3. Student Learning Map

  • Topic:My Community
  • Subject(s):Social Studies
  • Days:10
  • Grade(s):K
Key Learning: My community has a rich history and a variety of cultures, people, and rules.
Unit Essential Question(s):
 
 
What is my role in my community?
   
Concept: Neighborhood
SS.B.2.1.1.1  
Concept: History
SS.A.5.1.4.1  
Concept: Rules
SS.C.2.1.3.1   SS.C.2.1.2.1   SS.C.2.1.1.1   SS.C.1.1.5.1   SS.C.1.1.3.1   SS.A.2.1.1.1  
Lesson Essential Question(s):

How does your neighborhood meet all of its needs? (A)
What does a neighborhood consist of? (A)
Lesson Essential Question(s):

How has my neighborhood changed while I have lived there? (A)
How could the history of your neighborhood effect your life? (A)
Lesson Essential Question(s):

Why are there certain laws in the community? (A)
What are the consequences of not following community rules? (A)
How do members of my community communicate with each other? (A)
What is the importance of communication? (A)
Vocabulary:

neighborhood, neighbor, culture, market, helper

Vocabulary:

history, effect, problem, solution, change

Vocabulary:

leader, fairness, law, safety, teacher, principal, consequence, authority, communicate

Additional Information:

(Note: Holidays and Cultural Observances may be taught based on their calendar occurance dates. See Spotlight on Social Studies on the PCSB website.)

Community guest speakers, United Streaming video: "Citizenship in the Community" 17 min. video (segments inside of full video "What is a community" 2:02 min. segment, "A Good Citizen" 4:21 min. segment), "All About Neighborhoods" 10:00 min. video

Teacher manual, graphic organizers, audio/visual resources, map and pictures of community, technology, fiction and non-fiction tradebooks, word wall, www.natgoodneighborday.org

Resources:

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Student Learning Map
Vocabulary Report

Acquisition Lesson:

Vocabulary Report

  • neighborhood -
  • leader -
  • history -
  • fairness -
  • effect -
  • neighbor -
  • problem -
  • culture -
  • law -
  • market -
  • solution -
  • safety -
  • teacher -
  • change -
  • helper -
  • principal -
  • consequence -
  • authority -
  • communicate -