Our Community 1st Grade

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Our Community1st Grade

• Connecting the community to the classroom
• By
• Kristina Stieger

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Table of Contents

• History
• People in Societies
• Geography
• Economics
• Government
• Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities
• Social Studies Skills and Methods

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History

• Students use materials drawn from the diversity
  of human experiences to analyze and interpret
  significant events, patterns and themes in the
  history of Ohio, the United States and the world.

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• D 6. Relate Stories of the heroism and the
  achievements of the people associated with state
  and federal holidays.

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Activities

• Invite a serviceman/woman from the local
  community to come in and speak with the class to
  discuss their job and role in society
• Invite a veteran from the local community to come
  in and speak with the class to discuss their
  service to our country
• Discuss with the class the national holidays in
  honor of those who have served our country (i.e.
  Veterans Day and Memorial Day)
• Take a class field trip to place flags on the
  graves of veterans
• Make care packages and cards to send to
  servicemen and women currently serving our
  country. Try to find a unit that has a local
  connection to be the recipients of the care
  packages.

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Websites

• City of Centerville, Veterans Memorial Page
  http//www.ci.centerville.oh.us/index.php?optionc
  om_contenttaskviewid657Itemid753
• Online Learning Haven, History of Memorial Day
  http//www.funsocialstudies.learninghaven.com/edu/
  history-of-memorial-day.html
• Online Learning Haven, Veterans Day
  http//www.funsocialstudies.learninghaven.com/edu/
  veterans_day.html
• Blue Star Mothers of America http//www.bluestar
  southbayla.org/calendar.html
• Ohio Legion News (Veterans Site)
  http//www.ohiolegionnews.com/district3.htm
• Amvets http//www.amvets.org/

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People in Societies

• Students use knowledge of perspectives, practices
  and products of cultural, ethnic and social
  groups to analyze the impact of their commonality
  within local, national, regional and global
  settings.

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• B3. Describe family and local community customs
  and traditions

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Activities

• Discuss the different holidays around the world
  (i.e. Christmas, Kwanza, Chanukah, etc). Have
  the students compare the holidays they celebrate
  with one another.
• Have a family/community member come in and share
  the main aspects of a Chanukah celebration with
  the class
• Have a family/community member come in and have a
  mini Chinese New Year Celebration with the class
• Have the students research the local community
  festival(s) and why it is a tradition
• Make holiday cards and go to visit a local
  nursing home prior to winter break

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Websites

• Social Studies for Kids, Holidays
  http//www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/holid
  ays.htm
• Centerville-Washington Township Americana
  Festival (pictured above) http//www.americanafe
  stival.org/
• Kaboose Family Network, Chinese New Year
  http//holidays.kaboose.com/chinese-new-year/chine
  se_new_year.html
• Kaboose Family Network, Chanukah
  http//holidays.kaboose.com/chanukah-index.html
• Holidays for the Classroom http//www.kathimitch
  ell.com/holidays.html

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Geography

• Students use knowledge of geographic locations,
  patterns and processes to show the
  interrelationships between the physical
  environment and human activity, and to explain
  the interactions that occur in an increasingly
  interdependent world.

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• A2 Construct simple maps and models using
  symbols to represent familiar places (e.g.,
  classroom, school or neighborhood)
• A3 Identify and use symbols to locate places of
  significance

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Activities

• Have students create a map of their classroom
• Have students create a map of their school
• Have students locate on a map where the
  servicemen and women whom they sent care packages
  to are located
• Have students use a map to locate the US and Ohio
• Have students map their route to the nursing home
  before their visit in winter

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Websites

• Social Studies for Kids, Modern Maps
  http//www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/mapsm
  odern.htm
• Mapquest, World Atlas http//www.mapquest.com/at
  las/?regionworld
• National Geographic, MapMachine
  http//plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/in
  dex.html
• Google Earth http//earth.google.com/
• Topozone (topographical maps)
  http//www.topozone.com/

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Economics

• Students use economic reasoning skills and
  knowledge of major economic concepts, issues and
  systems in order to make informed choices as
  producers, consumers, savers, investors, workers
  and citizens in an interdependent world.

