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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 091 269 SO 007 422 TITLE Man in His Natural and Cultural Environment. A Resource Guide. INSTITUTION Hawaii State Dept. of Education, Honolulu. Office of Instructional Services. PUB DATE 72 NOTE 82 EDRS PRICE DESCRIPTORS ABSTRACT p. MF-$0.75 HC-$4.20 PLUS POSTAGE *Cultural Awareness; Culture Contact; Curriculum Guides; Elementary Education; *Environmeal Education; Learning Activities; Map Skills; Natural Resources; Resource Guides; Social Change; *Social Influences; Social Studies; Teaching Guides; Thematic Approach; Unit Plan; Values A sample of a. one-year curriculum for an elementary social studies program employs a thematic approach to the theme of man in his natural and cultural environment. The publication is primarily a resource guide which includes the following five units: Our Environment is Everything Around Us; People Have a Cultural Environment: Da^n10 (lave a Fnnial Pnvirnnmap+: Dnnplta Use p=,thl= Resources; and People Adapt to Change. Each unit begins with an introductory overview followed by suggested instructional materials for teachers and students. The unit is then developed through various suggested learning activities with notes in the margins spelling out objectives for the lessons. Each unit ends with suggested evaluation exercises. There are numerous learning activities from which teachers may select, adapt, or modify to meet the specific needs of their students. A suggested outline for one approach for studying this theme is presented by suggested activities are to be flexibly interpreted and the teacher is encouraged to add or delete materials and activities for a particular group of students. -Learning materials for teachers and students are analyzed for their application to each of the units. (Author/KSM)

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DOCUMENT RESUME

ED 091 269 SO 007 422

TITLE Man in His Natural and Cultural Environment. A

Resource Guide.INSTITUTION Hawaii State Dept. of Education, Honolulu. Office of

Instructional Services.PUB DATE 72NOTE 82

EDRS PRICEDESCRIPTORS

ABSTRACT

p.

MF-$0.75 HC-$4.20 PLUS POSTAGE*Cultural Awareness; Culture Contact; CurriculumGuides; Elementary Education; *EnvironmealEducation; Learning Activities; Map Skills; NaturalResources; Resource Guides; Social Change; *SocialInfluences; Social Studies; Teaching Guides;Thematic Approach; Unit Plan; Values

A sample of a. one-year curriculum for an elementarysocial studies program employs a thematic approach to the theme ofman in his natural and cultural environment. The publication isprimarily a resource guide which includes the following five units:Our Environment is Everything Around Us; People Have a CulturalEnvironment: Da^n10 (lave a Fnnial Pnvirnnmap+: Dnnplta Use p=,thl=

Resources; and People Adapt to Change. Each unit begins with anintroductory overview followed by suggested instructional materialsfor teachers and students. The unit is then developed through varioussuggested learning activities with notes in the margins spelling outobjectives for the lessons. Each unit ends with suggested evaluationexercises. There are numerous learning activities from which teachersmay select, adapt, or modify to meet the specific needs of theirstudents. A suggested outline for one approach for studying thistheme is presented by suggested activities are to be flexiblyinterpreted and the teacher is encouraged to add or delete materialsand activities for a particular group of students. -Learning materialsfor teachers and students are analyzed for their application to eachof the units. (Author/KSM)

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OR

D

"Man

in H

is N

atur

al a

nd C

ultu

ral E

nvir

onm

ent"

is a

sam

ple

of a

one

-yea

r cu

rric

ulum

corr

espo

ndin

g to

Lev

el I

, The

me

III

of th

e re

cent

ly r

evis

ed a

nd u

pdat

ed e

lem

enta

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m g

uide

, ent

itled

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men

tary

Soc

ial S

tudi

es P

rogr

am G

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, 197

1.

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s pu

blic

atio

n is

pri

mar

ily a

res

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e gu

ide

whi

ch in

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es f

ive

units

as

follo

ws:

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Our

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iron

men

t is

Eve

ryth

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Aro

und

Us,

(2)

Peo

ple

Hav

e a

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tura

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iron

men

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) Pe

ople

Hav

e a

Soci

al E

nvir

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ent,

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le U

se th

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arth

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esou

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(5)

Peop

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dapt

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e. E

ach

unit

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ns w

ith a

n in

trod

uctio

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hich

pre

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over

view

and

is th

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the

sugg

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stru

ctio

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ater

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for

teac

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and

stud

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AN

OV

ER

VIE

W O

F T

HE

CO

UR

SE

The

Stu

dy o

f T

hem

e II

I --

Man

in H

is N

atur

al a

nd C

ultu

ral E

nvir

onm

ent -

- m

ay b

eap

proa

ched

in a

num

ber

of w

ays.

The

fol

low

ing

is o

nly

one

appr

oach

with

a f

ewsa

mpl

e ac

tiviti

es.

The

sug

gest

ed a

ctiv

ities

sho

uld

be f

lexi

bly

inte

rpre

ted

and

the

teac

her

is e

ncou

rage

d to

add

or

dele

te m

ater

ials

and

act

iviti

es f

or h

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artic

ular

grou

p of

chi

ldre

n.

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fol

low

ing

is a

n ou

tline

of

one

appr

oach

for

stu

dyin

g T

hem

e II

I: M

an in

His

Nat

ural

and

Cul

tura

l Env

iron

men

t.

Maj

or U

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OU

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NV

IRO

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EN

T I

S E

VE

RY

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AR

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ND

US

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ition

of

Env

iron

men

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an-M

ade

Feat

ures

Usi

ng M

aps

and

Glo

bes

Maj

or U

nit I

IPE

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AV

E A

CU

LT

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ME

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How

Peo

ple

Lea

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usto

ms

Peop

le: S

o D

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rent

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Maj

or U

nit I

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E U

SE T

HE

EA

RT

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RE

SOU

RC

ES

The

Ear

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uppl

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Us

With

Res

ourc

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aces

Dif

fer

in th

e R

esou

rces

The

y H

ave

Man

's T

echn

olog

y A

ids

Him

In

Usi

ng H

is R

esou

rces

Peop

le A

re R

esou

rces

Maj

or U

nit V

PEO

PLE

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APT

TO

CH

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GE

Wha

t is

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Peop

le A

re R

esou

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nflu

ence

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is E

nvir

onm

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Con

tact

With

Oth

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ultu

res

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LE

AR

NIN

G M

AT

ER

IAL

S FO

R T

EA

CH

ER

S A

ND

ST

UD

EN

TS

Soci

al S

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es C

urri

culu

m M

ater

ials

Maj

or U

nits

III

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d E

nter

pris

es:

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d So

cial

Stu

dies

Pro

gram

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x x x

x x

x x x

x x

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orki

ng, P

layi

ng, L

earn

ing

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ople

, Pla

ces,

Pro

duct

s.

Tow

ns a

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ities

Har

cour

t and

Bra

ce: T

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ocia

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ence

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once

pts

and

Val

ues

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x xx x

x

New

Yor

k, 1

970

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lue

Lev

el.

Red

Lev

el.

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row

n L

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dlaw

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ther

s: C

once

pts

in S

ocia

l Sci

ence

s

xx

xx

x x

Palo

Alto

, 196

8

Fam

ilies

and

soc

ial N

eeds

.C

omm

uniti

es a

nd T

heir

Soc

ial N

eeds

.R

egio

ns a

nd S

ocia

l Nee

ds

Scot

t-Fo

resm

an: I

nves

tigat

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Man

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orld

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xx

Gle

nvie

w, I

llino

is, 1

970

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mily

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dies

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Maj

or U

nits

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IIII

IIV

V

Sene

sh: O

ur W

orki

ng W

ork

xx

xx

x

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cago

, Illi

nois

, 196

5

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eigh

bors

at W

ork

Silv

er-B

urde

tt: C

onte

mpo

rary

Soc

ial S

cien

ce C

urri

culu

m

xx x

x x

x x

Mor

rist

own,

New

Jer

sey,

197

2

.Fa

mili

es a

nd T

heir

Nee

ds.

Com

mun

ities

and

The

ir N

eeds

.Pe

o le

Use

the

Ear

thA

ddis

on-W

esle

y: T

he T

aba

Soci

al S

tudi

es C

urri

culu

m

xx

San

Fran

cisc

o, 1

969

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omm

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roun

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Four

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mun

ities

Oth

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cher

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ay r

ecor

d ot

her

mat

eria

ls.)

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UN

IT I:

OU

R E

NV

IRO

NM

EN

T IS

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UN

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S

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UN

IT I

: OU

R E

NV

IRO

NM

EN

T I

S E

VE

RY

TH

ING

AR

OU

ND

US

GE

NE

RA

LIZ

AT

ION

.M

an's

life

is in

flue

nced

by

his

phys

ical

loca

tion

on th

e ea

rth

and

the

avai

labi

lity

of n

atur

al r

esou

rces

.

SUG

GE

STE

D U

NIT

S:

.A

WO

RK

ING

DE

FIN

ITIO

N O

F E

NV

IRO

NM

EN

T

.N

AT

UR

AL

AN

D M

AN

-MA

DE

FE

AT

UR

ES

.U

SIN

G M

APS

AN

D G

LO

BE

S

INT

RO

DU

CT

ION

:

.A

WO

RK

ING

DE

FIN

ITIO

N O

F E

NV

IRO

NM

EN

T

A p

rere

quis

ite to

the

prim

ary

grad

e ch

ild's

und

erst

andi

ng o

f T

hem

e II

I is

aw

orki

ng d

efin

ition

of

the

wor

d en

viro

nmen

t. H

ence

, the

fir

st le

sson

is a

conc

ept-

deve

lopm

ent l

esso

n.B

uilt

into

the

less

on a

re q

uest

ions

that

will

enab

le th

e te

ache

r to

hav

e a

quic

k as

sess

men

t of

wha

t the

gro

up a

lrea

dy k

now

sab

out e

nvir

onm

ent.

As

the

child

ren

proc

eed

to b

e in

volv

ed in

the

succ

eedi

ngac

tiviti

es, h

opef

ully

thei

r un

ders

tand

ing

of th

e w

ord

envi

ronm

ent w

ill b

eex

tend

ed.

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.N

AT

UR

AL

AN

D M

AN

-MA

DE

FE

AT

UR

ES

The

pri

mar

y pu

rpos

e of

the

activ

ities

in th

is u

nit i

s to

ext

end

the

child

'sun

ders

tand

ing

of th

e te

rm e

nvir

onm

ent.

Spec

ial a

ttent

ion

will

be

give

n to

the

follo

win

g co

ncep

ts: n

atur

al f

eatu

res

and

man

-mad

e fe

atur

es a

nd th

esp

ecif

ic te

rms

iden

tifie

d w

ith e

ach

cate

gory

.

.U

SIN

G M

APS

AN

D G

LO

BE

S

The

pur

pose

of

the

activ

ities

in th

is u

nit i

s to

hel

p th

e ch

ild b

ecom

e aw

are

that

the

sym

bols

in m

aps

repr

esen

t rea

l obj

ects

in th

eir

envi

ronm

ent a

ndth

at m

aps

and

glob

es a

re c

onve

nien

t too

ls to

hel

p us

talk

abo

ut th

e lo

catio

nof

thes

e re

al o

bjec

ts a

nd p

lace

s.

VO

CA

BU

LA

RY

:

envi

ronm

ent,

setti

ng, o

bjec

t

feat

ures

, nat

ural

, man

-mad

e, g

eogr

aphy

, pla

in, h

ill, f

alls

, mou

ntai

n, v

alle

y,sl

ope,

vol

cano

, cra

ter,

riv

er, s

trea

m, l

ake,

oce

an, s

now

, rai

n, d

eser

t, ha

rbor

,fa

rm, f

reew

ay, p

enin

sula

, sw

amp,

can

al, m

arin

a, b

ay, f

iord

, rec

laim

ed la

nd,

plan

tatio

n, b

ound

ary,

bor

der.

.ci

ty, s

tate

, cou

ntry

, nei

ghbo

rhoo

d, s

ymbo

l, re

pres

ents

, sca

le, i

mag

inar

y lin

e,lo

catio

n, r

oute

, map

, leg

end,

land

mar

ks.

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LE

AR

NIN

G M

AT

ER

IAL

S FO

R T

EA

CH

ER

S A

ND

ST

UD

EN

TS:

Boo

ks:

Har

ris,

Rub

y M

. The

Ran

d M

cNal

ly H

andb

ook

of M

aps

and

Glo

be U

sage

. New

Yor

k: R

and

McN

ally

and

Com

pany

, 196

0.

Patti

son,

Will

iam

D. T

he G

oing

Pla

ces

Boo

ks: W

hich

Way

? H

ow F

ar?

Whe

re?

Chi

cago

: Ran

d M

cNal

ly a

nd C

ompa

ny, 1

965.

Rad

laue

r, E

dwar

d. W

hat i

s a

Com

mun

ity. L

os A

ngel

es: E

lk G

rove

Pre

ss, 1

967.

Rho

des,

Dor

othy

. How

to R

ead

a C

ity M

ap. L

os A

ngel

es: E

lk G

rove

Pre

ss, 1

967.

Spat

afor

a, J

ack

B. W

here

Do

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Liv

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lenv

iew

, Illi

nois

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ott,

Fore

sman

and

Co.

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ith a

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NO

TE

S

Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld c

an u

nder

stan

dw

hat i

s m

eant

whe

n th

ete

rm e

nvir

onm

ent i

s us

ed.

LE

AR

NIN

G A

CT

IVIT

IES

A W

OR

KIN

G D

EFI

NIT

ION

OF

EN

VIR

ON

ME

NT

1. O

PEN

ER

: Con

cept

-Dev

elop

men

t: E

nvir

onm

ent

Hav

e a

larg

e m

arke

t bag

rea

dy.

Hol

d it

up a

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sk: W

hat c

anth

is b

ag h

old?

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it h

old

a bo

ok, a

pen

cil,

a pa

ir o

f sh

oes,

your

des

k, y

our

hous

e?

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it h

old

your

env

iron

men

t?(A

sses

smen

t: L

iste

n to

the

child

ren'

s co

mm

ents

. Do

they

have

an

idea

as

to w

hat t

he te

rm m

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it a

n en

tirel

yne

w c

once

pt to

them

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lain

to th

em th

at th

e ob

ject

s ne

ar th

em -

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mal

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are

part

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viro

nmen

t. T

he b

uild

ings

, the

land

,th

e ai

r, th

e m

ount

ains

... E

VE

RY

TH

ING

that

they

per

sona

llyex

peri

ence

is th

eir

envi

ronm

ent.

In o

ther

wor

ds, e

nvir

onm

ent

is a

labe

l for

all

the

thin

gs th

at a

re a

roun

d us

.T

hus,

inan

swer

ing

the

ques

tion:

the

bag

will

hol

d pa

rts

of o

uren

viro

nmen

t (lit

tle o

bjec

ts)

but i

t will

not

hol

d ou

r en

viro

nmen

t.

2. H

ave

child

ren

list i

tem

s in

thei

r en

viro

nmen

t. R

ecor

d th

eir

resp

onse

s on

the

boar

d or

on

a ch

art.

As

we

look

at o

ur li

st o

f ite

ms,

is it

pos

sibl

e fo

r us

to g

roup

them

in s

ome

way

? W

hich

item

s se

em to

go to

geth

er?

Des

igna

te n

umbe

rs f

or it

ems

that

go

toge

ther

: e.g

. No.

1

coul

d be

use

d fo

r ca

r, b

us, t

ruck

; No.

2 c

ould

be

used

for

chai

r, ta

ble,

des

k; a

nd s

o on

.

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.W

hat l

abel

can

we

give

to o

ur g

roup

s?R

ecor

d th

e su

gges

ted

labe

ls.

Hav

e ch

ildre

n ex

plai

nw

hy th

ey s

elec

ted

a pa

rtic

ular

labe

l for

a p

artic

ular

grou

p.

As

we

look

at o

ur la

bels

for

,he

item

s in

our

env

iron

-m

ent w

hat c

an w

e sa

y ab

out t

he w

ord

envi

ronm

ent?

(Gen

eral

izin

g:It

incl

udes

just

abo

ut e

very

thin

g. )

3. H

ave

child

ren

illus

trat

e w

hat t

heir

env

iron

men

t was

like

at

a sp

ecif

ic ti

me.

Dir

ectio

ns: D

raw

a p

ictu

re s

how

ing

wha

tyo

ur e

nvir

onm

ent w

as li

ke a

to'

cloc

k on

(day

).

