Why do we have rules and laws? - Integrated Education

[Pages:9]Why do we have rules and laws?

Interact Discovery Sheets Social Science Years 1-4

By Julie Owen

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Contents

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Introduction

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Key Competencies, Habit of Character, Habit of Mind

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Big Idea, Key Understanding, Focus Question

6 Recall School Rules

7 Recall The Ten Commandments

8 Recall My Family Rules

9 Recall True or False?

10 Raise Questions Our Questions

11 Research 1.0 What are rules and laws?

12 Rules, Rules, Rules

13 Rules and Laws

14 It's the Law

15 Research 2.0 Who makes rules and laws for us?

17 Ruler for a Day

18 Rule Makers and Rule Breakers

19 Research 3.0 How do people makes rules and laws for our local community?

20 Laws that Help Us

21 Research 4.0 What happens if people choose to disobey rules and laws?

22 A Good Citizen

23 Good Citizens

24 Disobedient or Not?

25 Reason Thinking About Rules and Laws

26 Reason Talking About Rules and Laws

27 Reflect Follow the Leader

28 Reflect Following God's Lead

29 Reflect God's Law of Love

30 Respond Praying for Our Leaders

31 Respond Rules are Cool!

32 Respond Making a Difference

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INTRODUCTION

Why do we have rules and laws? This Interact Teacher Manual forms part of the theme, God is calling us to walk with him.

Life is full of rules and laws. Many are unwritten customs that have existed for as long as we can remember, while others have been negotiated in groups with whom we interact; still others have been dictated for us by those who have been given the responsibility to make decisions on our behalf. Whether we have been part of the process of formulating them or not, we follow rules and laws because they have been designed to help us.

As children, we first learn to listen and live in relationship through loving and obeying our parents or caregivers. We learn obedience by choosing to obey rules, just as the children of Israel learned through the Ten Commandments. As we grow up, we begin to understand the big ideas behind the rules.

Rules and laws remind us to consider how we can help each other. If people lived by God's law of love, there would be no need for rules and laws - but because we are often selfish or unthinking, they help us to remember what is valuable to God, to other people, and to our environment. God calls to us to follow his law of love. (John 13:34-35)

The origin of the word obey actually means to hear, or listen towards. When we hear, or listen towards others, our actions are not robotic and unthinking, but based in relationship. Those who learn to listen towards God, become the best leaders.

As we consider why we need rules and laws, may our understanding of God's leadership grow. It better than even the best human leadership in every way. God leads us by calling us to walk with him.

If you are new to Interact resources we invite you to turn to Appendix --I to learn about the Interact Learning Path on which this

Teacher Manual is based, and to gain additional planning help.

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key competencies | habit of character | habit of mind

the key competencies are:

Managing self Understanding language, symbols and text

Kthe habit of character focus is: CObedience

Mthe habit of mind focus is: Managing Impulsivity

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big Idea | Key understanding | focus question

the big idea is:

God is calling us to walk with him

I the key understanding is: Leaders in our school, community or country make rules U and laws to help us

Qthe focus question is: Why do we need rules and laws?

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School Rules

Everywhere we go, there are rules to follow! Some rules are for keeping people safe. Some are to show love or respect for people.

Other rules have been made so that we can look after the things that we own and the places that we share.

List some school or class rules that you remember, and then add these colours to show that you understand how each rule helps us:

Put a red circle around the rules that are about safety Put a blue circle around the rules that are about love or respect Put a green circle around the rules that are about caring for property and places

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