First Grade Social Studies

Date:Unit5_Week2_Day1
Opening(Engage)
SS1H1Thestudentwillreadaboutanddescribethelifeofhistoricalfiguresin
America
a. IdentifythecontributionsmadebyBenjaminFranklinandGeorge
WashingtonCarver.
b. Describehoweverydaylifeofthesehistoricalfiguresissimilartoand
differentfromeverydaylifeinthepresent(food,clothing,homes,
transportation,communication,recreation).
Standards
SS1E1Thestudentwillidentifygoodsthatpeoplemakeandservicesthat
peopleprovideforeachother.
SS1E2Thestudentwillexplainthatpeoplehavetomakechoicesaboutgoods
andservicesbecauseofscarcity.
SS1E3Thestudentwilldescribehowpeoplearebothproducersandconsumers.
SS1E4thestudentwilldescribethecostsandbenefitsofpersonalspendingand
savingchoices.
HowdidthecontributionsmadebyTheodoreRoosevelthelporhurtothers?
WhatweresomeofTheodoreRooseveltshelpfulactions?Howdidotherpeople
perceivehisactions?HowdidTheodoreRooseveltsideatopreservelandand
Essential
establishnationalparksprovidegoodsandservicestothepeoplewholivedin
Question(s)
thatarea?WhywasTheodoreRooseveltsideatopreservelandunusualduring
histime?
HowdidTheodoreRooseveltsideasofpreservinglandhelpustoday?

Vocabulary

MiniLesson

environment
natural resource
mountain
valley
coast
plain
plateau
dessert
nature
respect
conservation
Read the Houghton Mifflin
Theodore Roosevelt
big book, pages 12-20.
Why would Roosevelt use his own money to help start five national parks when he could have
used the money to buy things for himself.
Remind students about costs and benefits. When
Theodore Roosevelt spent his money to start parks the entire country benefited.
Why do you think a national park in North Dakota was named after Theodore Roosevelt?
What were Roosevelts accomplishments

WorkSession(Explore,Explain,Elaborate)

First Grade Social Studies

Formativeassessmentwilldeterminesmallgroups.
CompletetodaysactivityintheSSnotebook.
TaskI:
Usingthe
BrainPOPapp
,watchtheTheodoreRooseveltvideo.Complete
thequizafterwatchingthevideo.Studentsworkwithpartnerorasasmallgroup
tocompletetask,basedonavailabilityofstudentdevices.
Task2:

PuppetPalsHDapp
:CreateapuppetshowaboutoneofTheodore
Differentiated
Rooseveltsaccomplishments.Savepuppetshowtoshare.
Instruction/Small Task3:
Quizletapp
:Reviewthevocabularyforthisunit.PlayMatchgame.
Group/Task
StudentswithoutdevicescanaccesstheQuizletaccountusingthecomputer.
StudentsusingcomputerswillplayScatterafterreviewingthevocabulary.
Task4:

Drawpforschoolapp:
Drawandlabel1-3thingsaboutTeddyRoosevelt
thatyouwouldputinamuseum.Label/captionyourdrawing.Shareyour
drawingwiththerestoftheclass.
InSSnotebook,createapretendnewspaperfrontpage.Writeabannerforthe
Writing
newspaperontop.Atthetopofthecolumns,writeheadlinesthatmighthave
Connection
appearedatthetimeofRooseveltspresidency.
EndofUnit
StudentswillusefactslearnedtocompletetheUnit5post-assessment.
Assessment
Connection
Closing(Evaluate)
FormativeAssessment:
KahootQuiz
Studentswillaccessquizusingtheirmobiledevices.Students
withoutdeviceswillusetheclassroomcomputersandtheclassIPad.