4. H

ave

child

ren

illus

trat

e w

hat s

omeo

ne e

lse'

s en

viro

nmen

t is

like:

Cho

ose

a ch

arac

ter

from

a s

tory

fro

m y

our

read

er.

Dra

w th

is c

hara

cter

in h

is p

artic

ular

env

iron

men

t.

Prep

arat

ion

for

next

ass

ignm

ent:

Hav

e ch

ildre

n br

ing

pict

ure

mag

azin

es f

rom

hom

e. H

ave

extr

a m

agaz

ines

ava

ilabl

e fo

r th

ose

who

may

not

hav

e an

y.

NA

TU

RA

L A

ND

MA

N-M

AD

E F

EA

TU

RE

S

5. S

mal

l Gro

up W

ork:

Gro

up c

hild

ren

in r

ando

m g

roup

s of

fou

r. H

ave

the

child

ren

use

the

mag

azin

es th

ey b

roug

ht to

sch

ool f

or th

is g

roup

activ

ity.

Prov

ide

mag

azin

es f

or g

roup

s th

at n

eed

them

.H

ave

the

child

ren

cut-

out p

ictu

res

that

sho

w th

e en

viro

nmen

t.H

ave

them

cle

an u

p.In

stru

ct th

em to

hol

d on

to th

eir

pict

ures

;th

ey w

ill b

e us

ing

them

a s

hort

whi

le la

ter.

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6. C

lass

ifyi

ng a

ccor

ding

to f

eatu

res

Hav

e a

set o

f la

rge

pict

ures

that

hav

e be

en s

elec

ted

befo

re-

hand

for

dis

tinct

ive

natu

ral f

eatu

res

and

dist

inct

ive

man

- :m

ade

feat

ures

.Sh

ow th

e pi

ctur

es to

the

grou

p.

Hav

e tw

o la

bels

rea

dy: S

ET

ASE

T B

Pm g

oing

to g

roup

my

set o

f pi

ctur

es in

a s

peci

al w

ay.

Obs

erve

the

feat

ures

of

the

envi

ronm

ent t

hat I

put

with

SET

A. W

hat d

o th

ey h

ave

in c

omm

on?

(Ana

lysi

s)L

ikew

ise,

obs

erve

wha

t I d

o w

ith S

ET

B. W

hat C

o th

eyha

ve in

com

mon

?

Proc

eed

to p

lace

pic

ture

s w

ith n

atur

al f

eatu

res

with

SET

A a

nd th

ose

with

man

-mad

e fe

atur

es w

ith S

ET

B.

(Obs

erva

tion)

Ana

lyzi

ng th

e pi

ctur

es:

.W

hat d

o th

e pi

ctur

es in

SE

T A

hav

e in

com

mon

?.

Wha

t do

the

pict

ures

in S

ET

B h

ave

in c

omm

on?

Exp

lain

to th

e ch

ildre

n th

at g

eogr

aphe

rs h

ave

give

n a

spec

ial n

ame

to e

ach

grou

p. D

ispl

ay th

e tw

o la

bels

:

NA

TU

RA

L F

EA

TU

RE

SM

AN

-MA

DE

FE

AT

UR

ES

.W

hich

labe

l do

you

thin

k go

es w

ith S

ET

A?

SET

B?

Eva

luat

ion

Exe

rcis

e:7.

Hav

e th

e ch

ildre

n lo

ok a

t the

ir g

roup

's s

et o

f pi

ctur

es(A

ctiv

ity).

Hav

e th

em c

lass

ify

thei

rs a

ccor

ding

to n

atur

al

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Rep

ortin

g/C

ritic

alL

iste

ning

:

Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld c

an id

entif

y a

spec

ific

nat

ural

fea

ture

by

nam

e w

hen

pres

ente

d a

pict

ure

of th

at s

peci

fic

feat

ure.

Eva

luat

ion

Exe

rcis

e:

Eva

luat

ion

Exe

rcis

e:

and

man

-mad

e fe

atur

es.

Hav

e th

em d

isco

ver

on th

eir

own

that

som

etim

es a

pic

ture

has

bot

h fe

atur

es. W

hen

they

do

brin

g th

is m

atte

r up

, sug

gest

that

they

indi

cate

the

man

-mad

efe

atur

es b

y ci

rclin

g th

e fe

atur

e w

ith a

cra

yon.

(Cla

ssif

icat

ion)

Hav

e a

repr

esen

tativ

e fr

om e

ach

grou

p sh

are

the

pict

ures

they

cla

ssif

ied.

Hav

e ch

ildre

n fr

om o

ther

gro

ups

acce

pt o

rch

alle

nge

the

clas

sifi

catio

n.

8. I

dent

ifyi

ng n

atur

al f

eatu

res:

To

deve

lop

the

conc

ept o

f na

tura

l fea

ture

s ha

ve a

t lea

st o

nepi

ctur

e of

the

follo

win

g na

tura

l fea

ture

s: p

lain

, hill

, mou

ntai

n,va

lley,

slo

pe, v

olca

no, c

rate

r, r

iver

, str

eam

, fal

ls, l

ake,

ocea

n, s

now

, rai

n, d

eser

t.

Che

ck to

see

how

man

y of

thes

e pi

ctur

es th

e ch

ildre

n ca

n al

read

yid

entif

y co

rrec

tly.

(Ass

essm

ent)

Int

rodu

ce th

e na

mes

of

thos

efe

atur

es th

ey d

o no

t kno

w.

Hav

e a

quic

k in

form

al e

valu

atio

n of

the

abov

e ac

tivity

by

flas

hing

the

sam

e pi

ctur

es a

nd o

ther

s--n

atur

al f

eatu

res

in n

ew s

ettin

gs-

-an

d ha

ving

the

child

ren

oral

ly id

entif

y th

e pi

ctur

es.

9. H

ave

the

child

ren

mak

e a

list o

f m

an-m

ade

feat

ures

. Rec

ord

thes

e fe

atur

es o

n th

e bo

ard

or o

n a

char

t.

10. H

ave

the

child

ren

do a

cra

yon

draw

ing

of a

sce

ne d

epic

ting

only

the

natu

ral f

eatu

res

of a

pla

ce.

The

n, u

sing

the

cut-

and-

past

ete

chni

que

have

them

add

man

-mad

e fe

atur

es to

thei

r ba

ckgr

ound

scen

e.

Var

iatio

n: d

iora

ma

with

sho

e bo

xes

or la

rger

box

es.

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Eva

luat

ion

Exe

rcis

e:

Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld b

egin

s to

be

awar

e th

at p

lace

s ha

vena

mes

and

that

pla

ces

can

be lo

cate

d on

map

san

d gl

obes

.

11. D

uplic

ate

a ch

art f

or th

e ch

ildre

n si

mila

r to

the

one

show

nbe

low

. Hav

e th

e ch

ildre

n ca

tego

rize

the

feat

ures

app

ropr

iate

ly.

Feat

ures

brid

gero

adri

ver

hill

fore

stap

artm

ent

dam

scho

ol

Nam

ral

Man

-Mad

e

lake

fact

ory

plai

noc

ean

barn

valle

ym

ount

ain

villa

ge

Supp

lem

enta

ry W

ords

habo

r, to

wn,

pen

insu

la, s

wam

p, c

anal

, mar

ina,

rec

laim

ed la

nd,

farm

, pla

ntat

ion,

air

port

, fre

eway

, bay

, fio

rds

(The

teac

her

may

nee

d to

dev

elop

thes

e co

ncep

ts.)

USI

NG

MA

PS A

ND

GL

OB

ES

12. O

PEN

ER

: Wha

t the

Dot

s on

Map

s an

d G

lobe

s M

ean

Hav

e th

e ch

ildre

n m

ake

a lis

t of

all t

he p

lace

s th

e cl

ass

has

visi

ted

(tea

cher

s as

wel

l as

child

ren)

.

Lis

t the

pla

ces

that

the

child

ren

men

tion

(on

the

boar

d).

Use

tally

mar

ks if

mor

e th

an o

ne p

erso

n ha

s vi

site

d a

part

icul

ar a

rea.

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Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld c

an s

tate

why

the

glob

e is

mor

e lik

eth

e ea

rth

than

a m

ap.

Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld c

an id

entif

yat

leas

t thr

ee o

ther

neig

hbor

hood

s in

Hon

olul

u be

side

s hi

sow

n.

.W

hat o

bjec

t or

obje

cts

in o

ur r

oom

can

we

use

to s

how

whe

re th

ese

plac

es a

re?

(Map

s an

d gl

obes

)

.W

hich

of

thes

e tw

o--m

ap o

r gl

obe-

-loo

ks m

ore

like

the

the

real

wor

ld ?

. Why

?

How

do

we

know

that

the

eart

h is

rou

nd?

take

n by

ast

rona

uts)

(Pho

togr

aphs

Hel

p th

e ch

ildre

n lo

cate

the

plac

es th

ey li

sted

on

the

boar

d on

the

glob

e.(H

elp

the

child

ren

to u

nder

stan

d th

at a

lthou

gh a

part

icul

ar p

lace

can

be

poin

ted

out o

n th

e gl

obe

and

map

, its

spec

ific

nam

e m

ay n

ot b

e w

ritte

n th

ere

beca

use

of a

lim

itatio

nof

spa

ce.)

13. I

s it

a ne

ighb

orho

od, a

city

, a s

tate

, or

coun

try?

Con

cept

-dev

elop

men

t: N

eigh

borh

ood

in a

city

Whe

n yo

u w

ent t

o th

e H

onol

ulu

You

th C

once

rt d

id y

ou s

ee m

any

child

ren?

Did

they

all

com

e fr

om o

ur n

eigh

borh

ood?

Whe

re d

oyo

u su

ppos

e th

ey a

re f

rom

? (A

sses

smen

t: H

ow a

war

e ar

e th

eyof

dif

fere

nt n

eigh

borh

oods

with

in H

onol

ulu?

)

Nam

e so

me

neig

hbor

hood

s to

giv

e th

em a

n id

ea o

f w

hat i

s m

eant

:K

aim

uki,

Ain

a H

aina

, Kal

ihi,

Man

oa, H

awai

i Kai

, McC

ully

,M

oilii

li, e

tc. )

Mak

e a

char

t of

the

neig

hbor

hood

s th

e ch

ildre

n ha

ve v

isite

d an

dth

e re

ason

they

vis

ited

that

nei

ghbo

rhoo

d.

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Nei

ghbo

rhoo

dR

easo

n fo

r V

isit

1.K

alih

ivi

site

d gr

andp

aren

ts2.

Kai

muk

iw

ent t

o th

e de

ntis

t3.

Man

oavi

site

d so

me

frie

nds

Wha

t doe

s th

is c

hart

tell

us a

bout

our

act

iviti

es?

Hav

e ch

ildre

n di

scov

er th

at n

ot a

ll of

thei

r ac

tiviti

es a

re d

one

inth

eir

neig

hbor

hood

. The

y do

go

out t

o ot

her

sect

ions

--ot

her

neig

hbor

hood

s--f

or a

num

ber

of r

easo

ns.

Wha

t are

som

e of

the

plac

es th

at p

eopl

e in

the

diff

eren

tne

ighb

orho

ods

shar

e?(A

la M

oana

Sho

ppin

g C

ente

r, A

laM

oana

Par

k, th

e zo

o, th

e st

adiu

m, H

IC, W

aiki

ki B

each

,W

aiki

ki S

hell)

.If

the

peop

le f

rom

the

diff

eren

t nei

ghbo

rhoo

ds w

ere

aske

d to

nam

e th

eir

city

, wha

t city

wou

ld th

ey n

ame?

Show

the

grou

p a

map

of

the

city

of

Hon

olul

u.T

hen

poin

t out

whe

reso

me

of th

e la

ndm

arks

are

and

the

com

mon

inte

rest

spo

ts a

relo

cate

d.T

hen

show

whe

re th

e di

ffer

ent n

eigh

borh

oods

(on

the

char

t)ar

e lo

cate

d. M

ark

the

boun

dary

of

the

city

of

Hon

olul

u an

d sh

owho

w a

ll th

e ne

ighb

orho

ods

fall

with

in th

at b

ound

ary.

14. C

ity, s

tate

, cou

ntry

Hav

e th

e fo

llow

ing

mat

eria

ls f

or e

ach

child

:

a la

rge

piec

e of

con

stru

ctio

n pa

per

14 c

ircl

es (

one

inch

in d

iam

eter

)

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Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld c

an d

istin

guis

hbe

twee

n a

city

, sta

te,

and

coun

try.

Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld c

an a

nsw

er th

equ

estio

ns li

sted

her

e by

refe

rrin

g to

his

"m

ap."

MA

PS A

ND

GL

OB

E S

KIL

LS

.Pa

ss o

ut th

e la

rge

shee

t of

cons

truc

tion

pape

r.T

ell t

he c

hild

ren

that

this

rep

rese

nts

a co

untr

y.

.H

ave

them

fol

d th

e sh

eet i

nto

four

par

ts.

Tel

l the

chi

ldre

n th

at th

ey n

ow h

ave

four

sta

tes:

A, B

, C, D

.

.H

ave

them

pla

ce th

e ci

rcle

s w

hich

rep

rese

nt c

ities

in th

est

ates

: A (

2), B

(4)

, C (

3), D

(5)

.

AB

CD

How

man

y st

ates

doe

s yo

ur c

ount

ry h

ave?

Wha

t are

the

nam

es o

f yo

ur s

tate

s?

Whi

ch s

tate

has

the

mos

t citi

es?

Whi

ch s

tate

has

the

few

est c

ities

?

Whi

ch is

larg

er:

a st

ate

or c

ount

ry?

a ci

ty o

r st

ate?

.W

hat w

ould

you

say

a c

ity is

mad

e up

of?

.W

hat w

ould

you

say

a c

ount

ry is

mad

e up

of?

Show

a m

ap o

f th

e U

nite

d St

ates

. Hav

e th

e ch

ildre

n in

fer

whi

chm

arki

ngs

repr

esen

t sta

tes,

citi

es. N

ame

and

loca

te s

ome

impo

rtan

t citi

es a

nd th

e st

ates

they

are

loca

ted

in.

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Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld c

an r

ead

a m

apof

his

cla

ssro

om e

nvir

on-

men

t:

.H

e ca

n in

terp

ret t

hesy

mbo

ls u

sed.

He

can

plac

e sy

mbo

lsin

app

ropr

iate

pla

ces

on a

par

tially

don

em

ap.

USI

NG

MA

PS A

ND

GL

OB

ES

15. M

ap S

ymbo

ls:

Hav

e fi

ve o

bjec

ts f

rom

the

clas

sroo

m r

eady

to u

se: p

enci

l,co

mpo

sitio

n bo

ok, p

aste

jar,

cra

yon

box,

era

ser.

Prep

are

a se

t of

tem

plat

es o

f th

e ab

ove

obje

cts

mad

e w

ith o

akta

g pa

per.

(Tra

ce th

e ob

ject

s on

the

pape

r, c

ut th

em o

ut,

colo

r th

em.)

Prep

are

anot

her

set o

f oa

k ta

g te

mpl

ates

--id

entic

al in

sha

pe a

sth

e ab

ove

but S

MA

LL

ER

IN

SIZ

E (

SCA

LE

).

Arr

ange

the

five

rea

l obj

ects

on

a de

sk.

The

n ar

rang

e th

esy

mbo

ls f

or th

em (

sam

e sc

ale)

in th

e sa

me

rela

tions

hip

on a

noa

k ta

g sh

eet t

hat i

s th

e sa

me

size

as

the

desk

.

Tak

e th

e sy

mbo

ls o

ff f

rom

the

oak

tag

piec

e.Se

lect

a v

olun

teer

to a

rran

ge th

e fi

ve s

ymbo

ls.

Hav

e a

volu

ntee

r ch

ange

the

arra

ngem

ent o

f th

e re

al o

bjec

ts.

Hav

e an

othe

r vo

lunt

eer

arra

nge

the

sym

bols

acc

ordi

ngly

.

Can

I s

till d

o th

e sa

me

thin

g if

my

sym

bols

wer

esm

alle

r?(H

old

the

sym

bols

whe

n yo

u re

fer

to th

emas

sym

bols

.)

If th

ese

5 sy

mbo

ls r

epre

sent

ing

the

real

obj

ects

are

smal

ler,

wha

t els

e m

ust b

e sm

alle

r?(T

he o

ak ta

g pi

ece

repr

esen

ting

the

desk

top.

