{"id":2010,"date":"2009-11-15T20:37:25","date_gmt":"2009-11-16T01:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/2010"},"modified":"2009-11-15T20:37:25","modified_gmt":"2009-11-16T01:37:25","slug":"teaching-civics-with-childrens-literature-zip-ziphomework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/11\/15\/teaching-civics-with-childrens-literature-zip-ziphomework\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Civics with Children’s Literature: Zip, Zip…Homework"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Zip, Zip…Homework<\/a> written and illustrated by Nancy Poydar<\/p>\n

Zip, Zip…Homework<\/em> by Nancy Poydar tells the story of Violet – a young student with a new backpack.\u00a0 Violet gets a new backpack just for homework with lots of pockets.\u00a0 She practices zipping, snapping, and velcroing all the pockets in her backpack every night – just in case she gets some homework to put in them.\u00a0 Finally, Ms. Patience, Violet’s teacher, assigns homework.\u00a0 Unfortunately, Violet loses it and instead of admitting her mistake, she chooses to lie and gets caught.\u00a0 In the end, Ms. Patience teaches Violet a valuable lesson about being truthful.<\/p>\n

“When recess time came, Ms. Patience said, ‘Violet, the truth is more important than homework, you know.’\u00a0 Violet never imagined Ms. Patience saying that.\u00a0 ‘I kept the truth zipped up,’ said Violet.\u00a0 ‘But did you lose the truth?’ asked Ms. Patience.\u00a0 ‘No,’ said Violet, and she told Ms. Patience the truth.”<\/p>\n

“That night Violet told her parents the truth.\u00a0 It was her special homework assignment, and it was harder than the homework she didn’t do the night before.”<\/p>\n

Curriculum Connections:<\/strong>
\nZip, Zip…Homework<\/em> is a great book to read to younger students when discussing some qualities of a good citizen – practicing honesty and trustworthiness, taking responsibility for one’s actions, and demonstrating self-discipline.\u00a0 This book correlates nicely with the Virginia History and Social Science Standards of Learning for K.8, 1.10, and 2.10.<\/p>\n

Additional Resources:<\/strong>
\nTrustworthiness lesson<\/a>:\u00a0 This pdf document provides an idea to teach younger students about trustworthiness by asking leading questions and having them draw pictures.<\/p>\n

Honesty worksheet:<\/a> \u00a0 This link includes a free worksheet of questions about honesty.<\/p>\n

Responsibility lesson plan<\/a>: \u00a0 This lesson plan encourages students to take responsibility for their actions instead of making up excuses.\u00a0 There are some nice questions and discussion prompts included in this lesson.<\/p>\n

Character Counts Values Jar:<\/a>\u00a0 This is an idea for a whole class incentive to be good citizens.\u00a0 Anytime a teacher catches a student being trustworthy, honest, caring, respectful, responsible, or generally a good citizen, a color-coded marble will be placed in a jar.\u00a0 Once the jar is full, the class will be rewarded.<\/p>\n

General Information:<\/strong>
\nBook: Zip, Zip…Homework
\nAuthor: Nancy Poydar
\nIllustrator: Nancy Poydar
\nPublisher: Holiday House, Inc.
\nPublication Date: September 2008
\nPages: 32
\nGrade Range: K-2
\nISBN-10: 0823420906
\n<\/a> ISBN-13:\u00a0 978-0823420902<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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