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