Family and Home

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Family and Home

• Social Studies
• Grade 1

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Ohios Model Competency-Based Program Strands
Project

• Carrie Hamilton
• And
• Heather Kuhn
• ED 417

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American Heritage
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Web Sites

• http//www.heritage.org/library/categories/heathwe
  l/fyi170.html
• http//www.senate.gov/byrd/bevfamr.htm
• http//www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/5707/mo
  ments.html
• http//www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/2702/
• http//www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/elemsoc/glu22ess.
  html

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Activities

• Students will create a family tree by getting
  assistance from parents and other family members.
• Students will research their family origin with
  the assistance of living family members and
  present their findings to the class.

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Activities Continued

• The students will research in groups of four
  using the internet and other resources
  (I.e.Books, Magazines, Articles) to write an one
  page paper about famous American Families. Each
  group will have assistance from the teacher and
  the media specialist.

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Activities Continued

• Students will bring in books to share with the
  class about families throughout history. These
  books can be from the library or personal
  collections.
• Students will create a book of pictures of
  families throughout American History.

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People in Societies
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Web Sites

• http//edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec596/units/famil
  y/rich.html
• http//www.familiesandwork.org/
• http//www.people.virginia.edu/psykliff/
• http//lessonplanspage.com/SSFamilies1.htm
• http//www.familiesfirst.org

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Activities

• Students will research with their families some
  of the roles that families play in society.
• Students will work as a class to display a list
  of ways that families contribute to society.
• Students will think of ways that they can
  contribute to society.

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Activities Continued

• Students will write a story about what they want
  their families to be like when they get to be
  older.
• Students will draw a picture of families working
  in society. The pictures will be compiled into a
  classroom book.

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World Interactions
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Web Sites

• http//www.nationalalliance.org
• http//www.thefunplace.com/
• http//www.ed.gov/pubs/famlit/parent.html
• http//www.nnfr.org/general/pub_efp.html
• http//hal.fmhi.usf.edu/cfs/calendars/cfsnews/cfsa
  rchivednews/families_as_teachers.htm

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Activities

• Students will look in the library at books about
  families around the country.
• Students will research with their family the
  history of their family and where they came from.
• Students will create a collage of pictures of
  families around the world.

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Activities Continued

• Students will research the type of family life
  that exists today in the country that their
  family originally came from.
• Students will write a story about what they think
  it would be like for their family to be in
  another country.

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Decision Making and Resource
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Web Sites

• http//www.pbs.org/wnet/1900house/
• http//www.wnn.or.jp/
• http//www.hoover.nara.gov/kids/liw_kids/pioneerin
  g_intro.html
• http//www.fema.gov/kids/
• http//www.globenet.org/horizon-local/perso/consen
  t.html

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Activities

• The students will draw a picture of their family
  using limited resources provided by the teacher.
  The teacher will collect and organize the data in
  a picture graph showing comparison between the
  choices the students made using the limited
  resources. The students will then discuss other
  choices people make in order to satisfy
  themselves with the limitation of resources.

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Activities Continued

• The teacher will read books of families of
  different cultures. The students will discuss in
  groups the different types of work these families
  do in order to satisfy their wants.
• The teacher will bring in various items that
  maybe found around in the students houses. The
  student will examine the various items and
  determine the resources that were used in order
  to make them.

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Activities Continued

• The teacher will provide a limited number of
  games for the students to play with at recess.
  The students will have to make choices in which
  game they would like to play. After recess the
  students will discuss with the reasons for their
  choice in which game they chose and why they
  chose that particular game. The students will
  also be required to discuss their decisions they
  make in choosing games at home.

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Activities Continued

• Following a recent tornado in the country, the
  students will discuss in groups of four the
  necessary resources families will need in order
  to live. The students will then draw pictures of
  those resources. The teacher will have a
  volunteer from the American Red Cross come in and
  discuss with the students what items are good to
  donate to families that have nothing. The
  students will bring in items to donate to the
  American Red Cross and on a volunteer basis.