)

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Ada

ptat

ion

film

-le

sson

:

Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld b

egin

s to

be

awar

e of

the

loca

tion

ofob

ject

s in

rel

atio

n to

his

loca

tion.

The

chi

ld b

egin

s to

be

able

to c

lass

ify

obje

cts

acco

rdin

g to

a g

iven

stan

dard

or

cate

gory

.

The

chi

ld b

egin

s to

be

awar

e ho

w li

nes

and

sect

ions

on

a m

ap a

rehe

lpfu

l in

inte

rpre

ting

map

s.

Prac

tice

arra

ngin

g th

e re

al o

bjec

ts w

ith th

e sm

alle

r se

t of

sym

bols

.

.W

hat d

id y

ou f

ind

out a

bout

the

size

of

the

sym

bols

?

Did

it m

ake

any

diff

eren

ce?

.W

hat o

ther

sym

bols

mig

ht w

e us

e to

rep

rese

nt r

eal

obje

cts.

(Elic

it: d

ots,

lette

rs, p

ictu

res,

num

eral

s)

16. A

Sim

ple

Cla

ssro

om M

ap:

Hav

e ch

ildre

n ob

serv

e th

e ob

ject

s in

the

clas

sroo

m. H

ave

them

sugg

est o

bjec

ts th

at b

elon

g in

thes

e tw

o m

ain

cate

gori

es: E

asy

toM

ove

Obj

ects

and

Har

d to

Mov

e O

bjec

ts. R

ecor

d th

eir

resp

onse

son

the

boar

d. D

o a

few

exa

mpl

es to

geth

er a

s a

grou

p.(O

ther

cate

gori

es m

ay b

e us

ed.)

Gro

up c

hild

ren

rand

omly

into

gro

ups

of f

our.

App

oint

or

have

the

grou

p se

lect

a r

ecor

der.

Hav

e th

em c

ontin

ue to

cat

egor

ize

obje

cts

in th

e ro

om a

ccor

ding

to th

e ab

ove

cate

gori

es. H

ave

the

reco

rder

repo

rt th

e gr

oup'

s lis

t.

Exp

lain

to th

e ch

ildre

n th

at y

ou a

re g

oing

to f

ind

the

cent

er o

fth

e ro

om. T

o do

this

, exp

lain

that

you

mus

t fir

st f

ind

the

line

that

goe

s th

roug

h th

e m

iddl

e of

the

room

fro

m th

e fr

ont t

o th

eba

ck; t

hen

you

mus

t fin

d th

e lin

e th

at g

oes

thro

ugh

the

mid

dle

ofth

e ro

om f

rom

sid

e to

sid

e.T

he p

oint

whe

re th

e tw

o lin

es in

ter-

sect

is th

e ce

nter

. Dem

onst

rate

by

wal

king

the

two

mid

lines

.

The

n ill

ustr

ate

wha

t yox

hav

e ju

st d

one.

Exp

lain

that

the

lines

are

imag

inar

y lin

e:!;

,G

ive

a ic

.tter

nam

e to

eac

h se

ctio

n.

-13-

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Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld c

an lo

ok a

t asi

mpl

e m

ap a

nd lo

cate

the

sect

ion

(A, B

, C,

D)

that

rea

l obj

ects

in a

room

are

situ

ated

.

(The

illu

stra

tion

may

be

done

on

the

boar

d at

this

tim

e.A

n ov

erhe

ad tr

ansp

aren

cy w

ill b

e ne

eded

for

the

next

activ

ity.)

A CD

Figu

re 1

Mak

e an

ove

rhea

d tr

ansp

aren

cy (

Figu

re 1

) to

be

used

in th

efo

llow

ing

activ

ity.

Mak

e in

divi

dual

pup

il re

spon

se c

ards

: AB

CD

Flas

h th

e tr

ansp

aren

cy. H

ave

pupi

ls r

espo

nd to

the

ques

tions

abou

t loc

atio

n:

.In

whi

ch s

ectio

n ar

e yo

u si

tting

?

.In

whi

ch s

ectio

n is

the

teac

her's

des

k?

.In

whi

ch s

ectio

n is

the

sink

?

.E

tc.

Obj

ectiv

e:H

old

up a

rec

tang

ular

-sha

ped

piec

e of

oak

tag

repr

esen

ting

the

teac

her's

des

k (i

n pr

oper

sca

le to

the

tran

spar

ency

).T

he c

hild

can

ass

ocia

tea

sym

bol a

s a

repr

e-se

ntat

ion

for

a re

al o

bjec

t..

Wha

t cou

ld th

is s

ymbo

l tak

e th

e pl

ace

of?

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Obj

ectiv

e:T

he c

hild

beg

ins

to b

eaw

are

of th

e ne

ed to

have

map

s dr

awn

tosc

ale.

Eva

luat

ion

Exe

rcis

es:

App

licat

ion

of lo

catin

gob

ject

s on

a s

impl

e m

ap.

.W

hat c

ould

it s

tand

for

?

.W

hat c

ould

it r

epre

sent

?

(It i

s a

sym

bol f

or th

e te

ache

r's d

esk.

It is

not

the

real

desk

--it

only

rep

rese

nts

the

desk

. )

To

deve

lop

the

conc

ept o

f sc

ale,

exa

gger

atio

n of

siz

e do

es h

elp

child

ren

to "

see"

it.

Plac

e an

ove

r-si

zed

rect

angl

e (o

ak ta

gpi

ece)

rep

rese

ntin

g th

e te

z.-.

cher

's d

esk

on th

e ov

erhe

ad tr

ans-

pare

ncy

in th

e ap

prop

riat

e se

ctio

n,

.Is

the

desk

pla

ced

in th

e pr

oper

sec

tion?

(Yes

--bu

t it's

taki

ng u

p to

o m

uch

spac

e. W

e w

on't

be a

ble

to s

how

the

othe

r th

ings

in th

at s

ectio

n. )

Wha

t can

we

do to

cor

rect

the

situ

atio

n?(M

ake

the

card

smal

ler.

)

Exp

lain

to th

e ch

ildre

n th

at th

is id

ea o

f ke

epin

g th

e sy

mbo

ls th

e"r

ight

" si

ze s

o ev

eryt

hing

els

e w

ill f

it ac

cord

ingl

y is

cal

led

scal

e.It

's v

ery

impo

rtan

t to

keep

sca

le in

min

d w

hen

doin

g m

ap w

ork.

17. H

ave

child

ren

fold

a la

rge

shee

t of

pape

r in

to f

our

part

s.In

stru

ct th

em to

rec

ord

the

thin

gs in

the

room

that

inte

rest

them

or

that

are

impo

rtan

t to

them

.

18. H

ave

child

ren

sele

ct o

ne s

ectio

n of

the

room

and

rea

rran

ge th

eob

ject

s in

that

sec

tion

to th

eir

likin

g on

the

map

.

19. H

ome

Ass

ignm

ent:

Mak

e a

map

of

one

of th

e ro

oms

in y

our

hom

e.

20. H

ave

child

ren

mak

e a

map

of

the

kind

of

room

they

wis

hed

they

coul

d ha

ve. W

hen

they

sha

re th

eir

map

s, h

ave

them

exp

lain

why

they

incl

uded

cer

tain

fea

ture

s an

d w

hy th

ey lo

cate

d th

em in

asp

ecif

ic p

lace

. -15-

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Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld c

an r

ead

and

inte

rpre

t a m

ap o

f hi

sow

n sc

hool

.

Eva

luat

ion

Exe

rcis

e:

App

licat

ion

of lo

catin

gpl

aces

in a

larg

erse

tting

and

in tr

acin

g a

spec

ifie

d ro

ute.

Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld is

abl

e to

appl

y hi

s m

ap s

kills

tone

w s

ettin

gs: n

eigh

bor-

hood

map

, city

of

Hon

olul

um

ap.

21. W

alki

ng T

rip:

Sch

ool G

roun

ds

Tak

e a

wal

king

trip

aro

und

the

scho

ol g

roun

ds. H

ave

child

ren

obse

rve

the

natu

ral a

nd m

ap-m

ade

feat

ures

that

are

pre

sent

.H

ave

them

not

ice

the

posi

tion

of th

e of

fice

, the

libr

ary,

the

cafe

tori

um a

nd th

e pl

aygr

ound

are

a in

rel

atio

n to

thei

r ow

ncl

assr

oom

.

Whe

n th

ey r

etur

n ha

ve th

em v

iew

a tr

ansp

aren

cy o

f th

e m

ap o

fth

eir

scho

ol.

Usi

ng th

is tr

ansp

aren

cy h

ave

them

:

Loc

ate

thei

r ow

n ro

om, t

he o

ffic

e, th

e lib

rary

, etc

.

.T

race

the

rout

e th

ey to

ok f

or th

eir

wal

king

trip

.

.T

race

thei

r us

ual r

oute

to th

e ca

feto

rium

.

.T

race

thei

r us

ual r

oute

to th

e lib

rary

.

.D

eliv

er a

mes

sage

to a

cer

tain

roo

m.

22. D

uplic

ate

a m

ap o

f th

e sc

hool

for

eac

h ch

ild.

Usi

ng a

col

or c

ode,

have

the

child

ren

loca

te s

peci

fic

area

s on

the

scho

ol g

roun

d.If

the

grou

p is

rea

dy to

trac

e a

rout

e, th

at ty

pe o

f ex

erci

se m

ayal

so b

e in

clud

ed.

23, I

f th

e ch

ildre

n ar

e re

ady

for

it, th

e te

ache

r ca

n at

this

tim

e m

ake

a la

rge

map

of

the

com

mun

ity. T

he c

hild

ren

can

then

be

show

nho

w to

loca

te th

e st

reet

s, th

eir

hom

es, a

nd th

e sp

ecia

l lan

dmar

ksof

thei

r pa

rtic

ular

are

a.

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24. I

f th

e ch

ildre

n ar

e re

ady

for

it, th

e te

ache

r ca

n us

e a

map

of

Hon

olul

u (o

r an

ove

rhea

d tr

ansp

aren

cy)

to lo

cate

land

mar

kar

eas

that

are

fam

iliar

to m

ost o

f th

e ch

ildre

n: T

heir

sch

ool,

Ala

Moa

na S

hopp

ing

Cen

ter,

HIC

, the

sta

dium

, the

ir c

omm

unity

,th

e zo

o, th

e aq

uari

um, t

he a

irpo

rt, D

iam

ond

Hea

d, W

aiki

kiB

each

, etc

.

Eva

luat

ion

Exe

rcis

e:C

UL

MIN

AT

ING

AC

TIV

ITY

: EV

AL

UA

TIO

N

25. H

ave

a lo

ng m

ural

-siz

ed s

heet

of

pape

r (b

utch

er p

aper

) on

the

chal

kboa

rd. D

ivid

e th

e pa

per

into

thre

e pa

rts.

(See

sam

ple)

Inte

rest

ing

Wor

ds a

ndId

eas

We

Lea

rned

Act

iviti

es W

eE

njoy

edW

e N

eed

Hel

p In

....

Hav

e ch

ildre

n re

cord

thei

r ow

n re

spon

ses

duri

ng th

eir

free

tim

e.If

the

idea

they

wan

t to

reco

rd is

alr

eady

ther

e, h

ave

them

put

ata

lly m

ark

righ

t aft

er it

.If

they

hav

e di

ffic

ulty

wri

ting

thei

r id

eas

they

can

ask

oth

er c

hild

ren

or th

e te

ache

r fo

r as

sist

ance

.V

aria

tion:

If

the

abov

e pr

oced

ure

is n

ot p

ract

ical

the

teac

her

can

reco

rd th

e re

spon

ses

of th

e gr

oup.

26. W

hat B

IG I

DE

AS

abou

t EN

VIR

ON

ME

NT

hav

e yo

u le

arne

d?

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UN

IT II

: PE

OP

LE H

AV

E A

CU

LTU

RA

L E

NV

IRO

NM

EN

T

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UN

IT I

I: P

EO

PLE

HA

VE

A C

UL

TU

RA

L E

NV

IRO

NM

EN

T

GE

NE

RA

LIZ

AT

ION

S:

.M

an h

as d

evel

oped

a w

ide

vari

ety

of c

ultu

res,

eac

h in

flue

nced

by

the

hum

an a

ndna

tura

l env

iron

men

t.

An

indi

vidu

al's

cul

tura

l sur

roun

ding

s ex

erts

a p

ower

ful i

nflu

ence

on

him

thro

ugho

uthi

s lif

e.H

e th

inks

, fee

ls, a

nd a

cts

acco

rdin

g to

the

dict

ates

of

his

cultu

r.in

ord

erto

be

an a

ccep

tabl

e pa

rt o

f it.

.T

hrou

gh c

omm

unic

atio

n an

d in

tera

ctio

n, s

ocia

l val

ues

and

beha

vior

are

inte

rnal

ized

.

SUG

GE

STE

D U

NIT

S:

.H

OW

PE

OPL

E L

EA

RN

CU

STO

MS

.PE

OPL

E: S

O D

IFFE

RE

NT

..

. BU

T S

O A

LIK

E

.PE

OPL

E H

AV

E V

AL

UE

S

INT

RO

DU

CT

ION

:

.H

OW

PE

OPL

E L

EA

RN

CU

STO

MS

The

pur

pose

of

this

uni

t is

to h

elp

child

ren

beco

me

awar

e th

at in

tera

ctio

n w

ithpe

ople

is e

ssen

tial f

or le

arni

ng. T

he w

ays

of a

peo

ple-

-cus

tom

s--a

re le

arne

dth

roug

h in

tera

ctio

n w

ith p

eopl

e: f

rom

par

ents

to c

hild

ren,

fro

m f

amily

mem

bers

to c

hild

ren,

fro

m f

rien

ds to

chi

ldre

n, f

rom

chi

ldre

n to

chi

ldre

n, f

rom

peo

ple

tope

ople

.

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.PE

OPL

E: S

O D

IFFE

RE

NT

. .. B

UT

SO

AL

IKE

The

pur

pose

of

this

uni

t is

to h

elp

child

ren

beco

me

awar

e of

not

onl

y th

e gr

eat

vari

ety

of c

ultu

res

but a

lso

of th

e ba

sic

need

s th

at p

eopl

e ev

eryw

here

hav

e in

com

mon

.

.PE

OPL

E H

AV

E V

AL

UE

S

The

pur

pose

of

this

uni

t is

to h

elp

the

child

ren

beco

me

awar

e th

at p

eopl

e ha

veva

lues

and

that

thes

e va

lues

are

pas

sed

on f

rom

one

gen

erat

ion

on to

the

next

beca

use

of th

eir

impo

rtan

ce to

that

par

ticul

ar g

roup

of

peop

le.

VO

CA

BU

LA

RY

:

.le

arn,

teac

her,

hab

it, in

tera

ctio

n w

ith p

eopl

e, c

ultu

re, c

usto

m

.ba

sic

need

s, r

esou

rcef

ulne

ss

man

ners

, pol

itene

ss, v

alue

, ski

ll

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LE

AR

NIN

G M

AT

ER

IAL

S FO

R T

EA

CH

ER

S A

ND

ST

UD

EN

TS:

Boo

ks:

Bar

row

s, H

arla

n H

., et

. al.

Our

Big

Wor

ld. M

orri

stow

n, N

. J.:

Silv

er B

urde

tt, 1

968.

Bur

ns, W

illia

m A

. Wor

ld F

ull o

f H

omes

, A. N

ew Y

ork:

McG

raw

-Hill

, 195

3.

Car

ls, N

orm

an. K

now

ing

Our

Nei

ghbo

rs A

roun

d th

e E

arth

. New

Yor

k: H

olt,

Rin

ehar

t and

Win

ston

, 196

6.

Don

an, R

ozel

la a

nd J

ane

Hef

flef

inge

r.Pe

ople

Aro

und

the

Wor

ld. L

os A

ngel

es, C

alif

orni

a:E

lk G

rove

Pre

ss, 1

968.

Jaro

limek

, Joh

n.L

ivin

g in

Pla

ces

Nea

r an

d Fa

r. N

ew Y

ork:

Mac

mill

an, 1

969.

Kir

k, R

uth.

Sige

mi,

A J

a an

ese

Vill

age

Gir

l. N

ew Y

ork:

Har

cour

t, B

race

and

Wor

ld, 1

965.

Tra

de B

ooks

:

Buc

k, P

earl

.T

he C

h:.n

ese

Chi

ldre

n N

ext D

oor

Floe

the,

Lou

ise.

