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Social Studies Strands: Community Helpers

Social Studies Strands: Community Helpers ED417-02 Andrea Priest Becky Harrison Table of Contents History People in Societies Geography Economics Government Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities Social Studies Skills and Methods Community Helpers Unit: Social Studies

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Social Studies Strands: Community Helpers

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  1. Social Studies Strands:Community Helpers ED417-02 Andrea Priest Becky Harrison

  2. Table of Contents • History • People in Societies • Geography • Economics • Government • Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities • Social Studies Skills and Methods

  3. Community Helpers • Unit: Social Studies • Grade Level: First Grade • Lesson: Community Helpers

  4. History • Activities: • 1. Create a community helpers collage that compares the past to the present • 2. Using preprinted materials, students will create a time line of community helpers of the past and present • 3. Students will create a community helper for the future and include the tools that they will use

  5. History • Activities (cont.): • 4. Students will identify tools used by community helpers in the past, present, and future • 5. Guest speaker (firefighter or mail carrier) will compare and contrast various changes in their profession throughout history

  6. History • Web sites • http://www.usps.com/history/his2.htm • A complete history of the U.S. postal system • www.ponyexpress.org/history.htm • Complete history of Pony Express, including a bibliography, stations, and riders • www.cincyfiremuseum.com • Web site includes information about history, fire safety, special events, and a virtual tour

  7. History • Web sites • www.standardsmadeeasy.com/ActivityDetail.asp?ActivityID=11634 • Web site allows children to put community helpers in their correct building • www.hud.gov/kids/job1.html • Interactive web site invites children to read a short job description and match it to the community helper

  8. People in Societies • Activities: • 1. Compare our community helpers to those of other cultures • 2. Identify the person who performs community helper duties in other countries (i.e. gender, class, race) • 3. Allow students to view various tools and uniforms from different countries

  9. People in Societies • Activities (cont.): • 4. Discuss the availability of tools used by community helpers in other countries • 5. Students will choose their favorite community helper from a different country and draw the uniform and tools that are used

  10. People in Societies • Web sites • www.ci.coe.uni.edu/uniquest/webquest/lewis109 • Introduction to various community helpers • www.beenleigss/qld.edu.au/requested_sites/services/#PEOPLE%2QAT%2QAIRPORTS%20PROVIDE • Discusses various helpers within the community

  11. People in Societies • Web sites • www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/communityhelpers.html • Resource for teachers which includes print outs and ideas • www.gms.lu/~chenutd/links.html • Interesting police links from Europe • www.militarymorons.com/gear/gear.4.html • Pictures of various police uniforms from Africa

  12. Geography • Activities: • 1. Students will draw a map of their community and include locations of community helper buildings (i.e. fire station, post office, police station) • 2. Identify various community helper symbols (i.e. flashing lights, red cross, etc.) • 3. Create a graphic organizer that tells what community helpers do within their community

  13. Geography • Activities (cont.): • 4. Allow students to select a pen pal from a different country to correspond with • 5. As a class, conduct an interview of a person from a different country. Include questions about various community helpers in their country

  14. Geography • Web sites • www.lfelem.lfc.edu/resources/sstudies/kinder/communhelpers.html • A webquest about where community helpers work and how they help us • www.standardsmadeeasy.com/ActivityDetail.asp?ActivityID=11634 • Students place the community helpers in the correct building • http://bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2/neighborhoood/ • Webquest allows children to click on various buildings within the community to learn more about that particular helper

  15. Geography • Web sites • www.standardsmadeeasy.com/ActivityDetail.asp?ActivityID=11652 • Printable materials about where a letter goes after it is mailed • www.mapquest.com • Include detailed maps of various communities

  16. Economics • Activities: • 1. Discuss how community members have to pay for certain services (i.e. doctor visit, stamps, fire fighters) • 2. After creating a mock grocery store, give students a specified amount of money and have them determine what goods they can buy • 3. Discuss how the use of technology has effected the postal service (i.e. decrease in letters mailed due to e-mail)

