1. It’s a Small World

• Being a Good Neighbor (LLG/LS, Procedures) 1-4• Using Your Gifts to Help Others (Multiple Intelligences, The Brain)

5-6• Doing What is Right (Rights and Responsibilities) 7-8

Concept: RelationshipsBeing There Locations: School Campus, Lancaster School Library,

Citizenship Trip to Fire Station, Mayor’s Office, Police Station, Love Inc. Trip to a local farm.

Social Action Project: Build a sense of community, relationship and responsibility within the classroom. Canned Food Drive for Love Inc.

2. Take Pride in Your World

• Taking Crucial Steps (The Scientific Process) 9-11• Discover Your World (Attributes, Geometry, Fractions) 12-13• Be True to Who You Are (Traditions, Cultural Awareness) 16-

19

Concept: Similarities and DifferencesBeing There Locations: Honeywell Center, Outdoor ClassroomSocial Action: Create holiday cards to distribute to nursing

home residents and military men and women. Collect toys for children in need at Christmas.

3. Lend a Helping Hand

• Where are we Going? (Location, Mapping) 20-22• Taking Care of Your World (Laws of Nature) 23-25• Meeting the Needs in Your World (Living Things) 26-30

Concept: ImpactBeing There Locations: School Outdoor Classroom, Thornhill

Nature Preserve, Crestview Middle SchoolSocial Action Project: Nature Stewardship Project

4. Making a Difference

• Making Contributions (Economics) 31-34• Learning From Where We’ve Been (Our Past, Our

Present, Our Future) 35-38

Concept: ChangeBeing There Locations: Fort Wayne Children’s ZooSocial Action Project:Animal Care Project

Organizing Concept

Relationships are the special types of connections that define how two or more things are associated with each other. The relationships between things or people may have a positive or negative effect on each other.

Rationale

By identifying relationships and understanding how they are connected, we are able to recognize our place in our world.