Social Studies Strands: Community Helpers ED417-02 Andrea Priest Becky Harrison

Table of Contents History People in Societies Geography Economics Government Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities Social Studies Skills and Methods

Community Helpers Unit: Social Studies Grade Level: First Grade Lesson: Community Helpers

History Activities: 1. Create a community helpers collage that compares the past to the present 2. Using preprinted materials, students will create a time line of community helpers of the past and present 3. Students will create a community helper for the future and include the tools that they will use

History Activities (cont.): 4. Students will identify tools used by community helpers in the past, present, and future 5. Guest speaker (firefighter or mail carrier) will compare and contrast various changes in their profession throughout history

History Web sites http://www.usps.com/history/his2.htm A complete history of the U.S. postal system www.ponyexpress.org/history.htm Complete history of Pony Express, including a bibliography, stations, and riders www.cincyfiremuseum.com Web site includes information about history, fire safety, special events, and a virtual tour

History Web sites www.standardsmadeeasy.com/ActivityDetail.asp?ActivityID=11634 Web site allows children to put community helpers in their correct building www.hud.gov/kids/job1.html Interactive web site invites children to read a short job description and match it to the community helper

People in Societies Activities: 1. Compare our community helpers to those of other cultures 2. Identify the person who performs community helper duties in other countries (i.e. gender, class, race) 3. Allow students to view various tools and uniforms from different countries

People in Societies Activities (cont.): 4. Discuss the availability of tools used by community helpers in other countries 5. Students will choose their favorite community helper from a different country and draw the uniform and tools that are used

People in Societies Web sites www.ci.coe.uni.edu/uniquest/webquest/lewis109 Introduction to various community helpers www.beenleigss/qld.edu.au/requested_sites/services/#PEOPLE%2QAT%2QAIRPORTS%20PROVIDE Discusses various helpers within the community

People in Societies Web sites www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/communityhelpers.html Resource for teachers which includes print outs and ideas www.gms.lu/~chenutd/links.html Interesting police links from Europe www.militarymorons.com/gear/gear.4.html Pictures of various police uniforms from Africa

Geography Activities: 1. Students will draw a map of their community and include locations of community helper buildings (i.e. fire station, post office, police station) 2. Identify various community helper symbols (i.e. flashing lights, red cross, etc.) 3. Create a graphic organizer that tells what community helpers do within their community

Geography Activities (cont.): 4. Allow students to select a pen pal from a different country to correspond with 5. As a class, conduct an interview of a person from a different country. Include questions about various community helpers in their country

Geography Web sites www.lfelem.lfc.edu/resources/sstudies/kinder/communhelpers.html A webquest about where community helpers work and how they help us www.standardsmadeeasy.com/ActivityDetail.asp?ActivityID=11634 Students place the community helpers in the correct building http://bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2/neighborhoood/ Webquest allows children to click on various buildings within the community to learn more about that particular helper

Geography Web sites www.standardsmadeeasy.com/ActivityDetail.asp?ActivityID=11652 Printable materials about where a letter goes after it is mailed www.mapquest.com Include detailed maps of various communities

Economics Activities: 1. Discuss how community members have to pay for certain services (i.e. doctor visit, stamps, fire fighters) 2. After creating a mock grocery store, give students a specified amount of money and have them determine what goods they can buy 3. Discuss how the use of technology has effected the postal service (i.e. decrease in letters mailed due to e-mail)

Economics Activities: 4. Have a banker come into the class and discuss some of his/her job responsibilities 5. Students will act out the money flow process (i.e. buying goods, selling goods)

Economics Web sites www.standardsmadeeasy.com/ActivityDetail.asp?ActivityID=11626 Printable materials discussing what basic economic processes occur around town www.dentonisd.org/pecancreek/lattaya/economics.htm Provides ideas about how children can earn money to purchase goods www.pgcps.pg.k12.md.us/~sstudies/world/firstgrade.html Various ideas regarding social studies curriculum

Economics Web sites http://hometown.aol.com/mellettk/Webpage/TeacherSites.html#ss Great resource for teachers that includes social studies themes, songs, lessons, and links www.teacher.scholastic.com/commclub/ Teacher resource site

Government Activities: 1. Students will vote for their favorite community helper 2. Compare classroom rules to laws within the community 3. Create a list of community helpers who provide safety

Government Activities (cont.): 4. Identify public figures who make an impact on our immediate community (i.e. mayor, governor, president) 5. Discuss what happens when citizens within the community break rules/laws

Government Web sites http://hometown.aol.com/mellettk/Webpage/coresocialstudies.html Link to social studies lessons http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/MonsonUnits/sheesp/index.htm Community helpers resource for teachers www.econedlink.org/lesson/index.cfm?lesson=EM197 Community helpers lesson plan

Government Web sites http://cuip.net/~yolostev/lesson-template1.htm Interactive community helper web quest http://mail.plano88.kendall.k12.il.us/ph/community/webq.htm First grade web quest about community helpers

Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities Activities: 1. Create a graphic organizer which includes various community helpers. List the characteristics that make that helper a good citizen 2. Using the graphic organizer from above, list the responsibilities of the community helpers

Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities Activities (cont.): 3. Discuss why community helpers wear flags on their uniforms 4. Invite a guest speaker to come into the class to speak about their rights and responsibilities as a community helper 5. Read the book, “Everyone Makes a Difference: A Story about Community” by Cindy Leaney and Peter Wilks

Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities Web sites www.odedodea.edu/curriculum/1stGrade/social/htm Great citizenship activities and lessons www.oswego.org/sbartlet/citizenship/ Introduction, standards, essential questions, lessons, resources, assessment, reflections, and examples of citizenship http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/citizenship/rights.html Ben’s guide to government for kids

Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities Web sites www.standardsmadeeasy.com/TopicActivity.asp?grade=1&subject=CE&topic=CE10 27 activities related to community helpers http://www.state.sd.us/deca/DDN4Learning/ThemeUnits/Communities/standards.htm Resources, links, lesson plans, and activities for social studies

Social Studies Skills and Methods Activities: 1. Draw a picture of a family member at work. Tell how the family member is a helper to the community 2. Group students together to present a community helper and discuss how they effect the community 3. List various facts that the students have learned and decide how to organize the information

Social Studies Skills and Methods Activities (cont.): 4. Have students use posters and charts from the classroom to collect information on a specific helper 5. At the end of the unit, have students determine/discuss the main idea behind the title “community helper”

Social Studies Skills and Methods Web sites http://members.tripod.com/~Patricia_F/ssmotor.html Great ideas for hands-on activities www.usask.ca/education/ideas/tplan/sslp/rural.htm Lesson plan directed towards rural community helpers www.thecoo.edu/~apeter/social_studies.htm Various links related to social studies grades K-8

Social Studies Skills and Methods Web sites http://expage.com/4commhelpers Links to web sites and lesson plans focused on the theme of community helpers www.google.com Search engine for students to explore community helpers