The

Flo

atin

g M

arke

t

Yas

him

a, T

aro.

The

Vill

age

Tre

e

Uch

ida,

Yos

hiko

. Sum

i's P

rize

Film

s:

Fam

ilies

and

Lea

rnin

g--E

very

one'

s A

Tea

cher

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Film

s (c

ontin

ued)

:

Japa

nese

Boy

-- T

he S

tory

of

Tar

o

Japa

nese

Fis

hing

Vill

age

Japa

nese

Mou

ntai

n Fa

mily

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NO

TE

S

Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld c

an b

egin

tobe

aw

are

that

inte

r-ac

tion

with

peo

ple

ises

sent

ial f

or le

arni

ng.

Que

stio

ns--

Act

iviti

es 1

-2

Ada

ptat

ion

of H

arco

urt a

ndB

race

: Soc

ial S

cien

ces,

Con

cept

s an

d V

alue

s (R

edL

evel

: Uni

t I, L

esso

n 1)

LE

AR

NIN

G A

CT

IVIT

IES

HO

W P

EO

PLE

LE

AR

N C

UST

OM

S

1. O

PEN

ER

: How

bab

ies

lear

n to

do

thin

gs.

Dis

play

pic

ture

s of

bab

ies

invo

lved

in v

ario

us a

ctiv

ities

: tal

king

,ea

ting,

wal

king

, etc

.Pr

epar

e a

teac

her-

mad

e ta

pe o

f a

child

lear

ning

to ta

lk (

with

his

mot

her

or a

noth

er p

erso

n he

lpin

g an

den

cour

agin

g hi

m).

Hav

e ch

ildre

n st

udy

the

pict

ures

and

list

en to

the

tape

.

Hav

e th

e ch

ildre

n an

alyz

e th

e pr

oble

m-

situ

atio

n of

a b

aby

lear

ning

to ta

lk.

.W

hat i

s ha

ppen

ing

on th

e ta

pe?

(Obs

erva

tion)

Cou

ld b

abie

s le

arn

to ta

lk if

no

adul

ts h

elpe

d th

em?

How

? W

ho?

(Pre

dict

ion/

Infe

renc

e)H

ow d

o pa

rent

s fe

el w

hen

thei

r ba

by le

arns

to s

ay a

new

wor

d? H

ow d

o yo

u kn

ow?

(Val

ues)

Hav

e th

e ch

ildre

n hy

poth

esiz

e w

hat b

abie

s le

arn

to s

ay f

irst

:

Why

do

you

thin

k ch

ildre

n le

arn

to s

ay "

Ma-

ma"

and

"Da-

da"?

(Inf

eren

ce)

Will

the

baby

lear

n to

say

"co

oky"

and

"m

ilk"

befo

re h

ele

arns

to s

ay "

penc

il" a

nd "

book

"? W

hy?

(Pre

dict

ion/

Infe

renc

e)

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Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld c

an b

egin

to b

eaw

are

that

the

resp

onse

spe

ople

giv

e to

thos

e w

hoar

e le

arni

ng a

new

task

can

enco

urag

e or

dis

-co

urag

e th

e le

arne

r.

Hel

p th

e ch

ildre

n to

rec

all t

heir

ow

n le

arni

ng e

xper

ienc

es.

.W

hat a

re s

ome

of th

e th

ings

you

lear

ned

to d

o be

fore

com

ing

to s

choo

l?

.D

id y

ou le

arn

to d

o th

ese

thin

gs a

lone

? W

ho h

elpe

d yo

u?

Abo

ut f

eelin

gs: (

Val

ues)

How

do

you

thin

k yo

ur p

aren

ts f

elt w

hen

you

lear

ned

to d

oso

met

hing

wel

l? H

ow d

o yo

u kn

ow th

ey f

elt t

hat w

ay?

(Inf

eren

ce/R

ecal

l)

How

do

you

feel

whe

n yo

ur b

roth

er o

r si

ster

lear

ns s

ome-

thin

g w

ell b

ecau

se y

ou h

elpe

d hi

m/h

er?

(Val

ues)

Do

you

som

etim

es g

et im

patie

nt w

hile

you

are

hel

ping

you

ryo

unge

r br

othe

r or

sis

ter?

Wha

t hel

ps y

ou to

be

mor

epa

tient

?(R

ealiz

ing

that

he

is ju

st le

arni

ng a

new

task

;he

nee

ds m

ore

prac

tice.

)

Shou

ld w

e te

ach

our

youn

ger

brot

hers

and

sis

ters

eve

ryth

ing

that

we

can

do?

Why

? W

hy n

ot?

(Inf

eren

ce)

Whi

ch o

f th

ese

thin

gs w

ould

you

teac

h a

four

-yea

r-ol

d ch

ild?

Why

? W

hy n

ot?

(Eva

luat

ion)

.H

ow to

rid

e yo

ur b

icyc

le

.H

ow to

put

his

toys

aw

ay

.H

ow to

but

ton

his

shir

t

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Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld c

an u

se a

cha

rtto

see

that

fam

ily m

embe

rshe

lp c

hild

ren

to d

o m

any

thin

gs b

efor

e th

ey g

o to

scho

ol.

(For

som

e ch

ildre

n: th

eir

baby

sitte

r or

nei

ghbo

rsm

ay b

e m

ore

invo

lved

inth

eir

lear

ning

than

the

fam

ily m

embe

rs.)

Eva

luat

ion

Exe

rcis

es:

.H

ow to

turn

on

the

TV

set

.H

ow to

..

2. F

amily

mem

bers

hel

p ch

ildre

n le

arn

to d

o m

any

thin

gs

Rec

ord

the

child

ren'

s re

spon

ses

on a

cha

rt s

imila

r to

the

follo

win

g on

e:

WH

AT

I L

EA

RN

ED

BE

FOR

E C

OM

ING

TO

SC

HO

OL

Wha

t I L

earn

edW

ho H

elpe

d M

e

1.bu

tton

my

shir

tm

y M

othe

r2.

turn

on

the

TV

my

Br

othe

r3.

eat w

ith a

for

km

y Fa

ther

As

we

look

at o

ur c

hart

, wha

t can

we

say

abou

t how

we

lear

n to

do th

ings

bef

ore

com

ing

to s

choo

l?(G

ener

aliz

atio

n: P

eopl

e in

our

fam

ily h

elp

us a

lot t

o le

arn

to d

o th

ings

. )

Exp

lain

to th

e ch

ildre

n th

at th

e th

ings

that

we

can

do w

ell

with

out t

hink

ing

abou

t how

to d

o th

em a

re h

abits

. Bec

ause

they

are

aut

omat

ic, t

hey

are

very

use

ful.

Hav

e th

e ch

ildre

n m

ake

a lis

t of

usef

ul h

abits

(br

ushi

ng th

eir

teet

h, c

lear

ing

thei

r se

ctio

n at

the

dinn

er ta

ble,

etc

.).

Hel

p th

em u

nder

stan

d th

at n

ot e

very

one

has

the

sam

e ha

bits

.

3. H

ave

the

child

ren

illus

trat

e an

act

ivity

they

lear

ned

to d

o A

s a

pre-

scho

oler

.(C

heck

to s

ee if

they

incl

ude

an a

dult

or a

noth

erch

ild in

the

pict

ure.

)

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Obj

ectiv

e :

The

chi

ld b

ecom

es a

war

eth

at o

ther

peo

ple

besi

des

fam

ily m

embe

rs h

elp

him

to le

arn

to d

o th

ings

.

Alte

rnat

ive

Act

iviti

es:

4. H

ave

som

e ch

ildre

n dr

amat

ize

how

chi

ldre

n le

arn

to d

o ce

rtai

nta

sks.

(Che

ck to

see

if th

ey in

clud

e in

tera

ctio

n w

ith o

ther

peo

ple

as th

e ch

ild le

arns

the

task

. )

5. W

e le

arn

from

oth

er p

eopl

e, to

o

.D

o w

e le

arn

only

fro

m o

ur f

amily

?

.W

ho e

lse

help

s us

lear

n to

do

thin

gs?

Mak

e a

list o

f pe

ople

who

hel

p us

lear

n: b

abys

itter

, tea

cher

,fr

iend

s, n

eigh

bors

, oth

er c

hild

ren.

Hav

e th

e ch

ildre

n ill

ustr

ate

som

ethi

ng th

ey le

arne

d to

do

from

som

eone

who

is n

ot a

mem

ber

of th

eir

fam

ily.

.W

hat d

oes

this

tell

us a

bout

how

we

lear

n?(G

ener

aliz

atio

n:W

e le

arn

to d

o th

ings

fro

m o

ur f

amily

and

oth

er p

eopl

e.)

6. S

ome

child

ren

(with

per

mis

sion

fro

m th

eir

pare

nts)

may

be

will

ing

to s

hare

hom

e m

ovie

s of

a "

lear

ning

to w

alk"

exp

erie

nce.

7. S

ome

child

ren

may

be

able

to w

rite

a s

hort

sto

ry a

bout

how

they

lear

ned

to d

o a

spec

ific

task

.T

hese

sto

ries

cou

ld b

e co

llect

edan

d pu

t tog

ethe

r as

a b

ookl

et.

The

cla

ss c

ould

dec

ide

on a

title

for

the

book

let.

8. H

ave

the

child

ren

mak

e a

book

let a

bout

thei

r ha

bits

., e.

g.

pict

ure

and

capt

ion.

.I

brus

h m

y te

eth

ever

y m

orni

ng.

I m

ake

my

bed

ever

y m

orni

ng.

I co

mb

my

hair

all

by m

ysel

f.-2

5-

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Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld c

an b

egin

to b

eaw

are

that

inte

ract

ion

with

peo

ple

is e

ssen

tial

not o

nly

for

his

lear

ning

but a

lso

for

that

of

peop

le e

very

whe

re.

Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld c

an id

entif

y a

sim

ilar

ta.s

k be

ing

done

diff

eren

tly in

ano

ther

cultu

re.

6. P

eopl

e in

Oth

er C

ount

ries

Lea

rn th

e W

ay W

e D

o

Hav

e pi

ctur

es o

f ch

ildre

n fr

om v

ario

us c

ultu

res

invo

lved

inac

tiviti

es w

ith a

dults

and

/or

child

ren.

Wha

t is

happ

enin

g in

thes

e pi

ctur

es?

(Obs

erva

tion)

Do

thes

e ch

ildre

n liv

e in

the

sam

e pl

ace?

How

do

you

know

?(I

nfer

ence

)

How

are

thes

e ch

ildre

n le

arni

ng to

do

thin

gs?

(Obs

erva

tion)

Wha

t can

we

say

abou

t how

we

lear

n th

ings

and

how

chi

ldre

nin

oth

er p

arts

of

the

wor

ld le

arn

to d

o th

ings

?(G

ener

ali-

zatio

n: L

ike

us.

The

y le

arn

from

thei

r fa

mily

and

oth

erpe

ople

.)

Wha

t are

som

e th

ings

chi

ldre

n ev

eryw

here

lear

n to

do?

(Inf

eren

ce: w

alk,

talk

)

10. U

se a

pic

ture

that

sho

ws

a ch

ild d

oing

a ta

sk d

iffe

rent

ly th

an h

owa

child

in o

ur c

ultu

re w

ould

do

a si

mila

r ta

sk (

wri

ting,

was

hing

clot

hes,

hel

ping

i.n

the

"kitc

hen"

).

Que

stio

ns:

.H

ow m

any

of y

ou le

arne

d to

do

the

sam

e th

ing

as th

isch

ild.

.. b

ut d

iffe

rent

ly?

How

?

.If

you

live

d in

his

cou

ntry

, wou

ld y

ou m

ost l

ikel

y le

arn

the

sam

e th

ing?

Why

? W

ho w

ouk.

mos

t lik

ely

teac

h yo

u?(I

nfer

ence

)

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Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld c

an u

nder

stan

dw

hat t

he te

rm c

usto

mm

eans

.

Hav

e yo

u le

arne

d so

me

thin

gs th

at th

is c

hild

pro

babl

yha

s no

t lea

rned

in h

is c

ount

ry?

Wha

t? W

hy d

o yo

usu

ppos

e he

has

not

lear

ned

the

thin

gs y

ou h

ave?

(Rec

all/

Infe

renc

e)

11. C

once

pt-d

evel

opm

ent:

Cus

tom

s

Rev

iew

with

the

child

ren

the

conc

epts

they

hav

e be

en le

arni

ngin

this

uni

t.

.C

hild

ren

lear

n m

any

thin

gs f

rom

fam

ily m

embe

rs.

.Pe

ople

lear

n fr

om in

tera

ctio

n w

ith o

ther

peo

ple.

.T

here

are

som

e th

ings

we

do s

o of

ten

that

they

bec

ome

habi

ts.

.Pe

ople

's h

abits

dif

fer

thro

ugho

ut th

e w

orld

.

To

help

chi

ldre

n un

ders

tand

that

a c

usto

m is

a h

abit

lear

ned

bya

grou

p of

peo

ple,

ask

the

follo

win

g ty

pe o

f qu

estio

ns:

Wha

t do

you

do w

hen

you

say

the

flag

ple

dge?

(Sta

nd u

p,pu

t my

hand

ove

r m

y he

art,

say

the

pled

ge.)

Wha

t do

we

do a

fter

we

see

a fi

ne s

how

or

perf

orm

ance

?(C

lap

our

hand

s)

Do

we

have

to th

ink

abou

t doi

ng th

ese

thin

gs?

(No.

The

y ar

e lik

e gr

oup

habi

ts.)

Hav

e ch

ildre

n lis

t som

e cu

stom

s th

at m

ost p

eopl

e liv

ing

in th

eir

com

mun

ity o

bser

ve. E

xpla

in th

at c

usto

ms

need

not

nec

essa

rily

be o

bser

ved

by e

very

one

in a

par

ticul

ar g

roup

.

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Shar

ing

info

rmat

ion:

givi

ng s

ourc

e of

info

r-m

atio

n.

Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld c

an b

ecom

eaw

are

that

thou

gh p

eopl

eth

roug

hout

the

wor

ld h

ave

diff

eren

t cus

tom

s, th

eyar

e ve

ry m

uch

alik

e in

thei

r ba

sic

need

s an

d in

thei

r ha

ving

fee

lings

abou

t thi

ngs.

Inta

ke o

f in

form

atio

n

12. H

ave

child

ren

shar

e w

hat t

hey

know

abo

ut c

usto

ms

of o

ther

plac

es. H

ave

them

giv

e th

eir

sour

ce o

f in

form

atio

n: p

aren

ts,

rela

tives

, or

frie

nds

who

hav

e tr

avel

ed; t

elev

isio

n, tr

avel

film

s, b

ooks

.

PEO

PLE

: SO

DIF

FER

EN

T. .

. BU

TSO

AL

IKE

13. U

sing

sto

ries

and

film

s

Rea

d st

orie

s ab

out c

hild

ren

in o

ther

land

s. H

ave

the

child

ren

notic

e th

at p

eopl

e ev

eryw

here

, tho

ugh

diff

eren

t in

a nu

mbe

r of

way

s, a

re s

imila

r in

thei

r ba

sic

need

s: f

ood,

she

lter,

clo

thin

g;an

d th

at, b

eing

peo

ple,

they

, too

, hav

e fe

elin

gs.

Sugg

este

d st

orie

s:

Yos

hiko

Uch

ida,

Sum

i's P

rize

Lou

ise

Floe

the,

Flo

atin

g M

arke

t.

Tar

o Y

ashi

ma,

The

Vill

age

Tre

e

Pear

l Buc

k, T

he C

hine

se C

hild

ren

Nex

t Doo

r

Hav

e ch

ildre

n m

ake

a bo

okle

t (or

a m

ovie

rol

l) w

ith il

lust

ratio

nssh

owin

g ho

w p

eopl

e ar

e al

ike.

Sugg

este

d fi

lms:

.Ja

pane

se M

ount

ain

Fam

ily

.Ja

pane

se F

ishi

ng V

illag

e

Japa

nese

Boy

--

The

Sto

ry o

f T

aro

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Dis

cus

sion

que

stio

ns f

ollo

win

g fi

lm-

view

ing:

How

are

they

like

us?

How

are

they

dif

fere

nt f

rom

us?

Wha

t is

thei

r en

viro

nmen

t lik

e?

Are

they

usi

ng th

eir

envi

ronm

ent w

ell?

Wha

t thi

ngs

seem

impo

rtan

t to

them

?W

hy d

o yo

u th

ink

so?

