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Social Studies Strands:Community Helpers
ED417-02Andrea 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/tlre
sources/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/1s
tGrade/social/htm Great citizenship activities and
lessons www.oswego.org/sbartlet/citizens
hip/ 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