BrainPOP Jr.

Econ Ed Link (https://www.econedlink.org/resources/grade/k-2/)

Kids Voting (https://www.k12northstar.org/Page/8808)

Constitution Day (September 17) activities

Daily Pledge of Allegiance

Read aloud and discuss:

• • My Grandma’s the Mayor by Margaret Pelligrino

  • The Go-Around Dollar by Barbara Johnston Adams

  • If You Make a Million by David Schwartz

  • Monster Money Book by Loren Leedy

  • Follow That Map! A First Book of Mapping Skills by Scot Ritchie

  • Everybody Bakes Bread, Everybody Cooks Rice and Everybody Makes Soup series by Norah Dooley

Molly of Denali

Write in a journal about reactions to events at school that happened yesterday, today, and in anticipation of tomorrow’s events.

Build a classroom timeline that illustrates events as they happen during the school year.

Interview family members and make a poster with family stories and copies of old photos.

Thinking Maps^® (double bubble map) to compare how families are alike and different

Obtain primary resources from the Library of Congress website (www.loc.gov/teachers)

Newspapers and magazines (e.g., Scholastic Weekly Reader)

Read aloud and discuss the following series by Norah Dooley: Everybody Bakes Bread Everybody Cooks Rice and Everybody Makes Soup

Use clay to build models of basic landforms

Cut out a paper shape of Alaska and place it accurately on various maps around the classroom, playing “Where’s Alaska?”

Layer Foldables^® to illustrate neighborhood, town, state, etc

Newspapers and magazines (e.g., Scholastic Weekly Reader)

Play “store” or have a classroom economic system (e.g., Dojo Dollars)

Buy choice time activities with tokens

Play a game like “Would You Rather” - understanding choices and costs

Junior Achievement (https://www.juniorachievement.org/web/ja-usa/home)

Explore Learn to Read a Map from the National Geographic website, which has four maps: Classroom Map, Neighborhood Map, Community Map and Park Map. (http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/maps/maps-and-models/?ar_a=1)

Do a timeline lesson connected to the book On the Day You Were Born by Debra Frasier. (HMH Books, 2006, 978-0-152-05944-6) (http://www.readingrockets.org/article/48488/)

Use Google Earth to locate school, city, state and country. (http://earth.google.com)

Visit Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government, K-2 page. (http://bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2/index.html)

Use the Time Period Clues activity from the National Geographic website. (http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/activity/time-period-clues/?ar_a=1)

Roll a soft globe among classmates and play “land and water” identification game

Play “store”

Play “Would You Rather”-type game, understanding choices and costs

Barter simulation

Multicultural Week activities

Create a class cookbook

Interview family ancestors and make a poster with family stories and copies of old photos

Make a simple family tree

Obtain primary resources from the Library of Congress website (www.loc.gov/teachers)