Community Helpers' Standards Powerpoint'

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Community Helpers.Standards Powerpoint.

• Katie Loubier
• Tricia Rhodehamel

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Table of Contents

• Title Slide.
• Table of Contents.
• Grade Level/Lesson.
• History.
• History Websites.
• History Activities.
• People in Societies.
• People in Societies Websites.
• People in Societies Activities.
• Geography.
• Geography Websites.
• Geography Activities.

• Economics.
• Economics Websites.
• Economics Activities.
• Government.
• Government Websites.
• Government Activities.
• Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities.
• Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities Websites.
• Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities
  Activities.
• Social Study Skills and Methods.
• Social Study Skills and Methods Websites.
• Social Study Skills and Methods Activities.

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Community Helpers.

• 1st Grade.
• Community Helpers.
• Katie Loubier and Tricia Rhodehamel.

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History.

• Daily Life
• 5. Compare past and present, near and far, with
  emphasis on daily life including
• The roles of men, women and children.
• The identification of basic human needs.
• Various ways people meet human needs.

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History Websites.

• Our Community Helpers.
• http//comsewogue.k12.ny.us/rstewart/k2001/Themes
  /community/helpers.htm
• Community Helpers Webquest.
• http//www.gmrsd.com/liberty/communityhelperswebqu
  est.htm
• Community Helpers.
• http//www.usd.edu/jschoepf/community_helpers.htm
  \
• Careers and Community Helpers.
• http//teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/so
  cjust/Jensen.PDF
• Community Club.
• http//teacher.scholastic.com/commclub/vet/index.h
  tm

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History Activities.

• Pick one woman and one man in their lives and
  compare what their role is in the community.
• Have students draw a picture of a what a
  community helper from the past did. Write a
  sentence or two describing what they did and a
  sentence or two about what community helpers do
  now.

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History Activities (Cont.)

• 3. Read students a book about a community helper
  from the past and a book about a community helper
  now. Have to students get in groups and write a
  few sentences comparing the two community
  helpers.
• 4. Pick a community helper the class has talked
  about. Get into groups of 3 or 4. Write and
  illustrate a book about the daily life in the
  past of that community helper.
• 5. Show students tools that a certain community
  helper uses. Have students brainstorm on whether
  each of these tools were used in the past or if
  they are still used now.

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People in Societies.

• Diffusion
• 3. Describe family and local community customs
  and traditions.
• 4. Describe life in other countries with emphasis
  on daily life, including roles of men, women and
  children.

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People in Societies Websites.

• Community Helpers.
• http//ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/soc/cecsst/
  cecsst078.html
• Community Club
• http//teacher.scholastic.com/commclub/
• Jewish Community Helpers
• http//www.jewishscouting.org/awards/counselorsgui
  detothemaccabeeawardcommunityhelpers.asp
• City, Suburb, or Country
• http//www.eduplace.com/ss/act/citsub.html
• How Families Differ in our School, Community, and
  World
• http//teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/Ga
  llagher2003Fall/Hhayes/index.html

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People in Societies Activities.

• Read a book about community helpers in the U.S
  and a book about community helpers in another
  country. Compare the community helpers.
• Have students write a story about a tradition in
  their community.
• Read a book about a tradition in another
  community, possibly another country. Have
  students draw a picture and write 2-3 sentences
  about the tradition.

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People in Societies Activities (cont.)

• 4. Draw a picture of what role they want to play
  in their community when they grow up. Write 2-3
  sentences.
• 5. Read a book about a female police officer.
• Discuss that men and women can be any community
  helper they want to be.

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Geography.

• Places and Regions
• 5. Identify and describe the physical features
  (lake, river, hill, mountain, forest) and human
  features (town, city, farm, park, playground,
  house, traffic signs/signals) of places in the
  community.
• 6. Compare areas within the local community to
  identify similarities.

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Geography Websites.

• Community Helpers Careers.
• http//www.emsc.nysed.gov/nysatl/SocStudies/Quilt/
  html/quilt1.html
• Field Trip.
• http//www.hud.gov/kids/field1.html
• Bens Guide to U.S. Government.
• http//bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2/neighborhood/index.ht
  ml
• Places in my Community Lesson.
• http//www.lessonplanspage.com/SSOPlacesInMyCommun
  ity-Purposes1.htm
• What do you want to be when you grow up?
• http//courses.fresno.edu/tbese/salbrecht/

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Geography Activities.

• In groups have the students talk about places in
  the community. Have them pick two places and
  compare them.
• Go on a field trip around the community. Allow
  students time to talk with the community helpers
  at each place.
• Have students make a building found in a
  community out of LEGOS. Bring the buildings
  together to form a community.

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Geography Activities.

• 4. Read a book about community helpers. Have the
  students pick two community helpers mentioned in
  the book and compare them.
• 5. Take students on a field trip to the fire
  station. Have students draw a picture of the
  building and write a descriptive paragraph about
  the physical features of the building.

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Economics.

• Production, Distribution and Consumption
• 2. Describe the ways people produce, consume and
  exchange goods and services in their community.

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Economics Websites.