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Democratic Process
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Web Sites

• http/www.pbs.org/democracy/kids/
• http//www.civiced.org/fod_ms_auth02_sb.html
• http//www.americascanada.org/politics/children/ch
  ildren-e.asp
• http//www.oas.org/children/leadership/Leaders.htm
  l
• http//www.oas.org/children/LOAS/LOASmain.html

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Activities

• In groups of four, students will agree upon rules
  they would like to have in their own home. As a
  class, the student will have a discussion on
  which rules are appropriate to have in their
  home. The teacher will let the students vote on
  which rules the students would like to have in
  their home. The teacher will discuss with the
  students that their classroom is like a family
  and that they can come up with their own rules
  they would like to have in the classroom.

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Activities Continued

• The teacher will have various persons of
  authority (police, principal, parents, fire
  fighters, mayor) come into the classroom and
  discuss their jobs with the students. A a class,
  the students will discuss reason for having
  people in authority.

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Activities Continued

• The teacher will provide students with a
  fictitious scenario of a family that requires
  some new rules in order to bring peace back to
  the family. The students will come up with those
  rule that they think will bring peace and discuss
  why the rules will work.
• The teacher will make a game out of going to
  lunch. The teacher will allow the students to
  decide on how they want to line up for lunch,
  what games they want to lay at lunch, and what
  the students would like to do to wind down after
  lunch.

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Activities Continued

• The students will play various games in groups of
  four throughout a number of stations. After
  allowing the students ample time to play the
  various games in a station, the teacher will
  discuss with the students how they played those
  games (who went first and why?, did everyone play
  fair?, what were the rules of the game?. Was
  there any problems while playing the game?) The
  teacher will discuss with the students if these
  same situations occur within their families while
  playing games and what actions are taken if
  problems occur.

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Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities
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Web Sites

• http//youth.net/cec/cecsst/cecsst.60.txt
• http//www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr008.shtm
  l
• http//www.educationworld.com/a_tsl/archives/00-1/
  lesson0015.shtml
• http//www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/77.html
• http//www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/141.html

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Activities

• In the classroom there are fish and rabbits for
  the students to take care of. Each week a
  different student will be required to take care
  of the animals. After the week is done, the
  student will discuss with the teacher the
  responsibilities there are in taking care of
  pets. The teacher will then ask the students to
  discuss the responsibilities they have in their
  own home.

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Activities Continued

• Since the classroom is another family for the
  students, the students will have a bulletin board
  to display papers, projects, pictures, etc,
  showing their accomplishments. It allows
  students to show their pride in themselves.
• Treating the school as one big family, the
  students will observe and record changes that
  happen in the school over a month long period.

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Activities Continued

• The teacher will provide each student with a
  small plant to take home to care for. The
  student will need to give the plant water and
  sunlight when needed. After two months the
  students will bring the plant back into the class
  so the teacher can see how well the plant is
  doing.
• The students will discuss with the teacher ways
  to compromise in their own family when they do
  not get their own way at home.

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Science, Technology, and Society
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Web Sites

• http//www.sciencemadesimple.com/
• http//www.halcon.com/sciclub/kidproj1.html
• http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/kids/tech1900/
• http//www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/sciecne.
  html
• http//www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/

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Activities

• The students will create a family tree using the
  classroom computers.
• The students will use the Internet to locate
  different pictures of families around the world.
• The students will use the Internet to locate five
  different jobs that they may like to do when they
  grow up.

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Activities Continued

• The students will do an experiment dealing with
  change to show how all things go through change.
  The students will watch as bread, a banana, milk,
  and an apple will change from the original state
  into something different. Then discuss the
  changes taking place and compare it with how
  families have changed over time.

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Activities Continued

• The students will talk to their parents and find
  out how they contribute to our society in form of
  a job. The student will then bring back to the
  class what he or she has found.

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Conclusion

• In conclusion, the first grade students will
  begin to explore links between families of their
  own and families of different cultures. The
  students should also explore links between their
  communities and other communities around the
  world.