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• B2 Describe the ways people produce, consume, and
  exchange goods and services in their community

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Activities

• Have a local baker come in and discuss his
  business. Have the children compare how a baker
  produces products today to the ways a baker
  operated in the past
• Have a local banker come in and talk about the
  services offered to the community
• Have a mail carrier come in and discuss their
  service to the community
• Have a local physician come in and discuss their
  service to the community
• Invite the leader of a local non-profit
  organization to come in and share how they serve
  the community (i.e. Hannahs Treasure Chest, St
  Vincent DePaul, etc)
• Have students participate in a local community
  service project (i.e. collect can foods,
  adopt-a-family)

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Websites

• City of Centerville, Volunteer Page
  http//www.ci.centerville.oh.us/index.php?optionc
  om_contenttaskviewid524Itemid713
• Hannahs Treasure Chest http//www.hannahstreasu
  re.org/
• The Banking Kids Page http//www.bankingkids.com
  /index_m.html
• Home Baking Association- Educators Resources
  http//www.homebaking.org/foreducators/bakers_doze
  n_dvd.html
• United States Postal Service, Classroom
  Resources http//www.usps.com/communications/com
  munity/classroom.htm

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Government

• Students use knowledge of the purposes,
  structures and processes of political systems at
  the local, state, national and international
  levels to understand that people create systems
  of government as structures of power and
  authority to provide order, maintain stability
  and promote the general welfare.

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• A1 Recognize the role of authority figures in
  providing for the safety and security of
  individuals.
• C4 Recognize the need for rules in different
  settings and the need for fairness in such rules
• C5 Discuss the consequences of violating rules

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Activities

• Take a trip to the local police department and
  have a police officer discuss their role in the
  community
• Invite a judge to come in and speak with the
  class about their role in enforcing rules and
  laws
• Have the class interview the Principal
• Review/write classroom rules. Discuss how they
  can be written so that they are fair to all in
  the class
• Invite a bus driver to come in and speak with the
  class. Discuss bus safety, practice a bus
  evacuation, Show the students around the bus
  (i.e. the area around the driver seat) and talk
  about why the rules in place are important

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Websites

• Montgomery County Juvenile Court
  http//mcjc.mcohio.org/default.asp
• Centerville Police Department Youth Programs
  http//www.ci.centerville.oh.us/index.php?optionc
  om_contenttaskviewid706Itemid1080
• Sugarcreek Township Police Department
  http//www.sugarcreektownship.com/fw/main/Police_D
  epartment-11.html
• School Bus Safety Web http//itre.ncsu.edu/ghsp/
  NCBUSSAFETY.html
• Education World, School "Rules"! Ten Activities
  for Establishing Classroom Rules
  http//www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/less
  on274.shtml
• Read, Write, Think, Creating Class Rules A
  Beginning to Creating Community
  http//www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.
  asp?id136

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Citizenship Rights andResponsibilities

• Students use knowledge of the rights and
  responsibilities of citizenship in order to
  examine and evaluate civic ideals and to
  participate in community life and the American
  democratic system.

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• A1 Demonstrate the importance of fair play,
  good sportsmanship, respect for the rights and
  opinions of others and the idea of treating
  others the way you want to be treated
• Demonstrate citizenship traits including
  Trustworthiness fairness self-control respect
  for those in authority

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Activities

• Have the Guidance Counselor visit and discuss
  positive character traits with the students
• Make posters that explain what the hallway
  names mean (i.e. Respect Way, Patience Path)
• Read Enemy Pie and discuss how it could relate to
  the students and their friendships
• Have students write a friendly letter to another
  student complimenting them on something they have
  done well this week
• Read The Recess Queen. Have students discuss
  what happened in the story and use a ven diagram
  to compare the two main characters.

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Websites

• Character-in-Action Program http//www.character
  -in-action.com/
• Character Education through Children's
  Literature. ERIC Digest http//www.ericdigests.o
  rg/2003-3/character.htm
• Enemy Pie Book Site http//www.enemypie.com/
• Stephen Bell Elementary Guidance Page
  http//www.sugarcreek.k12.oh.us/148620523165537413
  /site/default.asp
• Character Counts http//www.charactercounts.org/
  

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Social Studies Skillsand Methods

• Students collect, organize, evaluate and
  synthesize information from multiple sources to
  draw logical conclusions. Students communicate
  this information using appropriate social studies
  terminology in oral, written or multimedia form
  and apply what they have learned to societal
  issues in simulated or real-world settings.

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• A1 Obtain information about a topic using a
  variety of oral and visual sources
• B2 Sequence information
• C5 Communicate information orally or visually

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Activities

• Have students make a short storybook about the
  history of their school with information learned
  from the Principal
• Have students make a short storybook about the
  history of their town with information learned
  from a trip to the local library
• Have students work with their parents to fill in
  a family tree
• Have students create a mini family scrapbook
  either with real pictures from home, or hand
  drawn pictures
• Have students take a walking tour of the
  historical area of town

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Websites

• Genealogy for Kids http//www.kidsturncentral.co
  m/topics/hobbies/genforms.htm
• PBS Kids, Family Ties http//pbskids.org/wayback
  /family/tree/index.html
• Family Tree Lesson Plans http//genealogy.about.
  com/od/lesson_plans/
• The Centerville-Washington Township Historical
  Society http//www.mvcc.net/Centerville/histsoc/
  
• Ohio Historical Society http//www.ohiohistory.o
  rg/