By Darcie Tussing 2nd Grade COMMUNITIES By Darcie Tussing 2nd Grade

Table of Contents American Heritage People in Societies World Interactions Decision Making and Resources Democratic Processes Citizens Rights and Responsibilities Science and Technology

American Heritage Students will: identify how communities change over time become aware of important historical events understand a concept in time by studying past events.

American Heritage Activities Students create a photo album using pictures of the community from past to present provided by parents and teacher. Visit a local historical site. Students dress up as their favorite historical character. Students organize pictures of events along a time line. Students write a story about a past event in their lives.

Web sites American Heritage 1. Http://www.noacsc.org/ohiohist 2. Http://www.logs.org/history.html 3. Www.americanheritage.com 4. www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/index.html 5. www.eduplace.com

People in Societies Students will: identify different groups involved in a community become aware of own origin identify roles of different community members recognize cultural diversity of a community

People in Societies Activities List the various groups to which the student belongs to in the community. Create a family tree, include where each member grew up. Visit the local fire station. A worksheet the students use to match the correct professional with their job. Take a walk down the main street to communicate with members of the community.

Web sites People in Societies 1. http://www.logs.org/people.html 2. http://www.ohiokids.org 3. http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/ 4. http://wwwald.bham.wednet.edu/museum.html 5. http://teacher.scholastic.com/immigrant/index.html

World Interactions Students will: understand similarities between different communities learn to communicate with other communities

World Interactions Activities List several similarities between the student’s community, and one in a different country. Write letters to a pen pal from a different community. Have a buffet of foods from different countries. Bring in current events involving a different country. Write a description of how a child from another part of the world would react to living in the student’s community.

Web sites World Interactions 1. http://maps.yahoo.com 2. http://geography.about.com/science/geography 3. http://geography.state.gove/htmls/plugin.html 4. www.eduplace.com/geo/indexhj.html 5. www.emu/ateme.com

Decision Making and Resources Students will: classify resources available in their school identify ways to obtain good and services wanted understand the making process by voting

Decision Making and Resources Activities Complete a chart by placing the correct school resources in columns labeled “goods” or “services”. Students are placed in groups to play child monopoly. Create a class store using a barter system of class supplies. Plan special class activities by having the students make the choices by voting on them. Have students create a “dream” list of objects they wish to own in the future, then describe how to obtain each of them.

Decision Making and Resources Web sites Decision Making and Resources 1. http://www.clev.frb.org 2. http://www.landmark-project.com/eco-market 3. http://www.infinet.com/~legoe/icecream.html 4. http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/lit~goat.html 5. http://www.dare.com

Democratic Processes Students will: understand the importance of having and following rules learn how to manage conflict fairly

Democratic Processes Activities Have a probation officer visit as a guest speaker. Take a trip to explore the county court house. Students make a list of rules and consequences that are appropriate for their classroom. Hold a mock court case over a class issue. Students create a list of laws they are familiar with enforced in their state.

Web sites Democratic Processes 1. http://www.findlaw.com 2. http://www.senate.gov 3. http://www.prairienet.org/~scruffy/f.html 4. http://oyez.nwu.edu/ 5. http://www.kidsmoneycents.com/front.html

Citizens Rights and Responsibilities Students will: work effectively in a group setting understand how to exhibit citizenship traits

Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities Activities Split students into groups and have them work together to solve a given problem. Students write a paper describing a community service they would like to get involved in. Students make a collage from magazine clippings of people representing good citizenship. Students role play how to share and take turns in the class room. Students share a current event from a local newspaper.

Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities Web sites Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities 1. http://www.webactive.com/body.html 2. http://www.ed.gov/family/aybts/ 3. http://www.kidsvista.com/socialstudies/government.html 4. http://www.youthlink.org/ 5. http://www.education-world.com/acurr/curr008.shtml

Science and Technology Students will: understand how to use the computer as a resource tool learn how to use video equipment

Science and Technology Activities Watch a magic school bus video. Use the net to find research on specific topics. Students will make graphs and charts describing the members of their community on the computer. Use a digital camera for community projects. Record songs students make up about their environment,

Science and Technology Web sites Science and Technology 1. http://www.webactive.com/body.html 2. http://www.ed.gov/family/aybts/ 3.http://www.kidsvista.com/socialstudies/government.html 4. http://www.youthlink.org/ 5. http://www.education-world.com/acurr/curr008.shtml