Wha

t cus

tom

s di

d yo

u se

e th

at y

ou w

ould

like

to o

bser

ve?

Why

?

Wou

ld a

chi

ld c

omin

g fr

om th

is p

lace

fee

l at h

ome

here

?W

hy?

Why

not

?

Wou

ld y

ou f

eel a

t hom

eW

hy n

ot?

PEO

PLE

HA

VE

VA

LU

ES

Obj

ectiv

e:14

. Peo

ple

Val

ue P

olite

ness

if y

ou v

isite

d th

is p

lace

? W

hy?

The

chi

ld b

egin

s to

be

Hav

e a

char

t sim

ilar

to th

e fo

llow

ing

on d

ispl

ay:

awar

e th

at p

aren

ts p

ass

on to

thei

r ch

ildre

n th

eva

lues

they

con

side

rim

port

ant.

1.H

awai

ian

Mah

alo

2.C

hine

seD

ojay

3.Sp

anis

hG

ratia

s4.

Japa

nese

Ari

gato

go

zai m

a su

5.E

nglis

h

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Obj

ectiv

e:T

he c

hild

can

und

er-

stan

d w

hat i

s m

eant

by

the

term

val

ue w

hen

itis

use

d in

the

cont

ext:

whi

ch d

o yo

u pr

efer

- -

whi

ch is

mor

e im

port

ant

to y

ou.

Exp

lain

to th

e gr

oup

that

mos

t chi

ldre

n in

mos

t cou

ntri

es le

arn

to s

ay th

e ab

ove

phra

ses.

Hav

e th

em in

fer

wha

t the

Eng

lish

equi

vale

nt w

ould

be.

Why

do

mos

t par

ents

--no

mat

ter

whe

re th

ey li

ve-

wan

t the

ir c

hild

ren

to le

arn

this

phr

ase?

(The

y w

ant

thei

r ch

ildre

n to

be

polit

e --

Inf

eren

ce)

Wou

ld y

ou s

ay th

at p

aren

ts th

ink

it is

impo

rtan

t for

thei

rch

ildre

n to

lear

n to

say

"th

ank

you"

?

Exp

lain

to th

e ch

ildre

n th

at w

hen

peop

le th

ink

som

ethi

ng is

ver

yim

port

ant w

e sa

y th

at th

ey v

alue

that

thin

g.

15. C

once

pt-D

evel

opm

ent:

Val

ue

Whi

ch is

mor

e im

port

ant t

o yo

u? W

hich

do

you

valu

e m

ore?

havi

ng a

nea

t, or

derl

y de

sk o

r.

bein

g fi

rst t

o be

out

for

rec

ess

Whi

ch is

mor

e im

port

ant t

o yo

u? W

hich

do

you

valu

e m

ore?

wat

chin

g th

e ne

ws

wat

chin

g a

cart

oon

Whi

ch is

mor

e im

port

ant t

o yo

u? W

hich

do

you

valu

e m

ore?

spen

ding

you

r m

oney

for

can

dysa

ving

it f

or s

omet

hing

that

cos

ts m

ore

16. W

hat a

re s

ome

polit

e w

ays

your

par

ents

con

side

r im

port

ant f

oryo

u to

rem

embe

r? W

hat p

olite

way

s do

they

val

ue?

Wha

t hav

eth

ey ta

ught

you

to d

o?

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Pred

ictin

g

Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld b

ecom

es a

war

eth

at p

eopl

e in

dif

fere

ntcu

lture

s le

arn

diff

eren

tsk

ills-

-ski

lls th

at a

reus

eful

to th

em n

ow a

ndla

ter

in li

fe.

The

y va

lue

thes

e sk

ills

and

pass

them

on to

thei

r ch

ildre

n.

Sele

ct a

noth

er c

ount

ry a

nd c

ompa

re th

eir

polit

e cu

stom

s.e.

g., i

n Ja

pan,

par

ents

val

ue th

ese

polit

e cu

stom

s:

Bow

ing

and

sayi

ng "

arig

ato

go z

ai m

a su

".(T

hank

you

)Sa

ying

"go

men

ku

da s

ai".

(Par

don

me)

Tak

ing

off

thei

r sh

oes

whe

n en

teri

ng a

hom

e.

Can

you

tell

me

wha

t our

cla

ssro

om w

ould

be

like

if n

o on

eva

lued

pol

ite w

ays?

(Inf

eren

ce)

It w

ould

be

nois

y.

Peop

le w

ould

be

anno

yed

with

eac

h ot

her.

It w

ould

be

hard

to s

ettle

dow

n an

d w

ork.

Wou

ld y

ou b

e ha

ppy

in th

at k

ind

of s

ituat

ion?

Why

? W

hy n

ot?

Are

man

ners

impo

rtan

t to

you?

Wou

ld y

ou p

ass

them

on

toyo

ur c

hild

ren

whe

n yo

u gr

ow u

p?

.W

hich

one

s ar

e es

peci

ally

impo

rtan

t to

you?

17. C

erta

in s

kills

are

impo

rtan

t in

cert

ain

cultu

res

Use

pic

ture

s th

at s

how

chi

ldre

n pe

rfor

min

g a

skill

that

is a

cust

om o

f th

e pe

ople

in th

at p

artic

ular

pla

ce.

Sugg

este

d qu

estio

ns:

Doe

s th

is J

apan

ese

boy

know

how

to u

se a

bru

sh to

wri

te?

Will

he

need

to w

rite

this

way

som

etim

es w

hen

he g

row

s up

?W

ill y

ou?

Why

? W

hy n

ot?

-31-

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Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld b

ecom

es a

war

eth

at th

e en

viro

nmen

t of

peop

le is

a f

acto

r in

the

.kin

ds o

f ac

tiviti

es a

ndsk

ills

they

con

side

rim

port

ant t

o th

em.

.A

re th

e sk

ills

the

child

ren

are

lear

ning

use

ful t

o th

em?

Wou

ld th

ese

skill

s be

use

ful t

o yo

u? W

hy?

Why

not

?

.D

o yo

u th

ink

the

peop

le in

thes

e co

untr

ies

feel

that

it is

impo

rtan

t for

thei

r ch

ildre

n to

lear

n th

ese

skill

s? D

o th

eyva

lue

havi

ng th

eir

child

ren

lear

n th

ese

skill

s w

ell?

18. L

ocat

ion

is a

fac

tor

in w

hat s

kills

peo

ple

lear

n

To

help

the

child

bec

ome

awar

e th

at a

per

son'

s en

viro

nmen

t is

an im

port

ant f

acto

r in

the

kind

s of

act

iviti

es a

nd s

kills

he

valu

es,

pose

the

follo

win

g ty

pes

of q

uest

ions

:

Doe

s ev

eryo

ne le

arn

to s

wim

? W

hy n

ot?

Doe

s ev

eryo

ne le

arn

how

to f

ish?

Why

not

?

Doe

s ev

eryo

ne le

arn

how

to d

rive

a c

ar?

Why

not

?

.W

hat w

ill a

boy

livi

ng n

ear

the

ocea

n pr

obab

ly le

arn

from

his

pare

nts?

Why

?

Wha

t will

chi

ldre

n liv

ing

on a

far

m m

ost l

ikel

y le

arn

from

thei

r pa

rent

s? W

hy?

.W

hat w

ill c

ity p

aren

ts li

ving

in a

n ap

artm

ent w

ant t

heir

child

ren

to le

arn?

Why

?

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UN

IT II

I: P

EO

PLE

HA

VE

A S

OC

IAL

EN

VIR

ON

ME

NT

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UN

IT I

II: P

EO

PLE

HA

VE

A S

OC

IAL

EN

VIR

ON

ME

NT

GE

NE

RA

LIZ

AT

ION

S:

.A

n in

divi

dual

's c

ultu

ral s

urro

undi

ng e

xert

s a

pow

erfu

l inf

luen

ce o

n hi

m th

roug

hout

his

life.

He

thin

ks, f

eels

, and

act

s ac

cord

ing

to th

e di

ctat

es o

f hi

s cu

lture

inor

der

to b

e an

acc

epta

ble

part

of

it.

.So

ciet

ies

requ

ire

a sy

stem

of

rule

s (c

odif

ied

and

unco

difi

ed)

of b

ehav

ior

for

man

-ki

nd to

sur

vive

.

.M

an is

infl

uenc

ed b

y an

d do

es a

djus

t to

the

soci

al in

stitu

tions

cre

ated

by

his

soci

ety.

SUG

GE

STE

D U

NIT

S:

.C

UST

OM

S H

EL

P PE

OPL

E A

CT

APP

RO

PRIA

TE

LY

.PE

OPL

E N

EE

D R

UL

ES

.PE

OPL

E P

ER

FOR

M V

AR

IOU

S R

OL

ES

INT

RO

DU

CT

ION

:

.C

UST

OM

S H

EL

P PE

OPL

E A

CT

APP

RO

PRIA

TE

LY

The

pur

pose

of

this

uni

t is

to h

elp

the

child

bec

ome

awar

e of

how

cus

tom

s- -

the

habi

ts le

arne

d by

a g

roup

of

peop

le -

- in

flue

nce

the

inte

ract

ion

of p

eopl

e.H

opef

ully

, thi

s aw

aren

ess

shou

ld r

esul

t in

som

e ch

ange

d be

havi

or o

n th

e

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child

's p

art:

that

ther

e is

evi

denc

e th

at h

e re

cogn

izes

the

cust

oms

that

hav

ehe

lped

the

peop

le in

his

com

mun

ity li

ve to

geth

er a

s a

grou

p.

.PE

OPL

E N

EE

D R

UL

ES

The

pur

pose

of

the

activ

ities

pla

nned

in th

is u

nit i

s to

hel

p th

e ch

ild s

ee h

owvi

tal r

ules

are

for

eff

ectiv

e gr

oup

livin

g.H

e is

mad

e aw

are

of th

is th

roug

hso

me

hypo

thet

ical

situ

atio

ns in

whi

ch th

ere

is a

n ab

senc

e of

rul

es. H

e is

als

om

ade

awar

e th

at r

ules

sho

uld

help

, not

hin

der,

the

grou

p, a

nd th

at a

t tim

esru

les

do n

eed

to b

e re

vise

d to

mee

t the

nee

ds o

f th

e gr

oup.

.PE

OPL

E P

ER

FOR

M V

AR

IOU

S R

OL

ES

The

pur

pose

of

this

uni

t is

to h

elp

the

child

bec

ome

awar

e of

the

vari

ous

role

she

per

form

s an

d of

the

vari

ous

role

s ad

ults

per

form

.H

opef

ully

, thi

s aw

aren

ess

will

hel

p hi

m in

und

erst

andi

ng a

nd a

ppre

ciat

ing

othe

r pe

ople

.H

ypot

hetic

alsi

tuat

ions

are

use

d to

hel

p hi

m le

arn

the

proc

ess

of d

ecis

ion-

mak

ing.

VO

CA

BU

LA

RY

:

cust

oms

(app

ropr

iate

beh

avio

r, in

appr

opri

ate

beha

vior

)

rule

s, c

onfu

sion

, pro

tect

ion,

law

role

s, g

roup

, col

lect

ion

of p

eopl

e

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LE

AR

NIN

G M

AT

ER

IAL

S FO

R T

EA

CH

ER

S A

ND

ST

UD

EN

TS:

Boo

ks: Use

the

Lis

t for

Maj

or U

nit I

I.

Film

s:

Fam

ilies

and

Rul

es--

Wat

ch H

ow W

ell

Beg

inni

ng R

espo

nsib

ility

Lun

chro

om M

anne

rs

Man

ners

in P

ublic

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NO

TE

S

Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld b

egin

s to

be

awar

e th

at c

usto

ms

help

peop

le b

ehav

e ap

pro-

pria

tely

in th

eir

day-

to-

day

cont

act w

ith p

eopl

e.

Eva

luat

ion

Exe

rcis

es:

LE

AR

NIN

G A

CT

IVIT

IES

CU

STO

MS

HE

LP

PEO

PLE

AC

T A

PPR

OPR

IAT

EL

Y

1. O

PEN

ER

: Wou

ld it

be

appr

opri

ate

to.

.

To

rein

forc

e th

e co

ncep

t tha

t cus

tom

s ar

e ha

bits

lear

ned

by a

grou

p of

peo

ple,

rev

iew

Act

ivity

11

(How

Peo

ple

Lea

rn C

usto

ms)

To

help

chi

ldre

n di

scov

er th

at c

usto

ms

help

peo

ple

to a

ct a

ppro

-pr

iate

ly in

our

rel

atio

nshi

p w

ith o

ther

s:

Show

a p

ictu

re o

f a

fam

ily e

atin

g.A

sk: W

ould

you

wal

kri

ght i

nto

your

nei

ghbo

r's h

ome

with

out k

nock

ing

and

inte

rrup

t the

ir d

inne

r? W

hy n

ot?

Show

a p

ictu

re o

f a

clas

sroo

m w

ith c

hild

ren

wor

king

.A

sk: W

ould

you

run

and

yel

l at t

his

time?

Why

not

?W

here

wou

ld r

unni

ng a

nd y

ellin

g be

app

ropr

iate

?

Show

a p

ictu

re o

f pe

ople

at a

par

ty.

Ask

:' W

ould

you

go

to th

e pa

rty

with

out a

n in

vita

tion?

Why

not

?

Con

tinue

with

oth

er r

elev

ant s

ituat

ions

.

Hel

p th

e ch

ildre

n to

und

erst

and

that

our

cus

tom

s he

lp u

s to

kno

ww

hat i

s ap

prop

riat

e be

havi

or f

or c

erta

in s

ituat

ions

.T

his

help

spe

ople

inte

ract

with

eac

h ot

her

smoo

thly

.

2. H

ave

child

ren

take

the

role

of

a pa

rent

in th

is e

xerc

ise.

Hav

e th

emre

spon

d to

this

sta

tem

ent:

"I w

ould

be

emba

rras

sed

if m

y ch

ild.

.."

(H

ave

the

child

ren

list e

xam

ples

of

"ina

ppro

pria

te b

ehav

ior"

that

wou

ld e

mba

rras

s th

em.)

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Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld b

egin

s to

be

awar

e of

the

vita

l par

tru

les

play

in h

is e

very

-da

y lif

e.

3. H

ave

the

child

ren

illus

trat

e on

e of

the

sugg

estio

ns g

iven

for

Act

ivity

2 a

bove

.

4. H

ave

the

child

ren

dram

atiz

e so

me

of th

e su

gges

tions

for

Act

ivity

2.

Dis

cuss

the

reac

tion

of p

eopl

e w

hen

they

obs

erve

inap

prop

riat

e be

havi

or.

PEO

PLE

NE

ED

RU

LE

S

5. A

re c

usto

ms

enou

gh?

Wri

te th

is q

uest

ion

acro

ss th

e bo

ard:

Are

cus

tom

s en

ough

tohe

lp th

ings

run

sm

ooth

ly in

our

day

-to-

day

life?

The

n pr

ocee

d to

the

next

act

ivity

:

Hav

e ch

ildre

n pl

ay a

new

gro

up g

ame

such

as

"Ste

al th

e B

acon

"w

ith a

min

imum

of

dire

ctio

ns.

As

the

gam

e pr

ogre

sses

, bec

ause

no b

asic

rul

es h

ave

been

est

ablis

hed,

dis

agre

emen

ts w

ill m

ost

likel

y ar

ise.

Whe

n th

is h

appe

ns, s

top

the

gam

e. G

athe

r th

e gr

oup

for

disc

ussi

on:

Why

was

it n

eces

sary

to s

top

the

gam

e?W

as it

fun

pla

ying

the

gam

e th

e w

ay y

ou d

id?

Why

?W

hat w

ould

hav

e he

lped

pre

vent

this

kin

d of

thin

g fr

omha

ppen

ing?

Wou

ld y

ou s

ay th

at r

ules

are

impo

rtan

t in

play

ing

gam

es?

Why

?

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Hyp

othe

tical

situ

atio

ns:

abse

nce

of a

par

ticul

arru

le.

Val

ues

6. D

iscu

ss th

e ru

les

for

the

abov

e ga

me.

Pla

y th

e ga

me

with

the

set o

f ru

les

agre

ed u

pon.

Aft

er th

e ga

me

eval

uate

bot

hsi

tuat

ions

7 be

fore

/aft

er r

ules

.

