Kindergarten Many Roles in Living, Learning, and Working Together
Emerging America - History's Mysteries - Historical Inquiry for Elementary Classrooms - Kindergarten unit includes What is the difference between then and now? Where do people work? How is work different now than in the past?
Grade 1 Leadership, Cooperation, Unity, and Diversity
Discovering Justice - Virtual Mock Trial Units In these virtual mock trial units for grades 1-5, students learn about the Judicial System and strengthen skills from across content areas (close reading, evidence based argumentation, speaking and listening etc.), and apply them as they engage in a mock trial.
Emerging America - History's Mysteries - Historical Inquiry for Elementary Classrooms - First grade units include What does it mean to belong to a group? What is a citizen? How do groups make decisions? What makes a good leader? What made people think George Washington would be a good president? Do good leaders always do good things?
Grade 2 Global Geography: Places and Peoples, Cultures and Resources
Topic: Community
PBS Sesame Street, Youtube Video - What’s the word on the street? RESPECT!
Mrs. Clark’s Reading Corner, YouTube Video - Miss Bindergarten Takes a Field Trip With Kindergarten
Discussion:
What does it mean to be a member of a community?
Why is community important?
What does it mean to be a good citizen
PBS Learning Media -Arthur, All About Community
Topic: Civic Engagement and Government
Kid Citizen - Students explore Congress and civic engagement through interactive activities that make use of primary sources and connect what they find with their daily lives
Topic: Geography
Clarendon Learning - Learn (or review study) about oceans of the world
Discussion:
How much of our world is ocean water?
How many oceans are there in the world? What are they called?
What is a trench?
Print this map and label the world’s oceans and continents!
Multiple Topics/Instructional Strategies
Emerging America - accessible teacher-created lesson plans on Disability History, Immigration History, and other topics created through the Accessing Inquiry program.
Discovering Justice - K-5 literacy based curriculum. Teachers may adapt lessons for online learning by supplementing trade books with video recordings of read alouds. See here here for grade 1 remote topics. See here for grade 2 remote topics.
Discovering Justice - Virtual Mock Trial Units - In these virtual mock trial units for grades 1-5, students learn about the Judicial System and strengthen skills from across content areas (close reading, evidence based argumentation, speaking and listening etc.), and apply them as they engage in a mock trial.