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COMMUNITIES
By Darcie Tussing
2nd Grade
• American Heritage
• People in Societies
• World Interactions
• Decision Making and Resources
• Democratic Processes
• Citizens Rights and Responsibilities
• Science and Technology
• Students will:• identify how communities change over time• become aware of important historical events
• understand a concept in time by studying past events.
• Students create a photo album using pictures of the community from past to present provided by parents and teacher.
• Visit a local historical site.
• Students dress up as their favorite historical character.
• Students organize pictures of events along a time line.
• Students write a story about a past event in their lives.
American Heritage
1. Http://www.noacsc.org/ohiohist
2. Http://www.logs.org/history.html
3. Www.americanheritage.com
4. www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/index.html
5. www.eduplace.com
• Students will:• identify different groups involved in a community• become aware of own origin• identify roles of different community members
• recognize cultural diversity of a community
• List the various groups to which the student belongs to in the community.
• Create a family tree, include where each member grew up.
• Visit the local fire station.
• A worksheet the students use to match the correct professional with their job.
• Take a walk down the main street to communicate with members of the community.
People in Societies
1. http://www.logs.org/people.html
2. http://www.ohiokids.org
3. http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/
4. http://wwwald.bham.wednet.edu/museum.html
5. http://teacher.scholastic.com/immigrant/index.html
• Students will:• understand similarities between different
communities• learn to communicate with other communities
• List several similarities between the student’s community, and one in a different country.
• Write letters to a pen pal from a different community.
• Have a buffet of foods from different countries.
• Bring in current events involving a different country.
• Write a description of how a child from another part of the world would react to living in the student’s community.
World Interactions
1. http://maps.yahoo.com
2. http://geography.about.com/science/geography
3. http://geography.state.gove/htmls/plugin.html
4. www.eduplace.com/geo/indexhj.html
5. www.emu/ateme.com
• Students will:• classify resources available in their school• identify ways to obtain good and services wanted• understand the making process by voting
• Complete a chart by placing the correct school resources in columns labeled “goods” or “services”.
• Students are placed in groups to play child monopoly.
• Create a class store using a barter system of class supplies.
• Plan special class activities by having the students make the choices by voting on them.
• Have students create a “dream” list of objects they wish to own in the future, then describe how to obtain each of them.
Decision Making and Resources
1. http://www.clev.frb.org
2. http://www.landmark-project.com/eco-market
3. http://www.infinet.com/~legoe/icecream.html
4. http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/lit~goat.html
5. http://www.dare.com
• Students will:• understand the importance of having and
following rules• learn how to manage conflict fairly
• Have a probation officer visit as a guest speaker.
• Take a trip to explore the county court house.
• Students make a list of rules and consequences that are appropriate for their classroom.
• Hold a mock court case over a class issue.
• Students create a list of laws they are familiar with enforced in their state.
Democratic Processes
1. http://www.findlaw.com
2. http://www.senate.gov
3. http://www.prairienet.org/~scruffy/f.html
4. http://oyez.nwu.edu/
5. http://www.kidsmoneycents.com/front.html
• Students will:• work effectively in a group setting• understand how to exhibit citizenship traits
• Split students into groups and have them work together to solve a given problem.
• Students write a paper describing a community service they would like to get involved in.
• Students make a collage from magazine clippings of people representing good citizenship.
• Students role play how to share and take turns in the class room.
• Students share a current event from a local newspaper.
Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities
1. http://www.webactive.com/body.html
2. http://www.ed.gov/family/aybts/
3. http://www.kidsvista.com/socialstudies/government.html
4. http://www.youthlink.org/
5. http://www.education-world.com/acurr/curr008.shtml
• Students will:• understand how to use the computer as a resource
tool• learn how to use video equipment
• Watch a magic school bus video.
• Use the net to find research on specific topics.
• Students will make graphs and charts describing the members of their community on the computer.
• Use a digital camera for community projects.
• Record songs students make up about their environment,
Science and Technology
1. http://www.webactive.com/body.html
2. http://www.ed.gov/family/aybts/
3.http://www.kidsvista.com/socialstudies/government.html
4. http://www.youthlink.org/
5. http://www.education-world.com/acurr/curr008.shtml