Community Helpers First Grade Social Studies Activities

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Community HelpersFirst Grade Social Studies
Activities

• Clay Doench
• Grace Chaney
• Ross Loudenback
• Lauren Richie(?)

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Table of Contents

• History
• People in Societies
• Geography
• Economics
• Government
• Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities
• Social Studies Skills and Methods

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HistoryWebsites

• http//www.firefightersrealstories.com/volunteer.h
  tml
• http//www.theteacherscorner.net/lesson-plans/soci
  alstudies/helpers.htm
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_J
  r
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Day
• http//www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/stage1_Mod
  ules/helpers/people_who_help_us.htm

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HistoryActivities

• 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.

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HistoryActivities

• 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.

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People in SocietiesWebsites

• http//www.usd267.com/CommunityTravelBuddy/communi
  tyhome.html
• http//web.mac.com/kvassos/iWeb/Site/Community20H
  elpers.html
• http//www.proteacher.com/cgi-bin/outsidesite.cgi?
  id361externalhttp//www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/prin
  tlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/Civics
  /CIV0005.htmloriginalhttp//www.proteacher.com/0
  90170.shtmltitleCommunity20Helpers

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People in Societies Websites

• http//www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/
  history/comm/
• http//www.lessonplanet.com/search/search?keywords
  CommunityHelpers

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People in SocietiesActivities

• 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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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• 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.

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Economics

• Websites
• http//www.lessonplanspage.com/SSK1.htm
• http//www.moneyinstructor.com/elementary.asp
• https//ims.ode.state.oh.us/ODE/IMS/ACS/Grades_Con
  tentAreas/Default.asp
• http//www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/Eco
  n_Geog.html
• http//www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm

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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.

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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.

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• Government Websites
• http//lessonplanz.com/Lesson_Plans/Social_Studies
  /__Grades_K-2/Civics___Government/index.shtm
• http//www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/
  history/government/
• http//www.lessonplanet.com/search/search?keywords
  governmentrating3gradeK-2x0y0m
• http//www.col-ed.org/cur/social.html

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• Government Websites
• http//www.col-ed.org/cur/social.html
• http//www.ohiohistoryteachers.org/06/gov.shtml

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• 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.

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• 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.

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Citizenship Rights and ResponsibilitiesWebsites

• http//teacher.scholastic.com/commclub/
• http//www.eats.ecsd.net/curricular/webquest/commu
  nity/
• http//www.goodcharacter.com/pp/citizenship.html
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen
• http//www.instructorweb.com/lesson/goodcitizenshi
  p.asp

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Citizenship Rights and ResponsibilitiesActivities

• 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.

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Citizenship Rights and ResponsibilitiesActivities

• 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.

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Social Studies Skills and MethodsWebsites

• http//teacher.scholastic.com/commclub/
• http//bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2/neighborhood/index.ht
  ml
• http//www.hud.gov/kids/
• http//kids.aol.com/homework-help/junior/social-st
  udies/community
• http//www.emsc.nysed.gov/nysatl/SocStudies/Quilt/
  html/quilt2.html

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Social Studies Skills and MethodsActivities

• 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.

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Social Studies Skills and MethodsActivities

• 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.