Community Helpers
First Grade Social Studies
Activities
Clay Doench
Grace Chaney
Ross Loudenback
Lauren Richie(?)
Table of Contents
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History
People in Societies
Geography
Economics
Government
Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities
Social Studies Skills and Methods
History
Websites
• http://www.firefightersrealstories.com/volun
teer.html
• http://www.theteacherscorner.net/lessonplans/socialstudies/helpers.htm
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_
King,_Jr
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Day
• http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/sta
ge1_Modules/helpers/people_who_help_us.ht
m
History
Activities
• Compare how gender roles used to be,
to what they are now.
• Discuss who we need in our Community,
and why we need them.
• Discuss the holidays that are based off
of heroism from someone in a
community.
History
Activities
• Time for kids about peoples roles in the
community. Worksheet matching a
person to their job in the community.
• Write a letter to someone that is
important to you in your community
telling them why they are important and
what they do to help you.
People in Societies
Websites
• http://www.usd267.com/CommunityTravelBud
dy/communityhome.html
• http://web.mac.com/kvassos/iWeb/Site/Commun
ity%20Helpers.html
• http://www.proteacher.com/cgibin/outsidesite.cgi?id=361&external=http://www.
eduref.org/cgibin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studi
es/Civics/CIV0005.html&original=http://www.prot
eacher.com/090170.shtml&title=Community%20
Helpers
People in Societies
Websites
• http://www.teachnology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/histo
ry/comm/
• http://www.lessonplanet.com/search/se
arch?keywords=Community+Helpers
People in Societies
Activities
• List different community helpers from
various countries. Describe how they
compare to community helpers in the
United States.
• Discuss how military members help
communities around the world.
• Have a military member come in and talk
with the class about how they help
other countries.
People in Societies
Activities
• Discuss who holds community helper
jobs in the different countries already
discussed. (gender)
• Have students participate in a travel
buddy project.
Geography Websites
•http://search.edhelper.com/cgi-bin/ednet.cgi
•http://www.eduref.org/cgibin/lessons.cgi/Socia
l_Studies/Geography
•http://teachers.net/cgi-bin/lessons/sort.cgi
•http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/k
-5.html
•http://www.lessonplanspage.com/SSK1.ht
Geography Activities
•Have students draw a map from their
house to the police station.
•Have children identify on a map where
community helpers work (police, fire
fighter, mailman, etc.)
•Have children describe what cardinal
directions are so they can identify
community helpers work place on map.
Geography Activities
•Take children on tour of their community
and have them identify community helpers
and there place of work.
•Unscramble the community helpers
pictures and then paste them on the map
where they would be found.
Economics
Websites
• http://www.lessonplanspage.com/SSK1.htm
• http://www.moneyinstructor.com/elementary.
asp
• https://ims.ode.state.oh.us/ODE/IMS/ACS/
Grades_ContentAreas/Default.asp
• http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/social
std/Econ_Geog.html
• http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm
Economics
Activities
• The students will use magazines to find
pictures of producers and consumers.
• The class will have a bake sale in which
the students will be the producers and
parents the consumers.
• Have community members that buy and
sell goods come into the class to talk
about their job.
Economics
Activities Continued
• Set up a classroom store where
students can act like consumers and
producers.
• The class will take a trip to the grocery
store and see consumers and producers
in action.
Government Websites
•http://lessonplanz.com/Lesson_Plans/Soc
ial_Studies/__Grades_K2/Civics___Government/index.shtm
•http://www.teachnology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/history
/government/
•http://www.lessonplanet.com/search/sea
rch?keywords=government&rating=3&grad
e=K-2&x=0&y=0&m
http://www.col-ed.org/cur/social.html
Government Websites
•http://www.col-ed.org/cur/social.html
•http://www.ohiohistoryteachers.org/06/gov.shtml
Government Activities
•Have children identify authority figures
in the community and describe why they
are important.
•Give children a map of community and
have them locate government buildings.
•Let the children write a story on a
government figure/community helper
(mayor, senator, trustee) on what they
do for the community.
Government Activities
•Have students be active community helpers
by holding a class election. They will elect
positions for classroom duties. This relates
to election community helpers/government
officials.
•As a class have children make a chart
comparing local government officials to
national government official.
Citizenship Rights and
Responsibilities
Websites
• http://teacher.scholastic.com/commclub/
• http://www.eats.ecsd.net/curricular/webques
t/community/
• http://www.goodcharacter.com/pp/citizenshi
p.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen
• http://www.instructorweb.com/lesson/goodcit
izenship.asp
Citizenship Rights and
Responsibilities
Activities
• Tell us about something you have done in
your community that makes you proud of
your self.
• What do you want to be when you are
older? Why do you want to be this. (4
square writing)
• Worksheet on Cause and Effect. What
happens when you participate in an
activity that is not right.
Citizenship Rights and
Responsibilities
Activities
• Police safety week: Learning to respect
authority. Making badges and setting
“leaders” in the classroom.
• What it takes to become a good citizen.
Watch a video on Citizenship and discuss what
happened during the video.
• Be a detective: interview family, friends, and
parents. From these clues find out what they
disappear to do all day long.
Social Studies Skills and
Methods
Websites
• http://teacher.scholastic.com/commclub/
• http://bensguide.gpo.gov/k2/neighborhood/index.html
• http://www.hud.gov/kids/
• http://kids.aol.com/homeworkhelp/junior/social-studies/community
• http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/nysatl/SocStu
dies/Quilt/html/quilt2.html
Social Studies Skills and
Methods
Activities
• Have students research a community
helper from the scholastic website.
• Have students write letters to their
community helper asking them questions
about their job.
• Have students make posters to use in
their presentations.
Social Studies Skills and
Methods
Activities
• Have students present information on
their community helpers job to the
class.
• Have the students write a story about a
day in the life of a community helper.