Communities

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Communities
By Jen Knapke Marci Guthrie Brandon Kuhn
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Subject Social Studies Unit
Communities Grade Second
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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
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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

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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.

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...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.

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People in SocietiesWebsites

• http//www.eduplace.com
• http//www.fwsd.wednet.edu
• http//www.lessonpalnspage.com
• http//www.proteacher.com
• http//www.askeric.com

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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.

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...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.

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World Interactions web-sites

• www.proteacher.com/090009.shtml
• http//edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/fam-com.html
• www.lessonplanspage.com
• www.edhelper.com
• www.lifeskills4kids.com

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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... 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.

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Democratic Process

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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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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