Social Studies Alive! My School and Family
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Expand All Collapse All1. How Do We Get Along in School? Video
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In an Experiential Exercise, students discover the value of cooperating to complete a task.
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2. Why Is It Important to Learn from Each Other? Video
In a Social Studies Skill Builder, students complete questionnaires that reveal their own interests and special talents. They then practice appropriate ways to talk and listen.
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3. Why Do Schools Have Rules? Video
In an Experiential Exercise, students play a game without rules to discover why rules are needed. They then read about reasons for school rules and talk about the consequences of not following them.
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4. Who Helps Us at School? Video
In a Visual Discovery activity, students analyze photographs of school staff and listen to a recording of each person describing his or her job. They then use this information to act out each role.
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5. How Are We Good Helpers at School? Video
In a Response Group activity, students explore four situations that they might encounter at school and discuss the best ways to be good helpers.
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6. What Is a Map? Video
In a Social Studies Skill Builder, students practice reading a classroom map, its key, and a compass rose.
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7. What Was School Like Long Ago? Video
In a Response Group activity, students view and read about school-related artifacts from the past, discussing their use.
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8. What Groups Do We Belong To? Video
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In a Social Studies Skill Builder, students examine pictures and categorize them into groups as school, family, or community. They then read about and recognize the different type of groups to which they belong.
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9. How Are Families Special? Video
In a Writing for Understanding activity, students read about different family members, types of homes, and family activities. They then create a book to share how their own families are special.
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10. What Do Families Need and Want? Video
In a Problem Solving Groupwork activity, students create triaramas (three-dimensional scenes) that depict what families would need and want on a camping trip, and then explain why selected items are needs or wants.
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11. How Do Family Members Care for Each Other? Video
In a Response Group activity, students sort family pictures into three categories of caring for each other—helping each other, sharing knowledge, and spending time together.
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12. How Do Families Change? Video
In a Visual Discovery activity, students explore what happens when people grow older. They also learn some reasons why families change in size.
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13. What Are Family Traditions? Video
In an Experiential Exercise, students explore the term tradition and then experience family traditions for birthdays and holidays from two different cultures.
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14. What Do Good Neighbors Do? Video
In a Problem Solving Groupwork activity, groups of four illustrate and assemble puzzles that show examples of actions good neighbors take.
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