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Geography

• States and Capitals and Map Skills Unit - 4th grade - developed by Kristen Lachman
  • Introduction to unit
  • Letter to tourist bureau
  • Map and directions to school
  • Latitude and longitude compare/contrast
  • Latitude and longitude steps and explanation
  • Scavenger hunt
  • State compare/contrast
  • Road trip directions
  • Road trip budget
• Culminating projects
  • Introduction to culminating projects
  • State research
  • State paper
  • Travel brochure
  • Informative speech
  • 50 states and capitals board game

Community

• Community Unit - 3rd Grade - developed by Vicki Lowe
  • Introduction to unit
  • Standards Matrix
  • What is a community?
  • The three types of communities and Rubric
  • Clow School's Travel Agency
  • Navigating Naperville
  • Journey through Naperville and Rubric
  • "Dear Mayor..." and Checklist instructions
  • Dynamic dioramas and Rubric
  • A community in Mexico
  • Mesa Verde reflection and Rubric
  • Town council meeting and Rubric
  • "Attention visitors!" and Rubric and Sample brochure
  • Creative map and Rubric

• What is a Community? Unit - 3rd grade - developed by Kim Hymers
  • Tour of the Naperville/Aurora community
  • Tall tale story
  • Marshmallow relief map
  • Descriptive paragraph
  • World map
  • "Treasure" map
  • Friendly letter
  • Time capsule

• Our First Communities Unit - 3rd grade - developed by Kim Hymers
  • Buffalo skin pictorial study
  • Drawing
  • Group skit
  • Model Indian homes
  • Interview
  • Poster advertisement
  • Written paragraph
  • Talk show
  • Timeline

   

Healthy Relations

• Social health and family relations unit - 5th grade - developed by Scott Kaese
  • Introduction to unit
  • Standards
  • Compare and contrast with Venn diagram
  • Identify family rules and duties
  • Invent a game
  • Skit of conflict or argument
  • Survey on peer pressure
  • Journal
  • Note-taking skills
  • Research the Civil Rights Movement
  • Speaking skills
  • Interactive bulletin board

   

Rubrics Only

• The Rubric Bank (Chicago Public Schools) - contains social science rubrics across all grade levels

Copyright 2008, Jon Mueller. Professor of Psychology, North Central College, Naperville, IL. Comments, questions or suggestions about this website should be sent to the author, Jon Mueller, at jfmueller@noctrl.edu.