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School District:Hitchcock-Tulare
Unit of Study Title:Who Can Help Me?
Grade Level:K-2
Time Frame:Three weeks
Key Words:Community helpers
 
Unit Designer:Cathy Goethel
Unit Designer E-mail:Cathy.Goethel@k12.sd.us
Date Added:6/14/2002 11:45:40 AM
Date Last Revised:6/14/2002 11:45:40 AM
 
Topic Area:Social Science
 
Peer Reviewer:Barb Madison
Peer Reviewer E-mail:Cathy.Goethel@k12.sd.us

Brief Summary of Unit: The preschool students will identify places in their community. They will establish what functions they have in the community. They will also gain an understanding of where they may go to obtain items they need for every day living.
Students will Understand: The students will identify places in their community, as well as knowing where they get items that they need every day.

SD Content Standards
Link to Standards #1
Goal:

Social Science
Students will understand the interrelationships of people, places, and the environment.
Indicator:None Listed
Benchmark(s):None Listed
Other Content Standards:None Listed

Other Components
Essential Questions to Guide this Unit and Focus Teaching and Learning: Where do I go to get the things I need?
Key Knowledge and Skills Students will Acquire: The students will know where things are located in the community and where they can obtain items that are needed for them to live.
Assessment Plan: A power point- the students recall places in the community. Categorizing items that are associated to the places in the community.
Learning Activities: Field trips, during free play simulated activities that correlate to the place visited. Categorize items that are associated to the visited sites.
Notes:None Listed
Internet Resource Link: None Listed

Adapted from the the work of Jay McTighe and Grant Wiggins. Understanding by
Design. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Alexandria, VA. 1998.

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