Wha

t doe

s th

is e

xper

ienc

e te

ll us

? W

hat e

lse

besi

des

cust

oms

do p

eopl

e. n

eed

to h

elp

them

beh

ave

appr

opri

atel

y.

7. H

ow d

o ru

les

help

fam

ilies

?

. Wha

t are

som

eof

the

rule

s yo

ur f

amily

has

?H

ow a

re th

ey h

elpf

ul to

you

r fa

mily

?

Shou

ld e

very

fam

ily h

ave

the

sam

e ru

les?

Why

? W

hy n

ot?

Hav

e th

e ch

ildre

n ill

ustr

ate

a fa

mily

rul

e.H

ave

them

wri

te a

capt

ion

to a

ccom

pany

the

pict

ure.

8. H

ave

child

ren

dram

atiz

e w

hat t

hey

pred

ict m

ight

hap

pen

if a

fam

ily h

ad n

o ru

les.

..

Abo

ut h

ow lo

ng th

ey c

an w

atch

TV

pro

gram

s on

a s

choo

lni

ght.

Abo

ut a

skin

g fo

r pe

rmis

sion

to g

o to

a f

rien

d's

hous

e af

ter

scho

ol.

Abo

ut w

hat t

hey

can

have

for

sna

cks

befo

re m

eal t

ime.

9. A

sk: W

ould

you

be

happ

y in

a c

lass

room

with

no

rule

s? W

hy?

Why

not

? H

ave

child

ren

list s

ome

of th

e pr

oble

ms

they

mig

htha

ve b

ecau

se o

f an

abs

ence

of

rule

s.

Hav

e ch

ildre

n ill

ustr

ate

a cl

assr

oom

rul

e th

ey a

re h

appy

abo

ut.

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Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld c

an e

valu

ate

his

clas

sroo

m r

ules

by

deci

ding

whi

ch o

nes

are

need

ed, w

hich

one

s ne

edto

be

revi

sed,

and

whi

chne

w o

nes

need

to b

ead

ded.

Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld b

ecom

es a

war

eth

at s

ome

rule

s ar

e la

ws;

the

law

s he

lp to

pro

tect

peop

le.

Obj

ectiv

e:T

he c

hild

und

erst

ands

wha

t the

wor

d ro

lem

eans

.

10. E

valu

atin

g th

e C

lass

room

Rul

es

Hav

e th

e ch

ildre

n ev

alua

te th

eir

clas

sroo

m r

ules

.

Do

the

rule

s re

ally

hel

p to

mak

e th

eir

clas

sroo

m f

unct

ion

smoo

thly

?

Are

ther

e so

me

rule

s th

at n

eed

to b

e ch

ange

d? W

hich

one

?W

hy?

Are

ther

e ne

w r

ules

that

nee

d to

be

adde

d? W

hy?

11. H

ave

the

child

ren

wor

k in

gro

ups

of f

our.

Giv

e ea

ch g

roup

ala

rge

shee

t of

draw

ing

pape

r.In

stru

ct th

em to

dra

w a

s m

any

sign

s in

thei

r co

mm

unity

that

hel

p to

pro

tect

them

--tr

affi

c an

dot

hers

.H

ave

them

wor

k fo

r ab

out 1

5 m

inut

es. H

ave

a re

port

erfr

om e

ach

grou

p sh

are

the

grou

p's

pict

ure

and

expl

ain

the

exam

ples

.

Dis

cuss

ion

abou

t LA

WS

.W

hy d

o w

e ne

ed tr

affi

c la

ws?

Why

are

mos

t law

s m

ade?

Why

do

we

say

that

law

spr

otec

t us?

.N

ame

som

e la

ws

you

are

happ

y w

e ha

ve.

PEO

PLE

PE

RFO

RM

VA

RIO

US

RO

LE

S

12. C

once

pt-D

evel

opm

ent:

Rol

e

To

help

the

child

ren

unde

rsta

nd th

e co

ncep

t of

role

hav

e so

me

child

ren

part

icip

ate

in a

n in

form

al d

ram

atic

pla

y, e

. g.,

Gol

dilo

cks

and

the

Thr

ee B

ears

.

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Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld b

ecom

es a

war

eth

at p

eopl

e ne

ed to

kno

ww

hat i

s ex

pect

ed o

f th

ero

le th

ey a

re p

layi

ng.

Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld b

ecom

es a

war

eth

at p

eopl

e ha

ve v

ario

usro

les

to p

erfo

rm in

thei

rda

ily li

ving

.

The

cas

t: G

oldi

lock

s, P

apa

Bea

r, M

ama

Bea

r, B

aby

Bea

r

Prep

arat

ion:

Bef

ore

thei

r dr

amat

izat

ion,

hav

e th

e ca

st d

iscu

ssth

e ro

les

they

will

be

perf

orm

ing.

Dur

ing

the

role

-pla

ying

, the

yar

e no

t to

thin

k of

them

selv

es a

s pu

pils

in th

e cl

assr

oom

.In

stea

d, th

e pe

rson

pla

ying

the

role

of

Papa

Bea

r is

to th

ink

ofhi

mse

lf a

s a

fath

er.

He

has

to k

now

wha

t is

expe

cted

of

him

as

a fa

ther

to a

ct o

ut h

is r

ole

effe

ctiv

ely.

In th

e sa

me

way

the

othe

rpe

rfor

mer

s ha

ve to

kno

w th

e ex

pect

atio

ns o

f th

e ro

le th

ey a

repo

rtra

ying

.

Aft

er th

is p

repa

ratio

n, h

ave

the

child

ren

act o

ut o

ne s

cene

.

Hav

e vo

lunt

eers

act

out

the

role

of

som

e of

the

follo

win

g: a

kin

g,a

traf

fic

polic

eman

, a tr

uck

driv

er, a

teac

her,

a s

uper

mar

ket

cler

k, a

com

edia

n, e

tc.

13. O

ne P

erso

n..

.M

any

Rol

es

Que

stio

n: D

o pe

ople

hav

e m

ore

than

one

rol

e to

per

form

in r

eal

life? .

Can

a T

V a

nnou

ncer

als

o be

a f

athe

r?H

ow w

ould

he

act i

n ea

ch r

ole?

.C

an a

foo

tbal

l pla

yer

also

be

a st

uden

t?

Hel

p th

e ch

ildre

n di

scov

er th

at m

ost p

eopl

e ha

ve s

ever

al r

oles

tope

rfor

mth

at it

dep

ends

on

whi

ch g

roup

they

are

with

at t

he ti

me

(fam

ily, s

choo

l, w

ork,

etc

.).

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Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld c

an d

istin

-gu

ish

betw

een

a gr

oup

and

a "c

olle

ctio

n" o

fpe

ople

.

14. A

bout

Gro

ups

Hav

e ch

ildre

n lo

ok a

t pic

ture

s of

gro

ups

of p

eopl

e (p

eopl

e w

hoar

e to

geth

er b

ecau

se o

f so

me

com

mon

inte

rest

s an

d co

mm

ongo

als)

and

at "

colle

ctio

ns"

of p

eopl

e (p

eopl

e w

ho ju

st h

appe

n to

be s

tand

ing

toge

ther

but

not

inte

ract

ing

with

eac

h ot

her-

-at t

hebu

s st

op, w

alki

ng in

the

dow

ntow

n ar

ea, a

cro

wd

of p

eopl

eco

min

g ou

t of

the

stad

ium

.

Dis

cuss

ion

Que

stio

ns:

.W

hich

pic

ture

s sh

ow p

eopl

e do

ing

thin

gs to

geth

er o

rw

orki

ng to

geth

er?

Whi

ch p

ictu

res

show

peo

ple

who

are

toge

ther

but

who

do

not s

eem

to k

now

eac

h ot

her?

Wha

t doe

s th

is g

roup

of

peop

le s

eem

to b

e in

tere

sted

in?

Why

are

they

mee

ting

toge

ther

?

Exp

lain

that

ther

e ar

e la

bels

we

can

give

to th

ese

two

sets

of

pict

ures

: gro

ups

of p

eopl

e an

d co

llect

ions

of

peop

le.

Put t

hese

two

labe

ls o

n th

e bo

ard:

Gro

ups

and

Col

lect

ions

.H

ave

child

ren

give

exa

mpl

es f

or e

ach

cate

gory

.

Gro

ups

Col

lect

ions

1.C

ub S

cout

s1.

Peop

le a

t the

bus

sto

p2.

Bro

wni

es2.

Peop

le o

n th

e bu

s3.

Hul

a C

lass

3.Sh

oppe

rs a

t the

sto

re4.

Litt

le L

eagu

e4.

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Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld c

an b

egin

tobe

aw

are

that

peo

ple

ever

ywhe

re h

ave

role

sto

per

form

. He

also

begi

ns to

be

awar

e th

atin

som

e cu

lture

s a

stro

ng d

istin

ctio

n is

mad

e be

twee

n a

girl

'sro

le a

nd a

boy

's r

ole.

Sele

ct a

pic

ture

to f

ocus

the

disc

ussi

on o

n.

Wha

t rol

e do

the

peop

le in

this

gro

up h

ave?

(Eac

h on

ese

ems

to b

e a

carp

ente

r)

Wha

t oth

er r

ole

mig

ht th

is p

artic

ular

car

pent

er h

ave?

(Fat

her,

sco

ut le

ader

, gol

f pl

ayer

)

Why

is th

is g

roup

toge

ther

?(b

uild

ing

a ho

me)

Show

a p

ictu

re o

f a

grou

p of

chi

ldre

n in

a c

lass

room

.

Wha

t rol

e ar

e th

e ch

ildre

n pe

rfor

min

g he

re?

Wha

t oth

er r

oles

mig

ht th

ey h

ave?

Do

they

act

the

sam

e w

ay w

hen

they

per

form

thei

r ro

les

as s

on, b

roth

er, n

ephe

w, g

rand

son,

fri

end?

15. H

ave

child

ren

pant

omim

e a

day

in th

e lif

t of

a se

cond

gra

der.

Hav

e th

ose

obse

rvin

g gu

ess

whe

ther

the

pant

omim

er is

por

tray

ing

the

role

of

a st

uden

t, a

son,

the

olde

r br

othe

r, a

fri

end,

etc

.

16. E

xpla

in th

at in

som

e cu

lture

s a

boy'

s ro

le is

ver

y di

ffer

ent f

rom

a gi

rl's

rol

e:

.T

he c

hore

s he

nee

ds to

do.

The

pri

vile

ge o

f ha

ving

an

educ

atio

n.T

he g

ames

he

play

s.T

he s

peci

al r

espo

nsib

ilitie

s he

has

.T

he th

ings

he

is n

ot a

llow

ed to

do.

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Are

ther

e so

me

thin

gs in

our

cul

ture

that

are

mai

nly

for

boys

?M

ainl

y fo

r gi

rls?

Show

pic

ture

s of

peo

ple

in o

ther

cul

ture

s in

volv

ed in

spe

cial

role

s: f

arm

er, m

erch

ant,

potte

r, h

unte

r, te

ache

r, p

aren

ts,

relig

ious

lead

ers,

etc

.

Obj

ectiv

e:17

. Con

flic

t of

role

s si

tuat

ion

The

chi

ld b

egin

s to

be

awar

e th

at b

ecau

se a

pers

on h

as s

ever

al r

oles

to p

erfo

rm, s

omet

imes

they

con

flic

t with

eac

hot

her

and

the

pers

on h

asto

dec

ide

whi

ch r

ole

ism

ore

impo

rtan

t at t

hetim

e.

Use

the

follo

win

g si

tuat

ion

as a

sta

rtin

g of

f po

int f

or d

iscu

ssio

n.A

sk th

ese

ques

tions

:

Wha

t tw

o ro

les

does

Jan

e ha

ve in

this

situ

atio

n?W

hat i

s he

r pr

oble

m?

Wha

t are

the

diff

eren

t way

s th

is p

robl

em c

an b

ese

ttled

?W

hich

way

do

you

thin

k Ja

ne is

goi

ng to

dec

ide

to u

se?

Wha

t wou

ld y

ou d

o if

you

wer

e Ja

ne?

The

Situ

atio

n

Jane

is a

res

pons

ible

old

er s

iste

r to

Bet

ty a

nd a

goo

d fr

iend

of

Susi

e.Sh

e an

d Su

sie

had

mad

e pl

ans

to p

lay

at S

usie

's h

ome

righ

taf

ter

scho

ol.

Bet

ty k

now

s ho

w to

go

hom

e by

her

self

now

and

know

s ab

out J

ane'

s pl

ans.

How

ever

, Bet

ty is

not

fee

ling

wel

l in

the

afte

rnoo

n an

d ho

pes

that

Jan

e w

ould

go

hom

e w

ith h

er.

So s

hego

es to

Jan

e's

room

aft

er s

choo

l and

ask

s he

r to

wal

k ho

me

with

her

.

Res

pond

to th

e qu

estio

ns a

sked

ear

lier.

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Eva

luat

ion

Exe

rcis

e:

Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld c

an a

pply

wha

the

has

lear

ned

abou

t how

peop

le b

ehav

e ap

pro-

pria

tely

with

the

help

of

know

ing

cust

oms,

rul

es,

and

wha

t is

expe

cted

of

cert

ain

role

s by

..

.

Hav

e ch

ildre

n sh

are

som

e of

thei

r ow

n ex

peri

ence

s in

whi

chth

ere

was

a c

onfl

ict o

f ro

les.

How

did

you

fee

l whe

n yo

u ha

d to

dec

ide

wha

t to

do?

Why

was

it s

o ha

rd to

mak

e yo

ur d

ecis

ion?

Wha

t was

you

r fi

nal d

ecis

ion?

Why

?

18. H

ave

child

ren

mak

e in

divi

dual

boo

klet

s or

mov

ie r

olls

(sh

oe-b

oxsi

ze)

show

ing

thei

r va

riou

s ro

les.

Hav

e th

em w

rite

sho

rt c

aptio

nsfo

r ea

ch s

cene

.

Exa

mpl

e:

I am

hel

pful

as

a da

ught

er.

I do

thes

e ch

ores

.I

am a

n ol

der

sist

er.

I ta

ke c

are

of m

y ba

by s

iste

r.I

am J

udy'

s fr

iend

.I

shar

e m

y to

ys w

ith h

er.

I am

a s

tude

nt.

I lik

e to

wri

te s

tori

es.

I am

a B

row

nie.

I lik

e to

go

on g

roup

trip

s.

19. W

orki

ng o

n a

grou

p pr

ojec

t

Ass

ign

child

ren

to d

o a

grou

p pr

ojec

t to

a.E

.ess

how

wel

l the

yca

n w

ork

toge

ther

, how

wel

l the

y ar

e ap

plyi

ng w

hat t

hey

lear

ned

in th

is u

nit.

Rev

iew

with

the

child

ren

the

vari

ous

way

s th

at h

elp

peop

le b

ehav

eap

prop

riat

ely

in g

roup

s:

.U

sing

pol

ite c

usto

ms

unde

rsto

od b

y al

l.

-44-

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actu

ally

par

ticip

atin

g in

a gr

oup

proj

ect w

ith h

ispe

ers.

Eva

luat

ion

Exe

rcis

e:

.R

espo

ndin

g to

rul

es a

ccep

ted

by th

e cl

ass

and

grou

p..

Acc

epta

nce

of r

ole

in th

e gr

oup

(lea

der,

fol

low

er).

Hav

e a

grou

p de

cide

on

a pr

ojec

t: m

akin

g a

mur

al, a

mov

iero

ll, a

dra

mat

izat

ion,

a d

ispl

ay.

Mak

e ou

t a s

ched

ule

for

wor

king

on

thei

r pr

ojec

ts. T

he g

roup

sne

ed n

ot a

ll w

ork

on th

eir

proj

ects

at t

he s

ame

time.

The

teac

her

may

wan

t to

sche

dule

thei

r pr

ojec

t tim

e so

she

can

conf

er w

ith a

nd o

bser

ve th

e va

riou

s gr

oups

as

they

pla

n an

dca

rry

out t

heir

pro

ject

.

Eva

luat

ion:

Are

the

child

ren

wor

king

as

a gr

oup-

-with

a c

omm

on g

oal?

Is e

very

mem

ber

part

icip

atin

g in

som

e w

ay?

Hav

e th

e m

embe

rs a

ccep

ted

thei

r ro

le--

eith

er a

s le

ader

or s

uppo

rtiv

e fo

llow

ers?

Are

they

obs

ervi

ng c

usto

mar

y po

lite

way

s an

d ru

les

ofbe

havi

or w

ithou

t bei

ng r

emin

ded?

