Community

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Community
Helpers
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Community Helpers

• Gina Hamsik
• 2nd grade
• EDE 317

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Table of Contents

• Economics
• Standards and Websites
• Activity 1
• Activity 2
• Activity 3
• Activity 4
• Activity 5
• Government
• Standards and Websites
• Activity 1
• Activity 2
• Activity 3
• Activity 4
• Activity 5
• Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities
• Standards and Websites
• Activity 1
• Activity 2
• Activity 3

• Title Page
• Table of Contents
• History
• Standards and Websites
• Activity 1
• Activity 2
• Activity 3
• Activity 4
• Activity 5
• People in
• Standards and Websites
• Activity 1
• Activity 2
• Activity 3
• Activity 4
• Activity 5
• Societies
• Geography
• Standards and Websites

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History Standard

• Students use materials drawn from the diversity
  of human experience to analyze and interpret
  significant events, patterns and themes in the
  history of Ohio, the United States and the world.

Websites

• Wright Brothers
• http//www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushis
  tory/wrightbrothers1.htm
• Ohio Inventors
• http//www.oplin.org/famousohioans/inventors/puzzl
  er.htmlFcghj
• US Postal History
• http//www.usps.com/history/history/his1.htm
• Veterns
• http//www.va.gov/
• History of Veterans Day
• http//www.history.army.mil/faq/vetsday/vetshist.h
  tm

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History Activity 1

• Research important people from Ohioinventors,
  scientists, explorers etc. Share each report
  aloud to classmates.

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History Activity 2

• Read a book about The Wright Brothers discussing
  why pilots are community helpers. Then have the
  children write a story as if they were witnesses
  of the first flight.

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History Activity 3

• Discuss the transformation of the U.S. Postal
  system. Have children write letters to family
  members, address envelopes and mail them.

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History Activity 4

• Ask a couple soldiers (specifically one that has
  been to Iraq and a veteran) to come to the class
  to share and compare their services over seas.

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History Activity 5

• Discuss holidays that honor those that served in
  the military for our country. Have children make
  Thank You cards to send to veterans.

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People in Society

• Students use knowledge of perspectives, practices
  and products of cultural, ethnic and social
  groups to analyze the impact of their commonality
  and diversity within local, national, regional
  and global settings.

Websites

• Festivals in Springboro
• http//home.cinci.rr.com/telos/SpringboroFestivals
  /
• Caroling Songs
• http//www.twinsisters.com/onlinecatalog/xmas/holi
  daycds/2626.htm
• Foods Around the World
• http//www.uen.org/utahlink/activities/view_activi
  ty.cgi?activity_id7033
• Springboro Library
• http//www.franklin.lib.oh.us/polaris/
• Holidays Around the World
• http//www.kidsturncentral.com/holidays/glossary/h
  olidaysgloss.htm

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People in Society Activity 1

• Have students research community festivals that
  take place in the town they live in and why they
  take place.

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People in Society Activity 2

• Go caroling to a local nursing home after
  discussing why the elderly are community helpers.

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People in Society Activity 3

• Discuss the difference in cooks and bakers in the
  United States opposed to other countries. Then
  bring in a variety of foods for children to taste.

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People in Society Activity 4

• Discuss the significance of the library and what
  it offers. Discuss the importance of the
  librarian. Take a field trip to the local library.

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People in Society Activity 5

• Have different family members or community
  members come in and share different holidays that
  they celebrate and why. (Christmas, Kwanza,
  Hanukkah, etc.)

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Geography

• Students use knowledge of geographic locations,
  patterns and processes to show the
  interrelationship between the physical
  environment and human activity, and to explain
  the interactions that occur in an increasingly
  interdependent world.

Websites

• Clearcreek Fire Department
• http//www.clearcreektownship.com/FD/findex.htm
• Christopher Columbus
• http//www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/c/
  columbus.shtml
• The True Story of the Three little Pigs
• http//www.teachingheart.net/truepigs.html
• Ohio Artists
• http//www.ohioartists.com/
• Learning Spanish
• http//www.songsforteaching.com/spanishsongs.htm

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Geography Activity 1

• Students use a map local map to find where the
  Police station and Fire department are in their
  neighborhood. Then children make their own map of
  the school to show their escape route if their
  were a fire.

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Geography Activity 2

• Talk about Christopher Columbus and his
  importance in history as a community helper.

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Geography Activity 3

• Discuss different local artists and their purpose
  in society. Then have children make their own
  artwork to display in the halls of the school.

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Geography Activity 4

• Have a foreign language teacher come and talk to
  the class. Discuss the importance of this teacher
  a a community helper in learning to communicate
  better with one another.

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Geography Activity 5

• Read The True Story of the Three Little Pigs.
  Then discuss that we can build our homes out of
  many things have a builder come to the class to
  discuss with the children his/her job.

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Economics

• Students use economic reasoning skills and
  knowledge of major economic concepts, issues and
  systems in order to make informed choices as
  producers, consumers, savers, investors, workers
  and citizens in an interdependent world.

