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| Second
Grade Ideas |
Objective:
6020-0602 Use map and globe skills to identify major physical
characteristics of the local community.
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Postcard
Idea: Make a map of your community using kidpix. Send the map and
directions for getting to your school to a visiting speaker, the
substitute office, families, etc. |
Objective:
6020-0301 Make a contribution to the community.
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Postcard
idea: Organize a community clean-up activity, literacy event, math
event, Sub-for-Santa, Box tops collection, etc. and have students
design an invitation to the event stating time, place, day and how
the event will help the community. |
Objective: 6020-051 Compare everyday life in the local community
with that of the Ouelessebougou community.
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Visit
Ouelessebougou
http://www.uen.org/core/socialstudies/html/ouelessebougou/community/index.html
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Postcard
Idea: Make a Postcard with a picture of the one item students use
every day and couldn’t live with out. Describe how this item
is used in their life and make comparisons to the Ouelessebougou
community or send the postcards to a pen pal class in Ouelessebougou
with a question asking them what their item would be. |
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Trading
Card Idea: Make trading cards with different features of your local
community on one side and a comparison to an Ouelessebougou feature
on the other. Include a bulleted list of similarities and differences. |
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| Third
Grade Ideas |
Standard
1: Students show how environments and communities change over
time through the influence of people.
- Objective
1: Predict how human activity will influence environments and
communities.
- Describe
various environments; e.g., desert, plains, tropical, tundra,
steppe, mountain, frozen, forest.
- Identify
the influence of people on environments and environments
on people.
- Describe
changes in environments caused by human inventions; e.g.,
plow, steel, railroads, telephone, telegraph, automobile.
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Visit
"What is it Like Where you Live?
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/index.htm
Biomes
from Enchanted Learning
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/
Types of Land
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/typesofland/typesofland.html
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Post
Card Ideas: Create a list of different types of activities that
you might do in each environment. Send a postcard to a friend describing
your activities and how it affects the environment that you are
in. |
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Trading
Card Ideas: Create a trading card for each type of environment.
Include the major characteristics that make each environment unique. |
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| Fourth
Grade Ideas |
Standard
1: Students demonstrate the sequence of change in Utah over
time.
Objective
1: Recognize the sequence of change in Utah over time.
- Identify
factors that contributed to the development of the land;
e.g., location, natural resources, climate.
- Identify
factors that have historically contributed to the growth
of Utah; e.g., agriculture, industry, resources.
- Identify
characteristics of various communities; e.g., Park City,
Eureka, St. George.
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Visit
Utah History for Kids
http://historyforkids.utah.gov/
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Post
Card Ideas: Develop a postcard that highlights the part of the
state that you live in. Talk about important factors such as climate,
location, and industry. Send this postcard to a fourth-grade student
living in a different part of the state. Make sure that the postcard
has a correct address on it.
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Trading
Card Ideas: Create a trading card that shares important information
about communities in Utah. Choose one community for each county
to help compare and contrast different characteristics across the
state. |
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| Fifth
Grade Ideas |
- Standard
4: Students analyze the contributions of key individuals and
groups on the development of the New World and the United States.
- Standard
6: Students analyze events and leaders in the United States
through the 19th century.
- Standard
7: Students analyze the contributions of individuals, groups,
and movements in the United States from 1900 to the present.
- Objective
1: List major political and military leaders in the expansion
of the nation.
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Visit
America’s Story
http://www.americaslibrary.gov
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Post Card Ideas: Choose one major American leader and learn more
about their role in American history. Write a postcard as if you
are that leader to another prominent American who lived during
that time. List your views on important events and political issues.
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Trading
Card Ideas: Create a “top ten” list of major American
leaders who have influenced our country. Make a trading card for
each of them sharing their role in the history of our country. Compare
your trading cards with those created by other students. |
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| Sixth
Grade Ideas |
- Standard
4: Students explore the cultures of ancient civilizations.
- Objective
1: Explore the cultures of ancient Greece and Rome.
- Compare
life in Athens and Sparta; e.g., government, recreation,
religion, arts, theatre, science.
- Describe
life in ancient Rome; e.g., government, religion, recreation,
art.
- Examine
manmade structures of Rome; e.g., aqueducts, roads,
Coliseum.
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Visit
the Ancient Civilizations of Greece and Rome.
Ancient Greece
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/landmarks/ancientgreece
Ancient Rome
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/romans/
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Post
Card Ideas: Develop a postcard that highlights one item that is
used in daily life in either ancient Greece or ancient Rome. Describe
how this item is used while writing to someone in a different
culture and ask how the item might be used by them.
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Trading
Card Ideas: Determine important components of ancient civilization
such as language, government, dress, culture, and religion. Research
ancient Greece and ancient Rome to learn about each of these categories.
Create a set of trading cards for each civilization. Use this information
to identify similarities and differences between these ancient civilizations. |
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