How

are

they

res

olvi

ng th

eir

diff

eren

ces?

How

do

they

fee

l abo

ut th

eir

grou

p ef

fort

?

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UN

IT IV

: PE

OP

LE U

SE

TH

E E

AR

TH

'S R

ES

OU

RC

ES

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UN

IT I

V: P

EO

PLE

USE

TH

E E

AR

TH

'S R

ESO

UR

CE

S

GE

NE

RA

LIZ

AT

ION

S:

.M

an's

life

is in

flue

nced

by

his

phys

ical

loca

tion

on th

e ea

rth

and

the

avai

labi

lity

of n

atur

al r

esou

rces

.

.M

an's

util

izat

ion

of n

atur

al r

esou

rces

is r

elat

ed to

his

des

ires

and

his

leve

l of

tech

nolo

gy.

SUG

GE

STE

D U

NIT

S:

.T

HE

EA

RT

H S

UPP

LIE

S U

S W

ITH

RE

SOU

RC

ES

.PL

AC

ES

DIF

FER

IN

TH

E R

ESO

UR

CE

S T

HE

Y H

AV

E

.M

AN

'S T

EC

HN

OL

OG

Y A

IDS

HIM

IN

USI

NG

HIS

RE

SOU

RC

ES

.PE

OPL

E A

RE

RE

SOU

RC

ES

INT

RO

DU

CT

ION

:

.T

HE

EA

RT

H S

UPP

LIE

S U

S W

ITH

RE

SOU

RC

ES

The

act

iviti

es in

this

uni

t are

pla

nned

to h

elp

the

child

ren

beco

me

awar

e of

the

eart

h's

plan

ts, a

nim

als,

land

, wat

er, a

nd p

eopl

e as

thei

r pr

imar

y re

sour

ces.

The

chi

ldre

n ar

e gi

ven

expe

rien

ces

in tr

acin

g a

part

icul

ar o

bjec

t bac

k to

its

basi

c so

urce

.

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.PL

AC

ES

DIF

FER

IN

TH

E R

ESO

UR

CE

S T

HE

Y H

AV

E

The

pri

mar

y pu

rpos

e in

this

sho

rt u

nit i

s to

re-

emph

asiz

e a

conc

ept l

earn

edea

rlie

r: th

at lo

catio

n on

the

eart

h do

es m

ake

diff

eren

ce--

in th

is u

nit,

the

diff

eren

ce is

in th

e na

tura

l res

ourc

es th

at a

re to

be

foun

d in

a p

artic

ular

are

a.

MA

N'S

TE

CH

NO

LO

GY

AID

S H

IM I

N U

SIN

G H

IS R

ESO

UR

CE

S

It is

..ap

ed th

at th

e se

lect

ed a

ctiv

ities

will

hel

p to

mak

e th

e ch

ildre

n aw

are

that

man

's k

now

ledg

e ab

out t

hing

s an

d hi

s ap

plic

atio

n of

that

kno

wle

dge

have

help

ed h

im to

use

his

res

ourc

es.

.PE

OPL

E A

RE

RE

SOU

RC

ES

Inun

it th

e ne

ighb

orho

od s

uper

mar

ket i

s us

ed a

s a

mod

el f

or s

tudy

.T

hrou

gh th

e va

riou

s ac

tiviti

es it

is h

oped

that

the

child

ren

will

not

onl

ybe

aw

are

that

peo

ple,

incl

udin

g th

eir

pare

nts,

are

a r

esou

rce

but a

lso

beap

prec

iativ

e of

the

peop

le w

ho p

rovi

de th

em w

ith th

e go

ods

and

serv

ices

that

mak

e lif

e m

ore

conv

enie

nt a

nd p

leas

ant f

or th

em.

.V

OC

AB

UL

AR

Y

sour

ce, f

inal

pro

duct

hist

ogra

m, p

rodu

cer,

pro

duct

, sea

coas

tte

chno

logy

, cul

ture

d pe

arl

peri

shab

le (

spec

ializ

atio

n, in

terd

epen

denc

e)

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LE

AR

NIN

G M

AT

ER

IAL

S FO

R T

EA

CH

ER

S A

ND

ST

UD

EN

TS:

Cur

ricu

lum

Gui

de:

Dur

kin,

Mar

y C

.T

he T

aba

Soci

al S

tudi

es C

urri

culu

m.

San

Fran

cisc

o St

ate

Col

lege

, 196

9,A

ddis

on-W

esle

y Pu

blis

hing

Com

pany

.(E

xcel

lent

bib

liogr

aphy

--es

peci

ally

its

com

plet

e lis

ting

of b

ooks

abo

ut c

omm

unity

wor

kers

.)

Boo

ks:

Ban

ks, M

arjo

rie.

How

We

Get

Our

Dai

ry F

oods

.W

estc

hest

er, I

llino

is: B

enef

ic P

ress

, 196

3.

Buc

kley

-Jon

es. O

ur G

row

ing

City

. New

Yor

k: H

olt,

Rin

ehar

t and

Win

ston

, 196

8.

Gre

ene,

Car

la.

I W

ant T

o B

e A

..

.C

hica

go: C

hild

ren'

s Pr

ess

Rad

laue

r, E

dwar

d an

d R

uth.

Who

se T

ools

Are

The

se?

Elk

Gro

ve P

ress

, 196

7.Sh

anno

n, T

erry

. Abo

ut R

eady

to-W

ear

Clo

thes

.C

hica

go: M

elm

ont,

1961

.

Film

s:

Egg

s to

Mar

ket

Shee

p an

d Sh

ephe

rds

Whe

re D

oes

Our

Mea

t Com

e Fr

omO

rang

e G

row

er, T

he (

2nd

Ed.

)L

et's

Vis

it a

Poul

try

Farm

Mac

hine

s T

hat H

elp

the

Farm

erM

akin

g W

ork

Eas

ier

New

Hou

se, T

he--

Whe

re I

t Cam

e Fr

omM

akin

g C

otto

n C

loth

ing

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NO

TE

S

Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld is

abl

e to

trac

ea

give

n ob

ject

to it

sor

:gin

al s

ourc

e: la

nd,

wat

er, p

lant

s, a

nim

als.

LE

AR

NIN

G A

CT

IVIT

IES

TH

E E

AR

TH

SU

PPL

IES

US

WIT

H R

ESO

UR

CE

S

1. O

PEN

ER

: Wha

t is

the

orig

inal

sou

rce?

Prep

are

a ch

art s

imila

r to

the

follo

win

g:

Obj

ect

Whe

re T

hey

Com

e Fr

om

1.C

otto

n sh

irt

Cot

ton

plan

t2.

Woo

len

swea

ter

Shee

p3.

Bal

lR

ubbe

r pl

ant

4.Si

lk s

carf

Silk

wor

m

Hav

e th

e ch

ildre

n pi

ck a

n ob

ject

.A

sk th

em to

thin

k of

whe

re it

orig

inal

ly c

ame

from

--a

plan

t, an

ani

mal

, the

sea

, the

land

.

Som

e ch

ildre

n m

ay n

eed

help

in tr

acin

g th

e so

urce

of

an o

bjec

t.It

wou

ld h

elp

to h

ave

pict

ures

of

shee

p be

ing

shea

red,

cro

psbe

ing

harv

este

d, tr

ees

bein

g cu

t for

lum

ber,

etc

. to

help

the

child

ren

do th

is a

ctiv

ity.

If p

ictu

res

are

not r

eadi

ly a

vaila

ble,

use

a s

erie

s of

que

stio

nsto

hel

p ti-

-ter

n:

Whe

re d

id y

ou g

et y

our

shir

t (co

tton)

?

Whe

re d

id th

e st

ore

get y

our

shir

t?

Whe

re d

id th

e fa

ctor

y ge

t the

mat

eria

l?

Whe

re d

id th

e cl

oth

fact

ory

get t

he th

read

?

Wha

t is

the

sour

ce o

f yo

ur s

hirt

?

-49-

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Eva

luat

ion

Exe

rcis

e:

Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld b

egin

s to

unde

rsta

nd th

at la

ndis

one

of

man

's m

ost

impo

rtan

t res

ourc

es.

Aft

er th

e ch

ildre

n ha

ve h

ad ti

me

disc

ussi

ng th

e so

urce

of

obje

cts

with

hel

p, h

ave

them

sug

gest

oth

ers

that

they

can

trac

e ba

ck in

depe

nden

tly.

Hav

e .:h

e ch

ildre

n st

udy

the

char

t.

.W

here

do

mos

t of

the

good

s lis

ted

on th

e ch

art c

ome

fr.)

m?

(Gen

eral

izin

g)

2. T

raci

ng a

pro

duct

bac

k to

its

orig

inal

sou

rce

Hav

e ch

ildre

n di

vide

a s

trip

of

pape

r in

to f

our

part

s.T

hen

have

them

illu

stra

te f

our

step

sfro

m f

inis

hed

prod

uct b

ack

to th

eor

igin

al s

ourc

e--o

f on

e of

the

follo

win

g:

Shir

tSt

ore

Fact

ory

Cot

ton

plan

tSh

oes

Stor

eFa

ctor

yC

ow (

leat

her)

Rai

sins

Stor

eFa

ctor

yG

rape

s

3. L

and

is D

ne

of m

an's

mos

t im

port

ant r

esou

rces

Prep

are

seve

ral p

ots:

(1)

one

with

sta

ndar

d so

il, (

2) o

ne w

ithro

cks,

and

(3)

one

with

san

d. H

ave

som

e se

eds

avai

labl

e.H

ave

child

ren

pred

ict w

hat w

ill h

appe

n to

the

seed

s pl

ante

d in

each

one

.

.W

hich

pot

has

the

best

env

iron

men

t for

the

seed

s? W

hy?

.W

hat m

ight

hap

pen

to th

e se

eds

in th

e ot

her

pots

? W

hy?

-50-

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To

help

chi

ldre

n un

ders

tand

that

land

is im

port

ant t

o pl

ants

and

anim

als,

pos

e qu

estio

ns li

ke:

.C

an y

ou n

ame

som

e th

ings

that

gro

w w

ell i

n so

il?G

ive

som

e ex

ampl

es.

.C

an y

ou n

ame

som

e fo

ods

that

do

not g

row

in th

e so

il bu

tne

ed th

e so

il to

live

?G

ive

som

e ex

ampl

es. (

"Mea

t-gi

ving

"an

imal

s -

-tha

t dep

end

on p

lant

foo

d--t

hat d

epen

d on

the

soil:

cow

s, s

heep

.)

Cou

ld w

e ha

ve c

ows

that

pro

vide

us

with

milk

and

mea

tw

ithou

t lan

d? W

hy n

ot?

.W

hat d

oes

this

tell

us a

bout

land

?(G

ener

aliz

ing)

Obj

ectiv

e:4.

Ask

the

child

ren

how

man

y th

ings

they

wou

ld n

ot h

ave:

The

chi

ld b

egin

s to

be

awar

e th

at p

lant

s an

dan

imal

s pr

ovid

e us

with

man

y go

ods.

.If

ther

e w

ere

no c

ows

beef

, milk

, lea

ther

goo

ds--

purs

es, s

hoes

, bel

tsha

mbu

rger

, bee

f te

riya

ki.

If th

ere

wer

e no

pig

s

pork

, bac

on, h

am, k

alua

pig

, pig

skin

leat

her

good

s

.If

ther

e w

ere

no w

heat

flou

r, b

read

, bak

ed g

oods

Hav

e th

e ch

ildre

n se

lect

one

of

the

abov

e an

d ill

ustr

ate

all t

heth

ings

they

wou

ld m

iss

if th

at o

ne it

em w

ere

not i

n ex

iste

nce.

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Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld b

egin

s to

unde

rsta

nd th

at d

iffe

r-en

t kin

ds o

f la

ndpr

ovid

e di

ffer

ent

re s

ourc

e s.

Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld c

an r

ead

a hi

sto-

gram

and

can

mak

e in

fere

nces

by s

tudy

ing

the

data

on

it.

PLA

CE

S D

IFFE

R I

N T

HE

KIN

DS

OF

RE

SOU

RC

ES

TH

EY

HA

VE

5. T

wo

fact

ors:

clim

ate

and

soil

Hel

p th

e ch

ildre

n di

scov

er th

at th

e cl

imat

e of

a r

egio

n an

d th

eki

nd o

f so

il th

e re

gion

has

are

two

fact

ors

that

infl

uenc

e th

eki

nds

of c

rops

and

ani

mal

s a

part

icul

ar a

rea

may

rai

se.

.D

o pi

neap

ples

gro

w a

nyw

here

?W

here

do

they

gro

w b

est?

Why

?.

.C

an a

pple

s gr

ow w

ell h

ere?

Whe

re d

o th

ey g

row

wel

l? W

hy?

.C

an o

rang

es g

row

wel

l her

e?W

here

do

they

gro

w w

ell?

Why

?

.C

an c

ows

be r

aise

d ea

sily

in A

lask

a?W

hy?

Why

not

?

.W

hat d

oes

this

tell

us a

bout

whe

re c

erta

in c

rops

and

anim

als

may

be

rais

ed?

(Gen

eral

izin

g)

6. I

nter

pret

ing

hist

ogra

ms

for

info

rmat

ion

Loo

k up

info

rmat

ion

on a

pple

s, o

rang

es, w

heat

, ric

e, e

tc. i

n a

rece

nt e

ditio

n of

enc

yclo

pedi

a. C

heck

to s

ee if

ther

e is

a h

isto

-gr

am s

how

ing

the

lead

ing

prod

ucer

s of

that

par

ticul

ar it

em.

Sele

ct o

ne to

use

with

the

clas

s. M

ake

an o

verh

ead

tran

spar

ency

of it

.U

se th

is f

irst

one

mai

nly

to h

elp

them

kno

w w

hat a

his

togr

amis

and

how

to in

terp

ret t

he s

ymbo

ls.

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Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld b

ecom

es a

war

eth

at th

e se

a is

a n

atur

alre

sour

ce.

Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld b

egin

s to

see

how

man

use

s hi

s en

viro

n-m

ent t

o th

e fu

llest

to m

eet

his

need

s.

Sele

ct a

noth

er o

ne.

Dup

licat

e co

pies

of

it fo

r th

e ch

ildre

nto

stu

dy.

.H

ave

them

exp

lain

wha

t the

his

togr

am's

dat

a is

.

.H

ave

the

child

ren

loca

te th

e pl

aces

men

tione

d on

the

glob

e.(I

f po

ssib

le, e

ach

grou

p of

two

child

ren

shou

ldha

ve a

stu

dent

glo

be to

wor

k w

ith.)

.H

ave

the

child

ren

infe

r w

hy th

ese

part

icul

ar p

lace

s ar

eth

e le

adin

g pr

oduc

ers.

7. T

he s

ea is

a r

esou

rce

Bri

ng s

ome

nori

(Ja

pane

se d

ried

sea

wee

d) to

cla

ss.

.D

o yo

u kn

ow th

e or

igin

al s

ourc

e of

this

foo

d ite

m?

.W

hat c

ount

ry is

this

fro

m?

Exp

lain

to th

e ch

ildre

n th

at n

ori i

s ha

rves

ted

from

the

sea

inse

a vi

llage

s in

Jap

an.

Show

a m

ap o

f Ja

pan.

Poin

t out

how

mou

ntai

nous

mos

t of

Japa

n is

.

If a

cou

ntry

is m

ount

aino

us, w

hat k

ind

of p

robl

em(s

)m

ight

it h

ave?

(Inf

eren

ce: n

ot e

noug

h le

vel l

and

for

farm

ing,

har

d to

get

fro

m o

ne p

lace

to a

noth

er b

y la

nd.)

Hav

e th

e ch

ildre

n st

udy

the

map

of

Japa

n an

d di

scov

er th

e lo

ngse

acoa

st J

apan

has

. Wha

t doe

s ha

ving

a lo

ng s

eaco

ast m

ean

to

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Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld b

egin

s to

be

awar

e th

at m

an u

ses

mac

hine

s w

hich

he

inve

nts

to m

ake

use

ofhi

s re

sour

ces.

(tec

hnol

ogic

al s

kills

)

the

peop

le o

f Ja

pan?

(Inf

eren

ce: t

hey

can

mak

e us

e of

it b

yge

tting

sea

food

.)

.W

hat k

inds

of

reso

urce

s co

me

from

the

sea

A, c

lam

s,oy

ster

s, lo

bste

rs, c

rabs

, eel

s, s

eaw

eed,

octo

pus.

