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First Grade Unit Six: We Are Alike, We Are Different. Sarah Blascovich Brown Teacher on Assignment. Unit Six Highlights. Unit Six Highlights. Unit Six Highlights. Unit Six Highlights. Performance Task. Resources (Character Education):.
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First Grade Unit Six: We Are Alike, We Are Different Sarah Blascovich Brown Teacher on Assignment
Resources (Character Education): • Long list of sites from the Kennesaw EdTech folks: http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/jcheek3/chared.htm • Teaching Tolerance: http://www.tolerance.org/index.jsp • Don’t Laugh At Me: http://www.operationrespect.org/ • Character Education Booklist: http://www.answerpoint.org/teachers_place/character_education.asp
Resources (Geography & Landforms): • National Geographic Epals: http://www.epals.com/ • Landform map of the United States: http://broadmeadow.needham.k12.ma.us/TechCtr/USALandforms.htm • Interactive landform map including NASA satellite footage of example landforms: http://www.earthkam.ucsd.edu/public/students/activities/landformations/ • Simple landform definitions with photographs: http://www.edu.pe.ca/southernkings/landforms.htm • NASA’s satellite view of the Earth: http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/efs/land.htm
Teaching Unit Six: • Individuals, Groups, & Institutions: • Character traits • Review figures & relevant traits • Compare/contrast w/students • Local issues vs. issues of figures • Location: • Compare students’ location w/world • Identify continents, oceans, landforms • Compare students’ home with figures’ homes • Discuss influence of surroundings on our lives and on historical figures’ lives (and choices)
Teaching Unit Six: • Scarcity • Compare goods & services around the world • Review making good choices • Review need for jobs to provide goods & services • Compare goods & services of our time to historical figures’ times • Benefits of spending & saving • Time, Change, Continuity • Compare lives of historical figures to ours • Compare character traits • Discuss changes in time periods