, our honor, our duty as citizens to present to you Duck for President. Here is a duck who began in a humble pond. Who worked his way to farmer. To governor. And now, perhaps, to the highest office in the land. Some say, if he walks like a duck and talks like a duck, he is a duck. We say, if he walks like a duck and talks like a duck, he will be the next president of the United States of America. Thank you for your vote.

This is a video that helps teach students with special needs, or students that struggle with social skills, appropriate responses when interacting with peers. Both positive and negative examples are given to show cause and effect. This resource helps reinforce positive social skills and can help students engage more appropriately with their peers.
After showing students this video, you can have them practice different scenarios, that will help them generalize appropriate social skills in their environment.