$19.95
Little Social Studies Thinkers is a complete social studies curriculum specifically for students in grade 2. It’s everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your 2nd grade students. It incorporates many state 2nd grade social studies standards. This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Karen Jones.
UNIT 3: COMMUNITIES focuses on different types of communities and the natural resources that help communities thrive. It contains lessons on theses specific topics:
•Types of communities, including rural, urban, and suburban
•Population density
•Community diversity
•How people change their communities
•Natural resources
•How we can conserve natural resources
——————–WHAT’S INCLUDED?———————
COMPONENTS OF THE UNIT:
-A complete Teacher Guide
–12 Step-by-step, Scripted Lesson Plans (Twelve, 30-minute lesson plans in all)
–8 printable/projectable Books for Read-Alouds + 12 Lesson PowerPoints
-Essential Question and Learning Target Posters
-Anchor Charts
-Whole group Activities
-Student Workbook that follows each lesson
-Quick Check/Exit Ticket for every lesson
-Primary Assessment and Rubric for scoring
-Parent Letter
-A COMPLETE unit PowerPoint to guide your teaching during every lesson (all books, learning targets, activity and workbook pages are included in the PowerPoint- Also includes directions for converting the PowerPoint to Google Slides )
OUTLINE OF UNIT 3:
Lesson 1: EXPLORING COMMUNITIES
Lesson 2: POPULATION DENSITY
Lesson 3: RURAL COMMUNITIES
Lesson 4: URBAN COMMUNITIES
Lesson 5: SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES
Lesson 6: DIVERSITY IN COMMUNITIES
Lesson 7: OUR COMMUNITY
Lesson 8: HOW PEOPLE CHANGE COMMUNITIES
Lesson 9: NATURAL RESOURCES IN A COMMUNITY
Lesson 10: CONSERVING NATURAL RESOURCES
Lesson 11: REVIEW
Lesson 12: ASSESSMENT