COMMUNITIES
By Darcie Tussing
2nd Grade
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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