SS2

Grade 2, Social Studies
Std 6: Identify human-made and natural resources in our world.

Lesson Plans:

A Readers' Theatre for Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain This readers' theatre of Verna Aardema's Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain crosses the curriculum to incorporate language arts, social studies, and science objectives. Students will become familiar with the text of the story and then present the story as a play with parts.

If a Tree Falls in the Forest
In this lesson, students will explore the role that forests play in their own lives by listing everyday products made from trees.

How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
Students will trace the route of the baker as she travels around the world looking for ingredients for her pie and identify the natural, human, and capital resources used to produce the apple pie.

Resources:

Environmental Education: Get A Job - Careers in the area of Department of Natural Resources. From herpetologist, park ranger, to wildlife biologist are included on this simple page.

BLS Career information: An elementary school pupil’s introduction to career guidance. It has the "Jobs for Kids Who Like … ." format to attract the interest of children with a wide variety of interests and talents.

The Teacher's Corner - Lots of social studies lessons...

Learning About Natural Resources: In this engaging program, students learn about the three types of natural resources: inexhaustible, renewable, and nonrenewable. The earth's wide variety of natural resources will be explored as well as how we use each of them in our daily lives. Short video from United Streaming.

Taking Care of Our Earth: Students learn to care about their environment with the help of four animated characters as they take a tour of a landfill. Natural resources are identified and shown as students learn how important it is to conserve them. Short video from United Streaming.

How Communities Grow and Change: Many large cities grew where the land was livable and it was easy to transport goods. Visit communities that depend on farming, coal mining, oil drilling, forestry, and other industries built around natural resources. What happens to these communities when resources are depleted or demand falls? Short video from United Streaming.

Reducing, Reusing, and Recycling: Environmental Concerns: Students will be made aware of the fact that natural resources are often the base for products that become solid waste and that many such resources are non-renewable, such as the aluminum in a soda can. Students in this video will demonstrate the "Three Rs" approach and we will see that we are, indeed, responsible for our environment and for the future of our planet. Short video from United Streaming.

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

(E/B) Students give an oral response to simple questions.
(E/B) Students label illustrations.
(E/B) Students sort pictures under headings of ‘Man-made’ or ‘Natural’.
(D) Students give an oral response.
(D) Students cut magazine pictures out and sort by ‘Man made’ or ‘Natural’.
(E) Students give an oral response.
(E) Students cut magazine pictures out and sort by ‘Man made’ or ‘Natural’. Then students write a word or sentence to go with each picture.

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