For this activity, you need to know the age at which young people can get a driver's license in your state. It would also be helpful to gather similar information about eligibility for other local and state milestones. WHAT YOU NEED
WHAT TO DO
Getting a driver's license: 16
Becoming eligible to vote: 18
Can serve in the House of Representatives: 25
Can serve in the U.S. Senate: 30
Can run for President of the United States: 35
Have children each choose one of the milestones and draw themselves at that time. Children should write the date in large numbers at the top of the picture. Have children form a living timeline, holding their charts and dated pictures. Make it a talking timeline by having children briefly describe what their pictures show.
Create a list of age-related milestones that have local significance. Examples: when they can take swimming lessons at the community center, get a fishing license, use certain equipment, get a library card. Have children create a separate chart, arranged in chronological order, for these milestones.
Ask children to choose one milestone and write a paragraph telling how their life might change when they reach it. Have them share their predictions with a partner.
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