Unit 1: Active Citizenship
Internet Resources
- Neighborhood Election Day Fun. Very Best Kids. June 29, 2006. http://www.nestlefamily.com/Default.aspx?ArticleId=3ED09079-4D47-487C-BBD3-30D32E8C0124
- This website gives directions in creating a ballot box for holding an election and teaching about the voting process.
- Monthly Themes: Labor Day. Education Place. June 30, 2006.
- http://www.eduplace.com/monthlytheme/september/laborday.html
- This web site gives lesson ideas for activities around Labor Day.
- Columbus Day, October 12, The Holiday Zone. June 30, 2006.
- http://www.theholidayzone.com/
- This site gives ideas for Columbus Day activities in the classroom.
- President’s Venn Diagram. ABC Teach, June 29, 2006. http://www.abcteach.com/MonthtoMonth/February/venn.htm
- This site is to a Venn diagram for children to complete on two presidents.
- The Wall Inspires letters to Veterans. Education World. June 30, 2006.
- http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/03/lp313-03.shtml
- This is a lesson plan for writing letters to Veterans.
- Our Flag & Flag Day. Mr. Donn. June 30, 2006.
- http://americanhistory.mrdonn.org/Symbols.html#flag
- This is a web site for Social Studies with many lessons on the flag.
- A Capital Fourth, America’s Independence Day Celebration. June 30, 2006.
- http://www.pbs.org/capitolfourth/fireworks.html
- This site provides an online fireworks display.
Unit 2: Rural, Urban, Suburban
Internet Resources
- Welcome to Farm School. The Family Farm Project. 29 June 2006.
- http://www2.kenyon.edu/Projects/Farmschool/addins/farmscho.htm
- Click on graphics and learn about farming, what life is like on a farm, and how it has changed over the years. The farm is in Ohio.
- Read, Write, and Think Flipbook. NCTE/IRA 2005. 13 July 2006. http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/flipbook
- Directions for creating a flip book on-line. This is complex and only for the very advanced student.
- Read, Write, and Think Stapleless Book. NCTE/IRA 2007. 17 June 2007
- http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/student_material.asp?id=10
- Directions for creating a stapleless book as an alternative to the Flip Book, above
- Teachers Pay Teachers. 23 May 2014. http://www.teacherspayteachers.com Free or low cost materials that support the concept of suburban, urban, and rural communities.
- “Rural, Suburban, and Urban.” Brainpop, Jr. Introduction to types of communities.https://jr.brainpop.com/socialstudies/communities/ruralsuburbanandurban/preview.weml Need a district subscription.
- “Urban, Suburban, & Rural.” Jenna Murphy. You Tube. 6:57. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuF2o7SaRWU Free introduction to types of communities.
- Discovery Education Streaming Videos (http://discoveryeducation.com/)
Unit 3: Geography of Communities
Internet Resources
Media
Discovery Education Streaming Videos (http://discoveryeducation.com/)
This is a subscription based program. User name and password required. Search for title of video.
- Lesson 2 – Maps: Types, Symbols, and Terms (18:07)
- Lesson 3 – Landforms: Number One(16:00) Good for most lessons in this unit
- Lesson 5 – reshow video from Lesson Three
- “Exploring Communities and Geography.” 6:34. Discovery Education Streaming. http://app.discoveryeducation.com/player/view/assetGuid/3FE0E589-49D5-4D19-A4D4-472B4D06BA7D
- Needs District subscription. Talks about the different communities that are based on your geographical location and how it shapes the way you live. District subscription needed.
- “Exploring Communities and Geography.” 2:12. Mazz Media. http://mazz.com/product/exploring-communities-and-geography/ Free shorter preview of the video above.
Unit 4: Change and Interdependence in Communities
Internet Resources
- Reading, Writing and 'Rithmetic in the One-Room Schoolhouse. National Endowment for the Humanities.
- http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=319
- A complete lesson plan, based on photographs, to answer the questions, “What was it like to go to school a long time ago in America? How were the first schools in this country different from and the same as today?”
- America on the Move. Smithsonian National Museum of American History. 3 August 2006.http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove
- Read about how transportation shaped the lives, landscapes, culture, and communities of America.
Media
Discovery Education Streaming Videos (http://discoveryeducation.com/)
This is a subscription based program. User name and password required. Search for title of video.
- Lesson One – How Communities Grow and Change (20:41) and Long Ago, Yesterday, and Today (15:00)
- Lesson Two – A Changing Nation (1:43)