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Let's Make Lemonade
Students generate a list of needs for a community project. In this social studies and philanthropy lesson plan, students listen to the story The Little Red Hen and discuss teamwork. Students plan for a lemonade stand, proceeds of which...
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Altruism: Meeting Society's Needs
Students study society's needs and altruism within communities. For this altruism lesson, students identify and categorize the basic needs that human beings have and define altruism. Students complete research on altruistic organizations...
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How Do They Do That?
Third graders explore different careers by discussing which community helpers might be considered local heroes. In this career exploration lesson, 3rd graders work in small groups to discuss why certain people are considered...
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Information, Please!
Fourth graders research jobs by using different software programs. In this researching jobs lesson plan, 4th graders conduct a Webquest in order to see what they need to do to complete certain jobs.
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Holiday Giving From the Classroom
Students participate in a holiday giving activity to learn about community involvement. In this community outreach lesson, students discuss giving and receiving as well as the gift of time. Students prepare songs and holiday cards to...
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Earthquake Preparation and Survival Strategies
Students examine the different ways that earthquakes have been predicted. In this earthquake instructional activity students plan ways that people can prepare for earthquakes.
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Where Am I?
Second graders listen to a Japanese folk tale called "The Traveling Frogs". They role play the story using puppets or costumes. They locate Japan on a map and discuss several geography topics. They independently write about ways they...
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A Graveyard Scavenger Hunt
Students engage in the lesson that covers local community history by taking a field trip to a local graveyard. They do various activities prepared by the teacher that includes finding local important people who once lived in the community.
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A Planting We Will Go
Pupils explore how to transplant trees in their community. In this citizenship lesson, students construct a map of where to plant trees and then plant the trees.
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What Happened Here?
Young scholars examine environmental concerns that are important in their home, school, and community. In this environment instructional activity, students use information from the previous instructional activity to respond to a mess in...
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Local Heroes
Students investigate heroes in their community by presenting a story of a true hero to their class. In this storytelling lesson, students interview a local person who has performed a heroic deed and create a presentation with Windows...
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Everything's Coming Up Roses: Creating Beautiful Areas in Your Neighborhood
Learners study the history of Pennsylvania and the city beautification movement that originated in that state. In this community service lesson, young scholars study the city beautification movement started by Mira Lloyd Dock. Learners...
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Your Neighborhood
In this Internet activity page for social studies, students are directed to a specific Web site and links in order to complete 30 activities pertaining to the community and its helpers.
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What is FCCLA?
Students explore the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA). For this FCCLA lesson, students explore the organization website and discuss benefits of the program. Students design poster to market the FCCLA in their school.
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Hometown Ecology
Young scholars examine how ecology is at work in their own community. As a class, they identify what they already know about the world around them and discuss how they personally affect the environment. Using magazines, newspapers and...
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Tales From the Crypt
Eighth graders study the people of their community. In this Geography lesson, 8th graders research local history using maps and books. Students create a timeline of tombstones for deceased residents.
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Money Smart Teens
Students plan positive goals for spending resources and understand why not to spend. In this financial planning instructional activity, students set up personal spending plans based on their resources and their long term plans. Students...
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Senses, Spaces And Structure
Students develop greater ease with their bodies and their personal environments.
They extend body space into its immediate architectural boundaries and draw a simple yet detailed floor plan of a physical space or structure (bedroom,...
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Edible Soil
Students examine the components of the soil in their community. Following directions, they create their own edible soil to be eaten at the end of the activity. They discuss what makes soils around the world different from those found...
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Students develop a recycling plan. For this environmental lesson, students develop a recycling plan for their school. Students write an outline of the plan to present to their class.
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Aluminum Can Drive
Second graders complete a recycling project to clean-up their school. In this service project lesson, 2nd graders assess their campus for litter, set up a recycling project, clean up their campus, and recycle the trash. Students also...
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Diversity
Fourth graders discover cultural heritage by investigating the Aboriginal community. In this Canadian History lesson, 4th graders identify the First Nations of Canada and research them using an atlas and the web. Students create a First...
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Community
Second graders draw a picture. In this communities lesson, 2nd graders read the book Communities, and review as they read. Students use construction paper to create a picture of their houses in three different communities including...
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Coral Reef Community
Students explore the coral reef. In this food chain lesson, students study the plants and animals of the coral reef and how they each play a role in that ecosystem. They participate in a class play to demonstrate the types of animals in...