Websites

• The Euro
• http//srb.npaci.edu/cgi-bin/nsdl.cgi?uid/2007-04
  -30T065325Z/595207A4346B9801FE29F72657227D4A/ent
  ry.html
• The Peso
• http//www.tomzap.com/currency.html
• Counting Money
• http//www.myschoolhouse.com/courses/O/1/11.asp
• Ronald McDonald House
• http//www.mcdonalds.com/rmhc/index.html
• Salvation Army
• http//www.salvationarmy.org/ihq/www_sa.nsf

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Economics Activity 1

• Have a family member or community member come to
  class to discuss the difference between the Euro
  and the dollar.

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Economics Activity 2

• Have a family member or community member come to
  class to discuss the difference between the Peso
  and the dollar.

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Economics Activity 3

• Discuss what a banker does and play Monopoly with
  the class

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Economics Activity 4

• Discuss the Salvation Army. Have children bring
  in items for a near by shelter. Discuss what
  volunteers do and why they are so important.

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Economics Activity 5

• Take a field trip to the Ronald McDonald House
  and any discuss the purpose of it.

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Government

• Students use knowledge of the purposes,
  structures and processes of political systems at
  the local, state, national and international
  levels to understand that people create systems
  of government as structures of power and
  authority to provide order, maintain stability
  and promote the general welfare.

Websites

• Community Helper-Firefighter
• http//comsewogue.k12.ny.us/rstewart/k2001/Themes
  /community/helpers.htm
• Community Helper-Police Officer
• http//www.hummingbirded.com/community-helpers.htm
  l
• City of Springboro
• http//www.ci.springboro.oh.us/website/index.asp?w
  ebpageid2B508090-093A-4DDC-B22B-2774342B821B
• How Laws Are Made
• http//www.explore.parliament.uk/parliament.aspx?i
  d4
• The Job of a Judge
• http//www.bls.gov/k12/law04.htm

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Government Activity 1

• Have the children watch a city council meeting on
  TV after discussing the importance of it and
  other community helpers such as the mayor etc.

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Government Activity 2

• Take a trip to the local Fire Department. Discuss
  the importance.

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Government Activity 3

• Take a trip to the local Police Department.
  Discuss the importance.

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Government Activity 4

• Have a judge come a speak to the class about
  their job and then have a mock trail.

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Government Activity 5

• Discuss the law and rule makers in the children's
  life. Have the principal come and talk to the
  class about what he does.

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Citizenship Rights

Responsibilities

• Students use knowledge of the rights and
  responsibilities of citizenship in order to
  examine and evaluate civic ideals and to
  participate in community life and the American
  democratic system.

Websites

• Getting Along
• http//www.pbs.org/wholechild/parents/getting.html
  
• Playing By the Rules
• http//www.gameskidsplay.net/
• Getting Involved
• http//www.kidshealth.org/parent/positive/family/v
  olunteer.html
• Community Services
• http//www.afterschool.ed.gov/programs/ocs/
• Trash Clean Up
• http//www.charityguide.org/volunteer/fifteen/tras
  h.htm

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Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities Activity
1

• Have the school guidance counselor come in and
  talk to the kids about what she does.

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Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities Activity
2

• Go to the gym and have the kids take turns being
  the referee. Discuss what a referee does and why
  it is important.

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Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities Activity
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• Have the students go out in the community and do
  something nice for their neighbors whether that
  be raking leaves or bringing them kind letters.

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Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities Activity
4

• Have the children help the lunch ladies serve
  lunch one day at their school.

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Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities Activity
5

• Go to a community park and pick up trash.

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Social Studies Skills

Methods

• Students collect, organize, evaluate and
  synthesize information from multiple sources to
  draw logical conclusions. Students communicate
  this information using appropriate social studies
  terminology in oral, written or multimedia form
  and apply what they have learned to societal
  issues in simulated or real-world settings.

Websites

• Family Tree
• http//www.familytree.com/
• Springboro Historical District
• http//www.springboroohio.org/content.asp?WebSiteS
  ectionID22WebPageID32
• Graphic Organizers
• http//www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/
• Community Helpers
• http//www.geocities.com/latully/communityhelpersh
  ome.html
• Building a Family Tree
• http//pbskids.org/wayback/family/tree/index.html

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Social Studies Skills and Methods Activity 1

• Have children tour Springboro Historical
  district. Discuss the Underground Railroad and
  the people who helped those in need during that
  time.

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Social Studies Skills and Methods Activity 2

• Make a chart of how each community helper has
  changed over time and then make prediction as to
  how their jobs will change in the future.

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Social Studies Skills and Methods Activity 3

• Brainstorm ideas as a class for how the students
  can be community helpers.

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Social Studies Skills and Methods Activity 4

• Have the children make a family tree including
  the jobs of each family member.

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Social Studies Skills and Methods Activity 5

• Make a class book of what I learned about
  community helpers.