Decision 1:
Content Map of Unit
Topic: Communities and Cultures Today
Key Learning(s):
Unit Essential Question(s):
The learner will be able to identify general
characteristics of neighborhoods and communities,
including political and cultural values.
Concept:
Live
Lesson Essential Questions:
Where do people live?
Comprehension – Students
will compare different types
of housing.
Vocabulary:
house, shelter, apartment,
development, rural, urban,
suburban
Grade: 2nd
Concept
Decisions
Lesson Essential Questions:
What is a community?
What are the characteristics of a neighborhood and
community?
Concept:
Diversity
Lesson Essential Questions:
Concept:
Producers/Consumers
Lesson Essential Questions:
How are decisions made in a
community?
What makes our community
diverse?
Who are the producers and
consumers in our community?
Application – Students will
dramatize decision-making
process in a community.
Comprehension – Students will
infer why they would want to live
in an urban, rural, or suburban
community (analyzing perspectives)
Application – Students will
participate in
producer/consumer activities.
Vocabulary:
democracy, vote, majority,
representative
Vocabulary:
culture, diversity, customs,
traditions
Vocabulary:
producer, consumer
Assessment:
Make a large 3-D map of a community and include all that is needed to make a community function. Students will identify, illustrate, model
and represent communities and their characteristics.
*Thinking Skill EQ
Decision 1:
Content Map of Unit
Topic: Communities and Cultures Today
Key Learning(s):
Unit Essential Question(s):
The learner will be able to identify general
characteristics of neighborhoods and communities,
including political and cultural values.
Concept:
Resources
Lesson Essential Questions:
How are the resources in our
community used?
Vocabulary:
natural, man-made, capital
Grade: 2nd
Concept
What is a community?
What are the characteristics of a neighborhood and
community?
Concept:
Concept:
Lesson Essential Questions:
Lesson Essential Questions:
Vocabulary:
Vocabulary:
Maps
Lesson Essential Questions:
How can you find our
community on a map?
Vocabulary:
Cardinal directions, compass
rose, birds-eye view, scale,
key
Assessment:
Make a large 3-D map of a community and include all that is needed to make a community function.
*Thinking Skill EQ