SS1

Grade 1, Social Studies
Std 2: Describe how primary sources serve as historical records of families and communities.

Lesson Plans:

Eyewitness to History
Students explore history by talking with family members about landmark events they have witnessed in their lifetimes to learn how history touches our lives.

Geo-Generations
Students will create a Geo-Generations Scrapbook that charts where members of their family have lived and tells what those places were like.

Family Time Line
Students will interview family members to learn about important events that have happened in their families. Then use that information to create a time line showing changes and growth in their families.

My Family Elders Discuss fun times spent with grandparents or other elderly relatives or friends. Draw pictures of grandparents or other elders, and give a short oral report about them.

Resources:

Tom Snyder Productions: Information on TimeLiner 5.0 and sample timelines.

Mobile Area Museums Association: Links to area museums.

All About Neighborhoods: This program explains that neighborhoods are where people live, learn, play, and work. Short video from United Streaming.

City, Suburb, and Rural Communities: With the help of three children, students learn about the similarities and differences of neighborhoods in the city, suburbs, and rural communities. Short video from United Streaming.

How Communities Are Alike and Different: Travel to big cities and small towns to discover what life is like for the people who live there. Short video from United Streaming.

Let's Explore: In the City: Wanda helps us understand what a city is and that it is a place where people live, work, and play. We visit some of the neighborhoods and learn about the different cultures that make up a city. Includes subways, skyscrapers, theaters, and places to eat. Short video from United Streaming.

Long Ago, Yesterday, and Today: Compare the lives of people living in a community today to those who lived recently and long ago. Re-creations, artifacts, photographs, and time-lines tell the stories of how our parents, grandparents, and other ancestors lived on a daily basis. Includes different types of shelter, food, clothing, transportation, recreation, and forms of education. Short video from United Streaming.

Neighborhoods: Understanding Where We Live: Travel alongside a mail carrier for an insightful look at neighborhoods, where families live, play, and work. Visit schools, police and fire stations, shopping areas, parks, and a variety of homes, each of which is identified by a two-part address. Short video from United Streaming.

Where We Live, Work, and Play: Public Places: What are public places? Why are they important to communities? Short video from United Streaming.

Suggestions for English Language Learners:
(E/B=Entering/Beginning, D=Developing, E=Expanding)

(E/B) Students point to family members on a visual.
(E/B) Students cut and paste illustrations of family members to appropriate categories on a class chart.
(E/B) Write a word to explain illustrations.
(D) Students compare/contrast two visuals representing different families: Who is ____? What is___doing?
(D) Students repeat, generate, or label names and actions.
(D) Students respond to questions about visuals.
(E) Students write explanations to describe one’s family.
(E) Students create a pictorial family tree with a brief description.
(E) Students compare orally responsibilities of different family members with a peer.
(E) Students compare/contrast family members’ responsibilities within own family.
(E/B, D, E) Students compare and contrast communities, transportation and schools, now and long ago.

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