  17. Economics • Activities: • 4. Have a banker come into the class and discuss some of his/her job responsibilities • 5. Students will act out the money flow process (i.e. buying goods, selling goods)

  18. Economics • Web sites • www.standardsmadeeasy.com/ActivityDetail.asp?ActivityID=11626 • Printable materials discussing what basic economic processes occur around town • www.dentonisd.org/pecancreek/lattaya/economics.htm • Provides ideas about how children can earn money to purchase goods • www.pgcps.pg.k12.md.us/~sstudies/world/firstgrade.html • Various ideas regarding social studies curriculum

  19. Economics • Web sites • http://hometown.aol.com/mellettk/Webpage/TeacherSites.html#ss • Great resource for teachers that includes social studies themes, songs, lessons, and links • www.teacher.scholastic.com/commclub/ • Teacher resource site

  20. Government • Activities: • 1. Students will vote for their favorite community helper • 2. Compare classroom rules to laws within the community • 3. Create a list of community helpers who provide safety

  21. Government • Activities (cont.): • 4. Identify public figures who make an impact on our immediate community (i.e. mayor, governor, president) • 5. Discuss what happens when citizens within the community break rules/laws

  22. Government • Web sites • http://hometown.aol.com/mellettk/Webpage/coresocialstudies.html • Link to social studies lessons • http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/MonsonUnits/sheesp/index.htm • Community helpers resource for teachers • www.econedlink.org/lesson/index.cfm?lesson=EM197 • Community helpers lesson plan

  23. Government • Web sites • http://cuip.net/~yolostev/lesson-template1.htm • Interactive community helper web quest • http://mail.plano88.kendall.k12.il.us/ph/community/webq.htm • First grade web quest about community helpers

  24. Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities • Activities: • 1. Create a graphic organizer which includes various community helpers. List the characteristics that make that helper a good citizen • 2. Using the graphic organizer from above, list the responsibilities of the community helpers

  25. Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities • Activities (cont.): • 3. Discuss why community helpers wear flags on their uniforms • 4. Invite a guest speaker to come into the class to speak about their rights and responsibilities as a community helper • 5. Read the book, “Everyone Makes a Difference: A Story about Community” by Cindy Leaney and Peter Wilks

  26. Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities • Web sites • www.odedodea.edu/curriculum/1stGrade/social/htm • Great citizenship activities and lessons • www.oswego.org/sbartlet/citizenship/ • Introduction, standards, essential questions, lessons, resources, assessment, reflections, and examples of citizenship • http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/citizenship/rights.html • Ben’s guide to government for kids

  27. Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities • Web sites • www.standardsmadeeasy.com/TopicActivity.asp?grade=1&subject=CE&topic=CE10 • 27 activities related to community helpers • http://www.state.sd.us/deca/DDN4Learning/ThemeUnits/Communities/standards.htm • Resources, links, lesson plans, and activities for social studies

  28. Social Studies Skills and Methods • Activities: • 1. Draw a picture of a family member at work. Tell how the family member is a helper to the community • 2. Group students together to present a community helper and discuss how they effect the community • 3. List various facts that the students have learned and decide how to organize the information

  29. Social Studies Skills and Methods • Activities (cont.): • 4. Have students use posters and charts from the classroom to collect information on a specific helper • 5. At the end of the unit, have students determine/discuss the main idea behind the title “community helper”

  30. Social Studies Skills and Methods • Web sites • http://members.tripod.com/~Patricia_F/ssmotor.html • Great ideas for hands-on activities • www.usask.ca/education/ideas/tplan/sslp/rural.htm • Lesson plan directed towards rural community helpers • www.thecoo.edu/~apeter/social_studies.htm • Various links related to social studies grades K-8

  31. Social Studies Skills and Methods • Web sites • http://expage.com/4commhelpers • Links to web sites and lesson plans focused on the theme of community helpers • www.google.com • Search engine for students to explore community helpers

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