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Communities

Communities. By: Jen Knapke Marci Guthrie Brandon Kuhn. Subject: Social Studies Unit: Communities Grade: Second. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Strand 1 American Heritage Strand 2 People In Societies Strand 3 World Interactions Strand 4 Decision Making and Resources

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Communities

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  1. Communities By: Jen Knapke Marci Guthrie Brandon Kuhn

  2. Subject: Social Studies Unit: Communities Grade: Second

  3. TABLE OF CONTENTS Strand 1 American Heritage Strand 2 People In Societies Strand 3 World Interactions Strand 4 Decision Making and Resources Strand 5 Democratic Processes Strand 6 Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities Strand 7 Science, Technology, and Society

  4. American HeritageWebsites • http://www.edupalce.com/rdg/gen_act • /growing/family.hmtl • www.proteacher.com/090009.shtml • http://www.lesoonplanspage.com • www.ajkids.com • www.askeric.com

  5. American HeritageActivities • Family Time Line- interview family members to learn about important events- use this information to create a time line. • Mapping Our Neighborhood- Have big bulletin board of city- using their home address students will find and locate their home on e the enlarged city map- then mark the different community services with different flags.

  6. ...American HeritageActivities • Where do you live- the students will talk about their community and what is in their community, take a field trip to Main Street and observe the many services in our community. • Read Cinderella and the Egyptian Cinderella, have student compare to see how cultures are different by writing it down. • Communities of the past- have books of times of all different times and places, have the children fill out the worksheet to see how this community was long ago.

  7. People in SocietiesWebsites • http://www.eduplace.com • http://www.fwsd.wednet.edu • http://www.lessonpalnspage.com • http://www.proteacher.com • http://www.askeric.com

  8. People in SocietiesActivities • Comparing communities- student interview classroom visitors to learn about another community- then they can discover what they have in common- compare the different communities on chart paper. • communities, cultures, connections- theme unit where students will experience the communities, cultures, and connections within their family, local community and their world in order to discover the qualities of a community contributor.

  9. ...People in SocietiesActivities • How communities are different- we use dongs, poetry and literature, to illustrate the differences among communities. • Amish communities- talk about different communities and focus on Amish, take a field trip to Amishville in Indiana. • Community helpers- have parents come in and tell the kids what they do, the children will then draw and write a story about the parents that came in.

  10. World Interactionsweb-sites • www.proteacher.com/090009.shtml • http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/fam-com.html • www.lessonplanspage.com • www.edhelper.com • www.lifeskills4kids.com

  11. World InteractionsActivities • Students will draw a map of how to get from the classroom to the play ground. And we will follow these directions as a class to see if they are correct. • Students will be shown different community sign and be able to recognize them in the community.

  12. …World InteractionsActivities • Students will write how it would feel to be from a different country and come to the local community. • Students will each be given a map and have the opportunity to find different places on the map. • As a class go outside the school and students will try to locate lakes, hills, buildings, street signs, etc.

  13. Decision MakingWeb-sites • www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/index.html • www.lessonplanspage.com • www.bctf.bc.ca/psas/BCSSTA/grk-3.shtml • http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/soc/ceosst/ceosst078.html • www.proteacher.com

  14. Decision MakingActivities • Have student make a list of the resources in the classroom that they use everyday. • As a homework assignment have student ask at home and around school how people get their goods or resources. Discuss in class all the students findings.

  15. ... Decision MakingActivities • For a home activity have students ask their parents what their house hold desires and how they get their desires/goods. • As a class we will have a group of different kinds of goods and we will discuss how we can obtain these goods. • The class will discuss what kind of decisions the community can make to satisfy some desires of the people in the community.

  16. DemocraticProcess Web-sites • http://kidsnews.com • http://www.findlaw.com • http://oyez.nwu.edu/ • http://www.ohio.gov • http://vote-smart.org

  17. Democratic Process Activities • Students will select who will do what jobs within the classroom. • Students will create a list of ‘classroom rules’ and the consequences for violating these rules. • Students will go on a class trip to the local community courthouse.

  18. …Democratic Process Activities • Students will have a mock election within the classroom. • Students will find an article about their local government. Then the students will write a paper discussing and summarizing the article.

  19. Decision Making and Resources Web-sites • http://www.keytothecity.com • http://youthlink.org • http://landmark-project.com/eco-market • http://www.dare.com • http://mcgruff.org

  20. Decision Making and Resources Activities • Students will look at a list of possible activities to do and make a decision, as a class, on which one they will do first, second and so on. • Students will compare U.S. currency to other counties currency.

  21. …Decision Making and Resources Activities • Students will role play the situation of the three socio-economical classes. Students from each class will decide on various ways to spend and save their money. • Students will list life goals. Then the students will write about how their going to achieve these goals. • Students will get the chance to arrange the classroom. Their goal is to come together to decide how to get the maximum space out of the classroom.

  22. Science, Technology and Social Web-sites http://brainpop.com http://www.dayton.lib.oh.us/ http://www.ustreas.gov/kids/ http://www.webactive.com/body.html http://www.weather.com

  23. Science, Technology and Social Activities • Students will write a paper on recent technology and how their lives would be without technology. • Students will do an on-line activity where they research their community and give a PowerPoint presentation on what they discovered.

  24. …Science, Technology and Social Activities • Students will type a paper on what they believe is the greatest technological invention ever. • Students will have a class discussion on how technology affects their everyday life. • Students will have their own ‘invention convention.’ Each student will be responsible to come up with their own invention and present it to the class.

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