Social Studies Lesson

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Social Studies Lesson

• Carrie Hamilton and Heather Kuhn
• ED 417

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Home Address on a Map

• Unit-Communities
• First Grade

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Objectives

• The first grade students will
• Describe the exact location of places in terms of
  street name and address number.
• Locate places and gather information using a
  simple street map.
• Identify own address.

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Materials Needed

• Magazines
• Scissors
• Glue
• Crayons

• Sentence strips
• Markers
• Play phone
• Paper

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Websites

• Site 1 Additional Activities and Ideas
• www.hbschool.com
• Site 2 Maps
• www.mapquest.com
• Site 3 9-1-1
• www.the911site.com/index/html

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Websites Contd

• Site 4 Maps
• www.maps.yahoo.com/
• Site 5Maps
• www.mapsonus.com

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Activity 1

• Given a magazine, each student will cut out a
  picture of a house.
• The pictures will then be taped on the wall.
• Each student will take turns describing the house
  in the picture that he or she cut out.
• The class will try and guess which house is the
  one being described.
• Each student will get a turn to describe his or
  her picture.

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Activity 1 Contd

• After each child has had a turn, the class will
  then discuss which clues were the most helpful.

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Address

• Address-a way to find a home or building
• Every home has an address that is different from
  every other home.
• It is important to know your address in case of
  an emergency or you get lost.

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Activity 2

• Students will draw a picture of the street on
  which they live.
• They are to label the street sign along with
  their house address.
• The students will then draw other houses on their
  street and sequentially number the other houses.

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9-1-1

• 9-1-1 is used in the case of an EMERGENCY only!
• When calling 9-1-1 you must know your address and
  phone number.
• Calling 9-1-1 will contact the police, fire
  department, and paramedics.

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Activity 3

• The students will work in groups of two.
• Each child will take turns being the dispatcher
  and the 9-1-1 caller.
• The caller will call 9-1-1 with an emergency and
  will have to state his or her correct address and
  the dispatcher will have to accurately repeat the
  address.

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Activity 4

• The teacher will write each childs address on a
  strip of paper.
• The address will be scattered on a table and each
  student will have to find his or her own address.
• Then the students will practice reading it to
  partners.
• At the end of the activity the students will draw
  a picture of their home and label it with their
  address.

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Maps

• Map-a drawing that shows where places are.
• There are different kinds of maps
• street maps
• state maps
• world maps

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Activity 5

• Students are to use the internet and go to
• www.mapquest.com
• Once at the website, the students will obtain a
  map that leads from their house to the school.
• The students will use the map that they have
  found and draw their own map labeling their
  house with the appropriate address, names of
  streets traveled on the route to school, the
  school and its appropriate address.
• Once the maps are completed, they will be
  displayed in the classroom.