Plainville Community Schools
Second Grade Technology Integration Resources - Social Studies
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Trimester One Unit of Study

Community: Relationships of People, Place and Environment
 Objectives: Community: Relationships of People, Place and Environment Standard 9 – Places & Regions
  • Locate places within their own and nearby communities in CT
  • Define and identify natural and human characteristics of places
Standard 11 – Human Systems
  • Explain locations and characteristics of human settlements and how they have changed over time.
Standard 6 – Rights and Responsibilities
  • Identify the rights of citizens in a democratic society and explain why certain responsibilities are important to themselves, their families, community, state and nation.
 United Streaming Resources Citizenship in the Community
We All Contribute and Make a Difference
Neighborhoods: Understanding Where We Live
 SmartBoard/SmartNotebook Resources People and Places in Your Community
 Keynote Compatible Presentations and Resources Communities
 Internet Resources Community Club
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government: Your Neighborhood
Build a Neighborhood
My Neighborhood: Online story, will read itself to students
 KidPix Activities Create Rule Posters, illustrating the rules of the school community, mount on construction paper, laminate, and hang up around the school.

Create Community Helpers Slideshow: Teachers take pictures of various community helpers, and insert into KidPix documents. (Note: If taking field trip around town, students can take the pictures.) Students add text to documents telling about that community helper. As a class, assemble into a slideshow to share with another class.
 Kidspiration Activities
 Graph Club Activities
 Keynote Activities
 Pages Activities
 Word Processing Activities Create Good Citzen Picture Posters: In groups of 2 or 3 use digital cameras to take pictures illustrating good citizenship. With teacher's help insert pictures into WP document. Add text to tell what makes a good citizen. (Ex: Picture of child's hand placing trash in the trash can, with the added caption, "Good citizens put trash in the trash can.")
 Classroom Suite Activities
 Other Special Places in Our Community

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Last updated October 1, 2009