Little Social Studies Thinkers UNIT 4: My Community /Kindergarten Social Studies

Little Social Studies Thinkers is a complete curriculum specifically for Kindergarten.  It's everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your kinder friends.  It is cross-referenced and aligned to the main topics of Kindergarten Social Studies Standards. 

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UNIT 4: My Community teaches students about different types of communities and people that live and work in them. It contains lessons on these specific topics:

Types of Communities (rural, suburban, city)

Diverse Families in a Community

Important Places in a Community

Community Helpers/Jobs

Why People Work

Wants and Needs

Here are the components of the Unit:

-A complete Teacher Guide

-8 printable/projectable Books for Read-Alouds

-Step-by-step, Scripted Lesson Plans (Twelve, 35-minute lesson plans in all)

-Essential Question and Learning Target posters

-Anchor Charts

-Whole group Games and Activities

-Craftivities and Culminating Unit Activity

-Student Workbook that follows each lesson

-Quick Check for every lesson

-Kinder-appropriate Assessment and Rubric for scoring

-Parent Letter

-A COMPLETE unit PowerPoint to guide your teaching during each and every lesson (all books, targets and workbook pages are included in the PowerPoint to help you save paper)

Here is an outline of the lessons for UNIT 4:

Lesson 1: MY NEIGHBORHOOD- PLACES AND HOMES

Lesson 2: MY NEIGHBORHOOD- PEOPLE AND FAMILIES

Lesson 3: PLACES IN A COMMUNITY

Lesson 4: PLACES IN A COMMUNITY CRAFTIVITY

Lesson 5: COMMUNITY HELPERS

Lesson 6: MORE COMMUNITY HELPERS

Lesson 7: WHY PEOPLE WORK

Lesson 8: WANTS AND NEEDS

Lesson 9: WANTS AND NEEDS REVIEW & CRAFTIVITY

Lesson 10: HOW WE HELP OUR COMMUNITY

Lesson 11: UNIT REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT

Lesson 12: CULMINATING ACTIVITY

*Please download the preview to see all that is included, including samples of everything!*

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Click below to view additional units:

UNIT 1: Citizenship

UNIT 2: Then and Now

UNIT 3: Holidays Around the World

UNIT 4: My Community

UNIT 5: Our World

K-1 MINI-UNITS:

MINI UNIT A: Pilgrims and Native Americans

MINI UNIT B: America