Designed to enrich social studies education at the elementary level, this manual provides teaching strategies and citizenship units for kindergarten through grade 7. Kindergarten students learn about rules, voting, interdependence, wants vs. needs, environmental protection, homes and backgrounds, and goods and services. Grades 1 and 2 focus on the interrelationships among the family, community, state, and nation. Grades 3 and 4 study local, state, and national government; political parties; government services; the judicial system; laws; natural resources; and global interdependence. Grade 5 students examine American history, taxes, budgets, lawmaking, the role of the courts, and vandalism. In grade 7 students are introduced to political science and economics concepts and participate in a budget simulation. Teaching strategies for all grades include case studies, using community resources, using the newspaper, quantitative inquiry, simulation games and role play, relating citizenship topics to global education, decision making and valuing techniques, using graphs in the classroom, and field trips. Each unit lists concepts, terms, objectives, materials, and procedures. Numerous reproducible materials are included. (KC)