Objective 1:
Recognize and describe examples of differences within school and neighborhood.

Lesson Plans

• Map Making
  Students will study a map of their school and then create a map of their classroom.
• These are Things in My Community
  Students will observe, identify, and record similarities and differences within their school and neighborhood communities.

Indicators:

1. Recognize differences within their school and neighborhood.
2. Share stories, folk tales, art, music, and dance inherent in neighborhood and community traditions.
3. Recognize and demonstrate respect for the differences within one's community (e.g. play, associations, activities, friendships).
4. Recognize and describe the importance of schools and neighborhoods.

Objective 2:
Recognize and identify the people and their roles in the school and neighborhood. Explain how these roles change over time.

Lesson Plans

• Family Responsibilities
  This activity involves jobs families have to do around the house.
• Meet the People in Your Neighborhood
  Students will become familiar with recognizing the different occupations, and their roles, within the community.

Indicators:

1. Identify the roles of people in the school (e.g., principal, teacher, librarian, secretary, custodian, bus driver, crossing guard, and cafeteria staff).
2. Explain the roles of the people in the neighborhood (e.g., police officer, firefighter, mail carrier, grocer, mechanic, plumber, miner, farmer, doctor, and tribal leader).
3. List and discuss how neighborhoods change over time (e.g., new businesses, new neighbors, technology, and rural one-room schools).

Objective 1:
Describe and demonstrate appropriate social skills necessary for working in a group.

Lesson Plans

• Stringing Good Teams Together
  Students will identify, discuss, and engage in appropriate team building behaviors.

Indicators:

1. Describe behaviors that contribute to cooperation within groups at school and in a neighborhood.
2. Discuss the roles and responsibilities of being a member of a group.
3. Participate in a group activity modeling appropriate group behavior.
4. Identify and express feelings in appropriate ways.
5. Articulate how individual choices affect self, peers, and others.
6. Communicate positive feelings and ideas of self (e.g., positive self image, good friend, helper, honest).
7. Predict possible consequences for a variety of actions.

Objective 2:
Identify and list responsibilities in the school and in the neighborhood.

Lesson Plans

• Rules and Laws
  During this lesson students will participate in activities to help them know what rules and laws are, recognize rules and laws they have to follow, and understand why rules and laws are important.

Indicators:

1. Describe and practice responsible behavior inherent in being a good citizen in the school (e.g., safety, right to learn) and neighborhood.
2. Explain why schools have rules, and give examples of neighborhood rules (e.g., respecting private property, reporting vandalism, and obeying traffic signs and signals).
3. Demonstrate respect for others in the neighborhood (e.g., the "Golden Rule"—elements include fair play, respect for rights and opinions of others, and respect for rules).
4. Participate in responsible activities that contribute to the school and neighborhood (e.g., follow teacher directions, put belongings away, participate in discussions, take turns, listen to others, share ideas, clean up litter, report vandalism, give service).
5. Practice and demonstrate safety in the classroom (e.g., classroom safety procedures, fair play, playground rules).
6. Practice and demonstrate safety in the neighborhood (e.g., crossing streets, avoiding neighborhood dangers).

Objective 3:
Name school, neighborhood, Utah state, and national symbols, landmarks, and documents.

Lesson Plans

• Symbols and Landmarks
  The students will learn to identify different world, national, state, and community symbols and distinguish between them.

Indicators:

1. Identify school symbols and landmarks (i.e., mascot, songs, events).
2. Identify neighborhood and community symbols and landmarks (i.e., firehouse, city hall, churches, other landmarks, city festivals).
3. Identify Utah state symbols, documents, and landmarks.
4. Identify national symbols, documents, and landmarks (e.g., Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, Liberty Bell, Washington Monument).
5. Demonstrate respect for patriotic practices and customs (e.g., Pledge of Allegiance and flag etiquette).

Objective 1:
Identify and use geographic terms and tools.

Lesson Plans

• I Can Compass, Can You?
  Students will be able to use a compass to identify the cardinal directions, identify the North and South Poles, identify Utah on a variety of maps, and identify the United States on a map or globe.

Indicators:

1. Use a compass to locate cardinal directions.
2. Identify the equator and north and south poles.
3. Identify Utah on a variety of maps and on a globe.
4. Identify the United States on a variety of maps and on a globe.

Objective 2:
Recognize and use a map or a globe.

Lesson Plans

• Map Trap
  Students will correctly map the locations of landmarks found around their school, correctly identify physical and man made features on a map, and locate a compass rose on a map and/or globe.

Indicators:

1. Create a map showing important sites or landmarks on a school or community (i.e., firehouse, city hall, churches).
2. Locate physical features (i.e. continents, oceans, rivers, lakes), and man-made features (equator, North and South poles, countries) on a map and on a globe.
3. Identify the compass rose and cardinal directions on a map and on a globe.

Objective 1:
Explain how goods and services meet people's needs.

Lesson Plans

• Everyone Works
  Students will explore simple economic concepts such as: goods, services, wages, and expenses

Indicators:

1. Identify examples of goods and services in the home and in the school.
2. Explain ways that people exchange goods and services.
3. Explain how people earn money by working at a job.
4. Explain the concept of exchanging money to purchase goods and services.

Objective 2:
Recognize that people need to make choices to meet their needs.

Lesson Plans

• Do I Want or Need?
  Students will learn to identify the difference between things they want and items they need for survival.

Indicators:

1. Describe the economic choices that people make regarding goods and services.
2. Describe why wanting more than a person can have requires a person to make choices.
3. Identify choices families make when buying goods and services.
4. Explain why people save money to buy goods and services in the future.