SSKE1 The student will describe the work that people do (police officer, fire fighter, soldier, mail carrier, baker, farmer, doctor, and teacher).

Teach 2nd grade communities with ease with these common core social studies lesson plans. Curriculum includes civics lesson plans.

The hardest thing was learning to write. I was 13, and the only writing I had done was for Social Studies. It consisted of copying passages right out of the encyclopedia

Once children are familiar with the different types of communities, they will be able to look around the area where they live and start to identify different characteristics that will determine which kind of community they live in. Check out my blog post for some more information, activities and fun ways to teach kids about where they live.

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I've posted up my Social Studies program about Social Communities. You can purchase each section by itself, or get the whole bundle. There's even a set for Canadian and a different set for American communities. CLICK HERE for the Canadian Bundle CLICK HERE for the American Bundle Click on the photos below

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My grade 2 social studies curriculum is somewhat "tricky". We are supposed to examine families and learn about traditions and celebrations. Easy enough? Not really considering our classrooms are made up of a variety of family dynamics. So a racked my brain trying to figure out how to cover the curriculum, allow each of my children to feel that their family is special and unique and not add more to their stress level because they have step-parents and step-siblings. Then it hit me like a…

If you've ever struggled with planning and implementing effective, engaging social studies lessons in your kindergarten classroom, then please read on. This post is for you! Maybe your district supplies you with a big-box curriculum that

Teach student about their communities, the people that make up each community, and what their roles are as members of each community.