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Course: 6th grade reading & vocabulary > Unit 1
Lesson 1: Building knowledgeWelcome to the Banning Behavior unit!
Laws and rules are an important part of society. Without them, there would be chaos. They aren’t perfect, though, and they’re constantly being changed. How are laws made, and what are some difficult decisions involved in making them? And how can we change rules that are unfair? This is what we’ll be reading and thinking about in this unit.
In this unit, you will:
- Learn about the creation and removal of laws
- Think about the purpose of laws and whether they are helpful
- Learn about events affected or caused by laws
By:
- Watching videos to help you understand what good readers do
- Reading and answering questions about literary and informational texts
- Learning new academic words
In order to answer the essential question: Do we need laws to regulate what we do?
Want to join the conversation?
- What is the point of yeild signs(38 votes)
- Yield signs tell you to wait for someone else to go.(45 votes)
- Why can't more laws be alligated towards envirnment and animal protection?(30 votes)
- Because sometimes the government thinks people are more important then keeping animals environments safe.(6 votes)
- why are there stop signs(13 votes)
- A stop sign bans the behavior of going. Because of this, it's appropriate for the Banning Behavior Unit.(22 votes)
- why is there sometimes very bad laws(9 votes)
- I think it is because some people in the government have different opinions then other people, which might seem like bad laws to some people and good laws to others.(27 votes)
- why are there so many people not responding correctly to the rules.(14 votes)
- Because some people are not good at following rules(7 votes)
- Yes because with out rules or laws everything would be out of control(13 votes)
- When and where was the first law created?(12 votes)
- well it was a law code made in Egypt in the 22nd century BC(6 votes)
- how can a stop sign help(9 votes)
- They tell people to stop, which is an opportunity for others to cross the road and also keeps driver’s speeds in check(8 votes)
- I wonder why only grown ups make the rules why cant children.(9 votes)
- probaly because they want to keep you and your family safe(5 votes)
- Yes we need laws, if not the world would be in chaos.(8 votes)