Family and Home
Social Studies
Grade 1
Ohio’s Model CompetencyBased Program Strands Project
Carrie Hamilton
And
Heather Kuhn
ED 417
American Heritage
Web Sites
• http://www.heritage.org/library/categories/heathw
el/fyi170.html
• http://www.senate.gov/~byrd/bevfamr.htm
• http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/5707/
moments.html
• http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/2702/
• http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/elemsoc/glu22e
ss.html
Activities
• Students will create a family tree by getting
assistance from parents and other family
members.
• Students will research their family origin
with the assistance of living family
members and present their findings to the
class.
Activities Continued
• The students will research in groups of four
using the internet and other resources
(I.e.Books, Magazines, Articles) to write an
one page paper about famous American
Families. Each group will have assistance
from the teacher and the media specialist.
Activities Continued
• Students will bring in books to share with
the class about families throughout history.
These books can be from the library or
personal collections.
• Students will create a book of pictures of
families throughout American History.
People in Societies
Web Sites
• http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec596/unit
s/family/rich.html
• http://www.familiesandwork.org/
• http://www.people.virginia.edu/~psykliff/
• http://lessonplanspage.com/SSFamilies1.ht
m
• http://www.familiesfirst.org
Activities
• Students will research with their families
some of the roles that families play in
society.
• Students will work as a class to display a
list of ways that families contribute to
society.
• Students will think of ways that they can
contribute to society.
Activities Continued
• Students will write a story about what they
want their families to be like when they get
to be older.
• Students will draw a picture of families
working in society. The pictures will be
compiled into a classroom book.
World Interactions
Web Sites
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http://www.nationalalliance.org
http://www.thefunplace.com/
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/famlit/parent.html
http://www.nnfr.org/general/pub_efp.html
http://hal.fmhi.usf.edu/cfs/calendars/cfsnew
s/cfsarchivednews/families_as_teachers.htm
Activities
• Students will look in the library at books
about families around the country.
• Students will research with their family the
history of their family and where they came
from.
• Students will create a collage of pictures of
families around the world.
Activities Continued
• Students will research the type of family life
that exists today in the country that their
family originally came from.
• Students will write a story about what they
think it would be like for their family to be
in another country.
Decision Making and Resource
Web Sites
• http://www.pbs.org/wnet/1900house/
• http://www.wnn.or.jp/
• http://www.hoover.nara.gov/kids/liw_kids/p
ioneering_intro.html
• http://www.fema.gov/kids/
• http://www.globenet.org/horizonlocal/perso/consent.html
Activities
• The students will draw a picture of their
family using limited resources provided by
the teacher. The teacher will collect and
organize the data in a picture graph showing
comparison between the choices the
students made using the limited resources.
The students will then discuss other choices
people make in order to satisfy themselves
with the limitation of resources.
Activities Continued
• The teacher will read books of families of
different cultures. The students will discuss in
groups the different types of work these families
do in order to satisfy their wants.
• The teacher will bring in various items that maybe
found around in the students’ houses. The student
will examine the various items and determine the
resources that were used in order to make them.
Activities Continued
• The teacher will provide a limited number of
games for the students to play with at recess. The
students will have to make choices in which game
they would like to play. After recess the students
will discuss with the reasons for their choice in
which game they chose and why they chose that
particular game. The students will also be
required to discuss their decisions they make in
choosing games at home.
Activities Continued
• Following a recent tornado in the country, the
students will discuss in groups of four the
necessary resources families will need in order to
live. The students will then draw pictures of those
resources. The teacher will have a volunteer from
the American Red Cross come in and discuss with
the students what items are good to donate to
families that have nothing. The students will bring
in items to donate to the American Red Cross and
on a volunteer basis.
Democratic Process
Web Sites
• http:/www.pbs.org/democracy/kids/
• http://www.civiced.org/fod_ms_auth02_sb.html
• http://www.americascanada.org/politics/children/c
hildren-e.asp
• http://www.oas.org/children/leadership/Leaders.ht
ml
• http://www.oas.org/children/LOAS/LOASmain.ht
ml
Activities
• In groups of four, students will agree upon rules
they would like to have in their own home. As a
class, the student will have a discussion on which
rules are appropriate to have in their home. The
teacher will let the students vote on which rules
the students would like to have in their home. The
teacher will discuss with the students that their
classroom is like a family and that they can come
up with their own rules they would like to have in
the classroom.
Activities Continued
• The teacher will have various persons of
authority (police, principal, parents, fire
fighters, mayor) come into the classroom
and discuss their jobs with the students. A a
class, the students will discuss reason for
having people in authority.
Activities Continued
• The teacher will provide students with a fictitious
scenario of a family that requires some new rules
in order to bring peace back to the family. The
students will come up with those rule that they
think will bring peace and discuss why the rules
will work.
• The teacher will make a game out of going to
lunch. The teacher will allow the students to
decide on how they want to line up for lunch, what
games they want to lay at lunch, and what the
students would like to do to wind down after
lunch.
Activities Continued
• The students will play various games in groups of
four throughout a number of stations. After
allowing the students ample time to play the
various games in a station, the teacher will discuss
with the students how they played those games
(who went first and why?, did everyone play fair?,
what were the rules of the game?. Was there any
problems while playing the game?) The teacher
will discuss with the students if these same
situations occur within their families while playing
games and what actions are taken if problems
occur.
Citizenship Rights and
Responsibilities
Web Sites
• http://youth.net/cec/cecsst/cecsst.60.txt
• http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr008.shtml
• http://www.educationworld.com/a_tsl/archives/001/lesson0015.shtml
• http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/77.html
• http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/141.html
Activities
• In the classroom there are fish and rabbits
for the students to take care of. Each week
a different student will be required to take
care of the animals. After the week is done,
the student will discuss with the teacher the
responsibilities there are in taking care of
pets. The teacher will then ask the students
to discuss the responsibilities they have in
their own home.
Activities Continued
• Since the classroom is another family for the
students, the students will have a bulletin board to
display papers, projects, pictures, etc, showing
their accomplishments. It allows students to show
their pride in themselves.
• Treating the school as one big family, the students
will observe and record changes that happen in the
school over a month long period.
Activities Continued
• The teacher will provide each student with a small
plant to take home to care for. The student will
need to give the plant water and sunlight when
needed. After two months the students will bring
the plant back into the class so the teacher can see
how well the plant is doing.
• The students will discuss with the teacher ways to
compromise in their own family when they do not
get their own way at home.
Science, Technology, and Society
Web Sites
• http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/
• http://www.halcon.com/sciclub/kidproj1.ht
ml
• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/kids/tech19
00/
• http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/sc
iecne.html
• http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
Activities
• The students will create a family tree using
the classroom computers.
• The students will use the Internet to locate
different pictures of families around the
world.
• The students will use the Internet to locate
five different jobs that they may like to do
when they grow up.
Activities Continued
• The students will do an experiment dealing
with change to show how all things go
through change. The students will watch as
bread, a banana, milk, and an apple will
change from the original state into
something different. Then discuss the
changes taking place and compare it with
how families have changed over time.
Activities Continued
• The students will talk to their parents and
find out how they contribute to our society
in form of a job. The student will then
bring back to the class what he or she has
found.
Conclusion
In conclusion, the first grade students will
begin to explore links between families of
their own and families of different cultures.
The students should also explore links
between their communities and other
communities around the world.