• Community Helpers Careers. http//www.emsc.nysed.
  gov/nysatl/SocStudies/Quilt/html/quilt1.html
• People Who Work. Lesson 2 Community Helpers.
  http//www.learningtogive.org/lessons/unit168/less
  on2.html
• Drag and Drop Business Game. http//www.econedlink
  .org/lessons/em285/flash/draganddrop.html
• Woof! Woof! At your Service. http//www.econedlink
  .org/lessons/index.cfm?lessonEM194
• Providing Goods and Services Game.
  http//www.econedlink.org/lessons/EM310/flash/em31
  0_popupActivity_2.html

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Economics Activities.

• 1. Set up a small town in the classroom.
  Students can take turns buying and selling and
  producing items. This will show them the
  importance of trade and money in the exchange of
  goods and services.
• 2. Pass out pretend coins as rewards to children
  and at the end of each day or week they can buy
  something, perhaps from a prize box.

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Economics Activities (Cont.)

• 3. Take students on a field trip to a grocery
  store. They will get to see the behind the
  scenes things, in addition to knowing about
  being a customer.
• 4. Set up a fundraiser (perhaps bake sale) so
  students can see real life buying and selling.
• 5. Build a town (or draw it) in the classroom and
  discuss what each business does (buys, sells,
  etc.).

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Government.

• Role of Government
• 1. Recognize the role of authority figures in
  providing for the safety and security of
  individuals.

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Government Websites.

• People Who Work. Lesson 2 Community Helpers.
• http//www.learningtogive.org/lessons/unit168/less
  on2.html
• Community Helpers Are at Your Service.
• http//www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson
  EM454pageteacher
• Whats My Job?
• http//www.hud.gov/kids/whatsjob.html
• Community Helpers.
• http//alex.state.al.us/lesson_view.php?id16291
• Our Community Helpers.
• http//comsewogue.k12.ny.us/rstewart/k2001/Themes
  /community/helpers.htm

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Government Activities.

• Read a book about a police officer. Have students
  draw a picture of what they learned and write 2-3
  sentences to describe what they learned.
• Read a book about a firefighter. Have students
  get into groups and write a story about what a
  firefighter does to keep us safe.

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Government Activities (Cont.)

• 3. Place tools used by a police officer and a
  firefighter in a bag. Have students decide which
  tools go with each community helper. Write a
  story about one of them and use the tools in the
  story.
• Have a police officer come into the classroom and
  talk to the students. Have students answer
  questions about what the police officer does.
• Take students on a field trip to the fire
  station. Have students ask the fire fighters
  questions about what they do.

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Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities.

• Rights and Responsibilities
• 5. Demonstrate citizenship traits including
• Trustworthiness
• Fairness
• Self-Control
• Respect for those in authority

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Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities Websites.

• Joining Community Helpers.
• http//www.learningtogive.org/lessons/unit15/lesso
  n1.html
• People Who Work Lesson 1 Responsibility and
  Jobs.
• http//www.learningtogive.org/lessons/unit168/less
  on1.html
• My Town A Unite on Communities.
• http//www.jessamine.k12.ky.us/dto/pal/unit_downlo
  ads/my_town.pdf
• People Who Work Unit Overview.
• http//www.learningtogive.org/lessons/unit168/
• Rights Responsibilities of U.S. Citizens.
• http//doe.sd.gov/octa/ddn4learning/themeunits/Cit
  izenship/Rights.htm

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Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities
Activities.

• 1. Discuss traits that students like in other
  people. Relate those traits back to community
  helpers and have students draw a person who
  resembles those traits.
• 2. Have a police officer come in a speak about
  right vs. wrong and connect it to the citizenship
  traits

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Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities
Activities (Cont.)

• 3. Create a town-like environment in the class
  and children can take turns being the police
  and arresting (talking to) others who are not
  displaying these traits.
• 4. Have children do skits showing correct traits
  and incorrect and have the other students vote
  good or bad citizens.
• 5. Ask students what good deeds they do and
  connect those to the citizenship traits have
  them draw themselves doing these things.

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Social Studies Skills and Methods.

• Problem Solving
• 6. Display courtesy and respect for others in
  group settings including
• Staying on the topic.
• Focusing the attention on the speaker.

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Social Studies Skills and Methods Websites.

• Lego Block Center.
• http//www.atozteacherstuff.com/pages/351.shtml
• Respect Activities
• http//teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/by
  rnesf2000/SteHay/activities.html
• An Apple A Day
• http//www.teachersnetwork.org/NTNY/lessonplans/ta
  ttan3.htm
• Short Activities
• http//www.teachervision.fen.com/social-studies/pr
  intable/29323.html
• Social Studies through Books
• http//rec.ohiorc.org/social_studies.aspx?section
  topicssubsection151

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Social Studies Skills and Methods Activities.

• Explain to students the community helpers deserve
  respect and courtesy. Have a community helper
  come into speak. Make sure students show respect
  and focus in the speaker.
• Have students write a story about a community
  helper and what he/she does. Emphasis that the
  students need to stay on topic.
• Read a book to students on community helpers.
  Remind students to pay attention to the speaker
  and listen to the book. Have students answer
  questions about the book.

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Social Studies Skills and Methods Activities
(Cont.)

• 4. Talk to students about what respect means.
  Have students write a story about how a student
  can respect a community helper.
• 5. Take students on a field trip around the
  community. Remind students to be respectful and
  courteous. Ask them to focus on the speaker and
  pay attention. Ask them questions about what they
  learned.