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All About Groups, Community, pt. 5 of 5
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Title - All About Groups, Community, pt. 5 of 5
By - Becky Matson
Primary Subject - Social Studies
Secondary Subjects - Multidisciplinary
Grade Level - 2

Unit Contents: Lesson Five: Changes in Groups

Objectives:
Upon the successful completion of this lesson, the student will be able to:
          - Identify changes that can occur in groups, such as families or schools
          - Recognize that change can be good or bad and explain why
          - Share recent changes in their life
          - Recall big ideas from this weeks unit

Procedures:
Open by reading Judith Viorst's book: Alexander, Who's Not (Do you hear me? I mean it!) Going to Move. (MI: verbal)
1. What change was happening in Alexander's family?
2. Was it a good change or a bad change?
3. What are some other changes that happen in families? (babies are born, people die, some parent's get divorced)
4. Why might these changes be bad?
5. Why might these changes be good?

We recently had a change in government. (MI: verbal)
1. Do you all remember the recent Presidential election? (yes)
2. What do you remember about it? (it took a long time to decide on the President)
3. Why do you think it took a long time to decide on the next President? (because not everyone could figure out how to use the ballots in Florida, didn't agree on who should be president)

This week a new teacher (me) taught Social Studies class. That was a change in school. Turn to your neighbor and discuss these questions. Then come back and talk about as a whole group. (MI: verbal and interpersonal)
1. What other changes can take place at school? (new students, change classrooms, school is closed)
2. Why might these changes be bad?
3. Why might these changes be good?

Closure questions for week. Ask students as a whole class, make sure students raise hand and practice good listening skills.
1. What is a group?
2. What are some topics we talked about this week? (followers and leaders, rules, changes, kinds of groups)
3. How do we encourage?
4. How do we lead?
5. How do we listen?
6. Show me how we move quickly and quietly to groups? (Pick a row of students and have them move to table at back of classroom.)
7. What is a leader?
8. What is a follower?
9. Ask for examples of leaders and followers.
10. How are they different?
11. What are some groups you are involved in? What is your role in that group?
12. Who is a leader: at school? in the community? at church? at home?
13. What else did you learn this week?

Journal about how this week was different. (MI: intrapersonal)
1. What changes happened in our classroom?
2. Were the changes good or bad? Why?

If time exists at the end of class, read Peggy Parish's Teach us, Amelia Bedilia.

Assessment:
Observation, discussion, and the journal reflection will help the teacher assess whether the lesson was successful and objectives were met.
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