Standard Course of Study :: Social Studies

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Introduction to Community Helpers: This is a introductory lesson to a unit on community helpers. It will begin to help students to identify different types of community helpers and the jobs they perform.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Social Studies); By Jerrye Ficklin.

Let's Be Firefighters!!!: In this lesson, we will look at firefighters and the role they play in our community. This lesson will familiarize the students with the types of equipment used by firefighters, the special clothing worn by firefighters, and the responsibilities each of them have in our community.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Social Studies); By Lavonne Holland.

The ABCs of saving: Students will identify the steps to being a successful saver and learn how saving for tomorrow requires giving something up today. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Social Studies); Provider: National Council on Economic Education

Eureka!: Students will look at how inventions such as plastic have changed our lives and how they are changing the future of living in space. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Social Studies); Provider: National Council on Economic Education

Every penny counts: Students will learn about choice as consumers. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies); Provider: National Council on Economic Education

Lean on Me -- We Depend on Each Other!: Students discern how an assembly line works, reinforcing the underlying principles such as interdependence, specialization and division of labor. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies); Provider: National Council on Economic Education

Little Bill the producer!: After watching the video and completing an activity about producers, they produce their own books about Little Bill, Alice the Great, or Dr. King. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies); Provider: National Council on Economic Education

The Little Red Hen: After reading the story, “The Little Red Hen,” students will categorize resources and be able to identify what future incentives the characters will have to help the little hen in her work. Students will also have the opportunity to explore bread making. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–5 Guidance and Social Studies); Provider: National Council on Economic Education

Native American cultures across the U.S.: Students discuss the differences between five Native American tribes within the U.S. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies); Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities

Packaging and transport: This lesson is the second in a two-part series on how machines help people grow, package, transport, and store food. In this second lesson, students learn about the kinds of materials and machines that are involved in transporting, processing, packaging, which enable food to be transported, stored, and consumed thousands of miles from where it is originally produced. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade ); Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science

This little piggybank went to market: Students understand that work is a source of income. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies); Provider: National Council on Economic Education

To market to market: Students will participate in a marketplace simulation by role-playing producers and consumers. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies); Provider: National Council on Economic Education

What should a house do?: This is a set of nine lesson plans which compares and contrasts the homes built by the first American settlers with those of the Native American peoples. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, and Social Studies); Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities

Working hard for a living: Students learn that work is a means for obtaining money. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Social Studies); Provider: National Council on Economic Education