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Do We Have to Have Rules?: Q1. What are my values and how do I show them?

SS Inquiry for Stds. 2.3 The United States is founded on the principles of democracy, and these principles are reflected in all types of communities. 2.4 Communities have rules and laws that affect how they function.

 

 

What are my values and how do I show them? Your values are the things that you believe are important in the way you live and work. They are your rules for yourself.

What values are important to you and your family? Remember, not everyone's values are the same. What values do you think families in Armonk share? 

1. Values Quiz

Take the values quiz below. Then write down the value that is shown in each question. What three values of yours did you see in the quiz?

2. Values Identification Chart

Part 1. Using the Values Quz you completed, write down three of the values you noticed on the Chart below. Then write a sentence that shows that value. 

Part 2. Read the two articles below. Then fill out the second part of the Values Identification Chart.

Read the two articles and complete part 2 of the Values Identification Chart

Children: Then

 In the 1800s and early 1900s, children often worked--for long hours and very little pay--in mills and factories. Today child labor laws prohibit such practices.                            

By the 1800s, child labor became a major problem in the United States. During that time, machines replaced hand sewing and weaving for making clothing and other goods. Factories were built everywhere to have space for big machines. Factory owners began to use children to work the machines in their factories because machine work did not require adult strength. Children were paid very little.

Factory work was hard and dangerous for children.   During the 1800s, many children began working before the age of 7. They might work 12 or more hours a day, six days a week. They carried heavy loads. They took care of the machines. The factories they worked in were often damp, dark, and dirty. Most of these child laborers came from poor families. When parents could not support their children, they sometimes turned them over to a factory owner. Child laborers had no time to play or go to school. They had little time to rest. Often, they became sick.   

Article excerpted from Scholastic Go for Kids  

Children: Now

Image courtesy of Dreamtime

Think of the children at Coman Hill School. In the United States children must go to school. At Coman Hill students go to school from Monday through Friday and have the weekend off. School helps children learn, so that when they grow up they can be productive members of society. Children at Coman Hill are not allowed to leave school and go to work, but they can help their families with chores.

Children in our community have the summers off to play and go to camp. At Coman Hill, children are treated with respect. All children here are equal. It doesn't matter whether you are younger or older, a boy or a girl, rich or poor or in between. ALL children here are treated fairly.

Article written by Jane del Villar and Jennifer Rowell

 

What values do you think families in Armonk share?