3-5 Units

Teach civics and government in your 3-5 classroom

Civic literacy connects your students to their communities, state, and nation!

Want to do more to teach about civics and government in your 3-5 classroom? Here's a great way to start or add to your current lesson plans. 

The lessons and activities are designed to be educational, flexible, and help your students to begin to build knowledge and understanding about civic literacy concepts relevant to the grade level. Extend civic learning using the choice boards and teaching resources. 

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools 3-5 educators created a unit for each grade level. Each unit contains 3 mini-lessons and additional resources for the grade level. All content is aligned to NC social studies standards, and was reviewed by a team of K-5 educators from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Guilford County Schools, and GenerationNation.

Contact us with questions on teaching 3-5 civic literacy or if you have a favorite resource or activity to suggest for a future update!

Open the document to access the grade level units and information. Use the navigation at the top of this site to access the Choice Boards, Additional Resources, and other information.