Community Jobs

Grade Level: 1st Grade

Subject: Social Studies 

Time Frame: 4 weeks (Quarter 3)

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Big Understandings

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- describe the characteristics of a community and how they are influenced by the environment 
- individuals work in different types of jobs to earn an income
- plan how to spend, share, and save money

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Essential Questions

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- How are places like communities similar to and different from where you live?
- how do people celebrate traditions?
- how do people use resources in the local community?
- how do individuals in the community use the environment?
- how are businesses different?
- what are the different types of jobs and their roles in a community?
- why do people choose different jobs?
- how do individuals earn money?
- why do people donate to charity?
- what are different methods of payment?
- are all items purchased with money?

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By the end of the unit, students will be able to:

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- provide examples of how individuals and families interact with their environment
- analyze how weather, climate, and environmental characteristics influence individuals and the cultural characteristics of a family
- compare and contrast at least two different families with respect to schools, neighborhoods, and culture
- describe a family tradition and explain its cultural significance with regard to other groups and the environment
- identify the goods and/or services that different types of businesses produce in the community 
- give examples of different types of jobs held by family members and/or individuals in the local community
- compare at least two different job choices that individuals have with respect to the benefits and costs of each job 
- discuss ways to earn or receive money
- identify types of currency and how currency is used
- define types of transactions such as deposit, purchase, borrow, and barter
- identify coins and find the value of a collection of two coins 

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Topics:

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◦ Discuss financial responsibility- how do we pay for things?
◦ Types of jobs members of their family have
◦ Discuss types of job choices available to people in their families and community (connect to geography and what’s needed to hold certain job positions) 
◦ Discuss and create short-term money goals
◦ Examples of how to raise and save money to meet a goal

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Standards

SS.1.2.2
SS.1.3.1
SS.1.3.2