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Grade: 2nd Social Studies Strand: Neighborhoods Unit 1 Lesson 1
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EDEL 453: Teaching Elementary School Social Science Nevada State College Spring 2014 Instructor: Karen Powell

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This lesson explains that people belong to different kind of groups, most people belong to more than one group. Within groups there are leaders and a set of rules for the groups. This lesson will be using the Neighborhoods edition of Houghton Mifflin Social Studies books. Pages 26C. Basic Information: Grade Level: 2nd Grade Time to Complete this Lesson: Approximately 50 minutes Groupings: Whole group, small group, and individual

D. Materials: Neighborhoods edition of Houghton Mifflin Social Studies

E. Objectives: o NV State Social Studies Standards G7.2.4 List types of social groups to which people belong. C13.2.1 Identify and follow classroom and school rules that guide behavior and resolve conflicts. o Student-Friendly Standards F. Vocabulary Group- A number of people who live together, work together, or spend time together. Leader- Someone who leads others. Rule- Something to tell you what you should or should not do. U1-1 Identify groups that most people belong to. U1-2 Describe the leaders role in a group. U1-3 Tell why rules are important to a group.

G. Procedure: 1. I will write the daily message on the board for the students. Who is the leader of our school? Students will write the answer on a scratch piece of paper. This will spark our discussion on leaders, groups, and rules, to see what the students already know, where they stand with the topics, and background knowledge. (whole group discussion and individually write answer) 2. Students will write their new vocabulary in their vocab journals with the definitions. (individual)
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