Me And My

Community

A Beginning of

the Year

Social Studies

Mini Unit

for First Graders

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Enduring

Understanding /

Essential Questions

Community leaders guide

people to meet the goals of

the group.

Who are community

leaders?

What is good citizenship?

Maps help us see the

connections we have to

others.

How are directions helpful in

finding places on a map?

Why is it important to know

where places are located?

Community Helpers

(to the tune of "Oh My Darling Clementine")

Community helpers,

Community helpers,

Community helpers,

All around,

They are people we rely on,

To help make a great town.

There are doctors,

And nurses,

Firefighters and police,

Emergencies are why we need them,

Any day of the week.

There are farmers,

Chefs, and bakers,

Waiters and waitresses,

Feeding people is their job,

They give us food that's good to eat.

There are electricians,

Carpenters and plumbers,

On worksites.

They make houses and our buildings,

Safe and sound and built just right.

Do you know of any more people,

Who are in your neighborhood,

Who work together to build a community,

That we live in happily?

If I Could Build a Town

Betsy Franco

If I could build a town, well then,

I know just what I’d make:

an ice cream store, a toy shop,

and a store with bread and cake.

I guess I’d make a park

and build a nifty fire station.

Say, would you like to help me?

It just takes imagination!

The Sun Is Rising Adapted from Dr. Jean

(The Ants Go Marching)

The sun is rising in the east!

Uh-huh! Uh-huh!

The sun is setting in the west!

Uh-huh! Uh-huh!

My nose is north,

My tail is south!

And so I turn myself about

And the sun keeps rising

in the east

And setting in the west!

Boom boom

boom boom boom!

Citizenship is

________________

________________

________________

________________

My Community

Me____________________

My School______________

My Town _______________

My State _______________

My Country _____________

My Planet _______________

Some of the

Leaders in my

Community

Put these Community Workers in ABC Order

Teacher

Librarian

Firefighter

Nurse

Bus driver

Mail carrier

Police officer

Dentist

Garbage man

Doctor

When I grow up I

want to be…

Our “What will you be” anchor

chart. Use sticky notes.

What do we see in our community?

I Can Make My

Community Better!

A Mini book By

_____________

At my house…

At my school…

In my town…

In my state…

In my country

In my world

I love my many communities.

In this story by Sweeney, a child

introduces us to the world of maps. Using

the premise that simple drawings can be

maps. The book begins with crayon

drawings of the floor plans of the girl's

room and house. The concept becomes

progressively more complex, as her

horizons expand from home to street, to

town, to state, to country, and finally to

the world. The next few pages go along

with this book!

Our “Me on the Map “Anchor Chart.

See next pages for classroom mini

printable, and student page.

Me and My Community

ME

Me and My Community

ME

Craft Connection:

Cut circles of different shapes/colors.

Add labels. (on next page)

Draw/color on each page.

Staple or tie together

(Original idea from: finallyinfirst.blogspot.com )

Me On The Map

My School

My City

My State

My Country

My Planet

Me On The Map

My School

My City

My State

My Country

My Planet

Use for making the

Me on the Map

Craft Connection

on the previous page.

Draw a map of your bedroom.

Draw a map of your classroom.

Create a new town. Draw a map!

Use the map key.

Map Key

House

School

Hospital

Church

Store

Park

My Country _________________

Put a star on the state in which

you live!

What do you like about your state?

________________________

________________________

________________________

NORTH

SOUTH

EAST

WEST

Me And My

Community

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Have fun with this

unit!

Keep Making

Connections!!!

N.Van