First Grade Social Studies Unit 1 Curriculum Guide
Unit I:
Topic: / NJCCCS / Goals: / Projected # of daysMy Family and Other Families , Now and Long Ago / 6.1.P.D.1 / Describe characteristics of ones; of, one’s family, and others. / 35
6.1.P.D.2 / Demonstrate an understanding of family roles and traditions
6.1.P.D.3 / Express individuality and cultural diversity
CCSS
RL.1.1 / Answer questions posed about key details in a text.
RI.1.7 / Use resources (e.g., charts, photographs) in a text for describing key ideas.
W 1.3; L.1.2.d / Organize ideas and information for writing showing a progressing and chronological narrative
W.1.8 / With guidance and support, listen to, discuss and compare published stories/texts written by
various authors to answer a question.
S.L.1.1 / Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
S.L.1.1a / a. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).
S.L.1.1b / b. Build on others’ talk in conversations by responding to the comments of others through multiple exchanges.
S.L.1.1c / c. Ask questions to clear up any confusion about the topics and texts under discussion.
Essential Questions:
1. What is a family?
2. How are families alike?
3. How are families different?
4. How is a school like a family?
Enduring Understandings:
1. Families and different kinds of families exist in all communities and societies though they
may differ.
2. Families have beliefs, customs, and traditions.
3. Families have roles and responsibilities.
4. Families are interdependent.
5. Families lived in other places and at different times.
Assessments:
Formative:
In progress student writing piece
Anecdotal notes during whole group and small group instruction. / Summative:
Family Writing Prompt
Family Tree Project/presentation / Authentic:
All About Me Activity
Family Writing Piece
Key Vocabulary: alike, basic needs, change, different, diversity, different, economic wants, family, past, present, responsibility, rules, and school, www.spellingcity.com (various vocabulary activities)
Useful Sites:
http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/byrnes-literature/CKHOOSTE/___FAMILY2.HTM
Lesson Plans for All Kinds of Families
1.Different Types of Families
2.Family History
3.Family Tree
4.Traditions
A. Appendix A
B. Appendix B
http://tinyurl.com/q7x3e9d
GRADE 1 MY FAMILY AND OTHER FAMILIES: NOW AND LONG AGO (Unit 1)
Recommended Primary Texts: (you can choose other text relating to families to supplement)
1. All Kinds of Families! by, Mary Ann Hoberman
2. Who’s in a Family? by, Robert Skutch (Tricycle Press, 1997)
3. Amazing Grace, by Mary Hoffman
4. Aunt Flossie's Hats (and Crab Cakes Later), by Elizabeth Howard
5. May'Naise Sandwiches and Sunshine Tea, by Sandra Belton and Gail Gordon Carter
6. The Quilt Story, by Tony Johnston
7. When I Was Young in the Mountains, by Cynthia Rylant
8. What You Know First, by Patricia MacLachlan
Activities:
•Venn diagram showing similarities and differences.
•Bring in photos of family members. Discuss different family configurations.
•Make a class graph to compare and contrast families according to size using tallies.
•Write a story describing a family tradition.
•Build a family tree to display family names.