..)

8. H

ave

child

ren

visi

t the

nei

ghbo

rhoo

d su

per

mar

ket o

r an

yJa

pane

se f

ood

depa

rtm

ent w

ith th

eir

pare

nts

whe

n th

ey d

o th

eir

regu

lar

mar

ketin

g. H

ave

them

obs

erve

the

vari

ety

of s

eafo

odite

ms

ther

e ar

e.

9. H

ave

child

ren

brin

g la

bels

of

seaf

ood

item

s to

sch

ool.

Tra

ceth

e co

untr

y th

e fo

od it

em is

fro

m. U

se th

e gl

obe

to s

ee if

the

plac

e th

e pr

oduc

t is

prod

uced

is n

ear

a bo

dy o

f w

ater

.

10. H

ave

a co

mm

ittee

wor

k on

a m

ural

dep

ictin

g th

e se

a as

a s

ourc

eof

goo

ds.

The

com

mitt

ee c

an m

ake

the

back

grou

nd a

nd a

sk th

ecl

ass

mem

bers

to m

ake

cut-

outs

to b

e pa

sted

or

stap

led

on.

MA

N'S

TE

CH

NO

LO

GY

AID

S H

IM I

N U

SIN

G H

IS R

ESO

UR

CE

S

11. M

akin

g co

mpa

riso

ns: t

he o

ld w

ay v

ersu

s th

e m

oder

n w

ay

Show

con

tras

ting

pict

ures

of

old

time

farm

ing

and

mod

ern

farm

ing. W

hat w

ould

you

say

is th

e m

ain

diff

eren

ce in

far

min

g lo

ngag

o an

d to

day?

(Com

pari

ng: b

ette

r m

achi

nes.

The

y he

lpth

e fa

rmer

to d

o hi

s w

ork

fast

er a

nd b

ette

r.)

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Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld b

egin

s to

be

awar

e th

at m

an, w

ith h

iste

chno

logi

cal s

kill,

can

use

natu

ral t

hing

s to

bene

fit h

im.

Mor

e co

mpa

riso

ns:

Hav

e th

e ch

ildre

n co

mpa

re "

Lon

g A

go's

" w

ay o

f do

ing

thin

gsw

ith th

e "M

oder

n" w

ay o

f do

ing

thin

gs.

Prep

are

a ch

art l

ike

the

follo

win

g:

Lon

g A

goT

oday

.H

and

tool

s.

Big

mac

hine

s

The

Dif

fere

nce

.Fa

rmer

can

wor

k fa

ster

Wha

t doe

s th

e in

form

atio

n on

the

char

t tel

l us?

Exp

la. n

that

peo

ple

use

the

labe

l tec

hnol

ogy

whe

n th

ey ta

lk a

bout

how

man

use

s sp

ecia

l mac

hine

s an

d ot

her

inve

ntio

ns to

hel

p hi

mdo

his

wor

k ef

fici

ently

.

12. I

s th

is p

earl

a n

atur

al o

r m

an-m

ade

feat

ure.

.. o

r bo

th?

Hol

d a

cultu

red

pear

l rin

g be

fore

the

grou

p.

Whe

re d

id th

is p

earl

com

e fr

om--

wha

t is

its o

rigi

nal s

ourc

e?W

here

do

mos

t of

our

cultu

red

pear

ls c

ome

from

?

.D

o al

l oys

ters

for

m p

earl

s w

ithou

t any

hel

p fr

om m

an?

Wha

t is

the

diff

eren

ce b

etw

een

a na

tura

l pea

rl a

nd a

cultu

red

pear

l?

Exp

lain

the

proc

ess

of c

ultu

red

pear

ls.

Why

wou

ld m

an w

ant t

o us

e th

is p

roce

ss?

Wha

t thi

ngs

wou

ld b

e di

ffer

ent i

n th

e w

orld

if n

o on

e kn

ewho

w to

mak

e cu

lture

d pe

arls

?-5

5-

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Hav

e ch

ildre

n ill

ustr

ate

(1)

the

enjo

ymen

t som

e pe

ople

hav

eof

wea

ring

pea

rl je

wel

ry o

r (2

) th

e pe

ople

who

hav

e jo

bs b

ecau

seth

ere

are

pear

ls.

PEO

PLE

AR

E R

ESO

UR

CE

S

Obj

ectiv

e:13

. Mod

el: T

he S

uper

Mar

ket

The

chi

ld b

egin

s to

be

awar

e th

at p

eopl

e ar

ea

natu

ral r

esou

rce:

as

prod

ucer

s of

goo

ds a

ndse

rvic

es.

Tak

e a

wal

king

trip

to th

e ne

ighb

orho

od s

uper

mar

ket.

Hav

e th

ech

ildre

n ob

serv

e go

ods

and

serv

ices

pro

vide

d by

the

mar

ket.

Obs

erve

who

the

wor

kers

are

and

wha

t spe

cial

job

each

has

.

Follo

w-u

p:

Hav

e th

e ch

ildre

n lis

t all

the

good

s th

ey c

an th

ink

of th

atth

eir

fam

ily n

eeds

for

com

fort

and

con

veni

ence

(th

at a

reav

aila

ble

at th

e su

per

mar

ket)

.H

ave

them

gro

up th

e go

ods

and

give

labe

ls f

or th

e gr

oups

.

To

help

chi

ldre

n un

ders

tand

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f pe

ople

as

a re

sour

ceju

st in

one

bus

ines

s, u

se a

cha

rt s

imila

r to

the

sam

ple

for

data

gath

erin

g. Wor

ker

Serv

ices

Pro

vide

dG

oods

Mad

e

.St

ock

room

.B

ring

s go

ods

from

the

cler

kst

orer

oom

.C

heck

-out

Add

s up

the

cust

omer

&cl

erk

purc

hase

sT

he th

ird

colu

mn,

Goo

ds M

ade,

is p

lace

d in

the

char

t so

the

child

can

infe

r th

at th

e w

orke

rs a

t the

mar

ket a

re m

ainl

y pr

oduc

ers

ofse

rvic

es--

the

thir

d co

lum

n w

ill b

e em

pty

for

the

mos

t par

t.

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Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld b

egin

s to

be

awar

e th

at s

peci

aliz

a-tio

n an

d in

terd

epen

denc

ear

e im

port

ant i

n ou

rm

oder

n liv

ing.

(The

wor

ds s

peci

aliz

a-tio

n an

d in

terd

epen

denc

ear

e 1-

ighl

y ab

stra

ct.

14. W

here

did

the

good

s at

the

mar

ket c

ome

from

?

Use

the

list o

f go

ods

from

Act

ivity

13

for

the

follo

win

g ac

tivity

.

.If

the

mar

ket w

orke

rs a

re n

ot p

rodu

cers

of

good

s--

who

prod

uced

the

good

s th

at th

e m

arke

t is

so f

ull o

f?

.H

ave

the

child

ren

chec

k th

e lis

t and

trac

e w

here

som

ecf

the

good

s ca

me

from

.St

art w

ith th

e ite

ms

they

thin

kco

me

from

Hon

olul

u. B

ranc

h ou

t to

thos

e ite

ms

that

they

thin

k co

me

from

the

neig

hbor

isla

nds.

.H

ave

child

ren

infe

r w

here

the

othe

r go

ods

com

e fr

om?

How

do

good

s fr

om th

e ne

ighb

or is

land

s, f

rom

the

mai

nlan

d an

d ot

her

coun

trie

s co

me

here

?H

ow a

re p

eris

habl

es ta

ken

care

of?

Why

do

fres

h fo

od it

ems

from

oth

er p

lace

s co

st s

o m

uch?

Hav

e th

e ch

ildre

n lo

cate

the

plac

es w

here

som

e of

thes

e go

ods

com

e fr

om.

15. S

peci

aliz

atio

n an

d In

terd

epen

denc

e at

the

suer

mar

ket

To

help

chi

ldre

n un

ders

tand

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f sp

ecia

lizat

ion

and

inte

rdep

ende

nce

in a

mod

ern

com

mun

ity, h

ave

them

infe

r w

hat

mig

ht h

appe

n IF

:

A m

arke

t cas

hier

leav

es h

er p

ost t

o ge

t an

item

fro

m th

est

orer

oom

for

one

cus

tom

er.

..

How

wou

ld th

e ot

her

peop

le in

the

line

feel

?

Wha

t wou

ld b

e a

bette

r w

ay to

hel

p th

e cu

stom

er?

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The

y ne

ed n

ot b

e us

edw

ith th

e ch

ildre

n- -

but t

heco

ncep

ts m

ay b

e br

ough

tou

t und

er s

impl

er la

bels

.)

Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld c

an b

egin

tobe

aw

are

that

his

ow

npa

rent

s ar

e a

natu

ral

reso

urce

: the

y ar

epr

oduc

ers

of g

oods

and/

or s

ervi

ces.

.A

sto

ckro

om c

lerk

leav

es h

is p

ost t

o be

a c

ashi

er

Wha

t hap

pens

to c

erta

in s

helv

es th

at a

re n

otre

stoc

ked?

.W

hat k

inds

of

prob

lem

s m

ight

he

have

if h

e ha

d no

tbe

en tr

aine

d to

be

a ca

shie

r?

Hal

f of

the

wor

kers

wer

e do

wn

with

the

flu

and

coul

d no

tco

me

to w

ork?

Wha

t kin

ds o

f pr

oble

ms

wou

ld th

ey h

ave?

How

wou

ld th

e cu

stom

ers

feel

?

The

re w

ere

a sh

ippi

ng s

trik

e

Why

wou

ld th

e m

anag

er b

e co

ncer

ned?

Why

wou

ld th

e cu

stom

ers

be c

once

rned

?(R

efer

toth

e lo

cal n

ewsp

aper

s fo

r ne

ws

abou

t the

Sum

mer

,19

71 s

trik

e. )

16. O

ur P

aren

ts a

re R

esou

rces

Hav

e ch

ildre

n m

ake

a cu

t-ou

t of

thei

r pa

rent

s. H

ave

them

giv

eso

me

clue

as

to w

hat k

ind

of w

orke

r th

ey a

re--

clot

hes,

spe

cial

tool

, spe

cial

hea

d ge

ar, e

tc.

Hel

p th

em la

bel t

heir

pic

ture

s:nu

rse,

car

pent

er, m

echa

nic,

plu

mbe

r, s

tore

cle

rk, s

ecre

tary

,et

c.D

ispl

ay th

ese

cut-

outs

on

the

bulle

tin b

oard

. Hav

e th

ech

ildre

n th

ink

of a

cap

tion

or ti

tle to

acc

ompa

ny th

e di

spla

y.H

ave

som

e ch

ildre

n vo

lunt

eer

to te

ll so

met

hing

abo

ut th

eir

pare

nts'

job.

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Obj

ectiv

e :

The

chi

ld c

an g

ive

ash

ort,

sim

ple

repo

rtab

out a

wor

ker

of h

isch

oice

.H

is r

epor

tw

ould

incl

ude

info

rm

a-tio

n ab

out w

hat h

isw

orke

r sp

ecif

ical

lydo

es, w

here

he

does

his

wor

k, a

nd w

hat

good

s or

ser

vice

s he

prov

ides

.

17. R

epor

ts A

bout

Wor

kers

Dis

play

the

I W

ant t

o B

e..

. boo

ks f

or th

e ch

ildre

n to

exa

min

e.H

ave

othe

r bo

oks

abou

t wor

kers

on

disp

lay

also

.

Hav

e th

e ch

ildre

n se

lect

a w

orke

r of

thei

r ch

oice

.H

ave

them

then

sel

ect t

he b

ooks

they

nee

d to

get

som

e in

form

atio

n ab

out

thei

r pa

rtic

ular

wor

ker.

(Som

etim

es th

ey w

ill u

se a

boo

k ju

stfo

r an

illu

stra

tion

or tw

o.)

Som

e gu

ide

ques

tions

:

Wha

t doe

s th

e w

orke

r do

?

Is h

e a

prod

ucer

of

good

s or

ser

vice

s?W

here

doe

s he

wor

k?

Wha

t doe

s he

nee

d to

kno

w?

Wha

t is

his

trai

ning

like

?

Who

use

s hi

s go

ods

or s

ervi

ces?

Enc

oura

ge th

e ch

ildre

n to

bri

ng it

ems-

-too

ls, u

nifo

rms,

or

any

othe

r ap

prop

riat

e an

d in

tere

stin

g th

ing-

-to

show

as

they

giv

eth

eir

shor

t rep

ort o

f th

eir

wor

ker.

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UN

IT V

: PE

OP

LE A

DA

PT

TO

CH

AN

GE

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UN

IT V

:PE

OPL

E A

DA

PT T

O C

HA

NG

E

GE

NE

RA

LIZ

AT

ION

S:

.C

hang

e ha

s be

en a

uni

vers

al c

ondi

tion

of h

uman

soc

iety

.

.M

an c

hang

es h

is c

ultu

re to

cop

e w

ith n

ew p

robl

ems.

He

has

surv

ived

in h

ostil

een

viro

nmen

ts w

here

less

-ada

ptab

le c

reat

ures

hav

e be

en f

orce

d in

to e

xtin

ctio

n.

.C

hang

es w

ithin

a c

ultu

re m

ay b

e br

ough

t abo

ut th

roug

h co

ntac

t with

oth

er c

ultu

res

and

soci

etie

s.

.T

he p

hysi

cal a

nd s

ocia

l env

iron

men

t inf

luen

ces

man

's w

ay o

f liv

ing;

man

, in

turn

,in

flue

nces

the

envi

ronm

ent.

SUG

GE

STE

D U

NIT

S:

.W

HA

T I

S C

HA

NG

E?

.PE

OPL

E A

RE

RE

SOU

RC

EFU

L

.M

AN

IN

FLU

EN

CE

S H

IS E

NV

IRO

NM

EN

T

.C

ON

TA

CT

WIT

H O

TH

ER

CU

LT

UR

ES

INT

RO

DU

CT

ION

:

.W

HA

T I

S C

HA

NG

E?

The

bas

ic p

urpo

se o

f th

is u

nit i

s to

hel

p th

e ch

ildre

n re

aliz

e th

at c

hang

e is

a r

eal

part

of

thei

r liv

es--

they

cha

nge

by g

row

ing

and

deve

lopi

ng; t

heir

env

iron

men

t cha

nges

;

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thei

r cu

stom

s ch

ange

. The

tim

e lin

e is

intr

oduc

ed a

s a

help

ful t

ool i

n se

eing

chan

ge o

ver

a pe

riod

of

time.

.PE

OPL

E A

RE

RE

SOU

RC

EFU

L

To

help

chi

ldre

n un

ders

tand

and

app

reci

ate

man

's r

esou

rcef

ulne

ss in

ada

ptin

gto

his

env

iron

men

t, th

e de

sert

nom

ad w

ho li

ves

in a

par

ticul

arly

har

sh e

nvir

on-

men

t is

used

as

a m

odel

to s

tudy

.In

fere

nce-

type

que

stio

ns a

re p

osed

. The

child

ren

are

give

n a

chan

ce to

app

ly s

ome

of th

e co

ncep

ts le

arne

d ea

rlie

r in

resp

ondi

ng to

the

ques

tions

ask

ed in

this

uni

t.T

he te

ache

r ca

n us

e th

eir

resp

onse

sto

eva

luat

e so

me

of th

e ea

rlie

r ac

tiviti

es.

.M

AN

IN

FLU

EN

CE

S H

IS E

NV

IRO

NM

EN

T

To

deve

lop

the

conc

ept t

hat m

an d

oes

infl

uenc

e hi

s en

viro

nmen

t, se

lect

ed e

xam

ples

are

used

as

a fo

cal p

oint

for

dis

cuss

ion:

the

hote

ls in

Wai

kiki

, the

bui

ldin

g of

new

shop

ping

are

as, t

he d

evel

opm

ent o

f ne

w r

esid

entia

l are

as.

.C

ON

TA

CT

WIT

H O

TH

ER

CU

LT

UR

ES

The

con

cept

of

cultu

ral c

onta

ct h

as a

lrea

dy b

een

intr

oduc

ed in

ear

lier

activ

ities

.T

he e

mph

asis

of

this

uni

t is

to h

elp

the

child

ren

see

that

peo

ple

do c

hang

e so

me

of th

eir

way

s w

hen

they

mee

t oth

er c

ultu

res.

Ver

y of

ten,

aft

er a

per

iod

of ti

me,

thes

e ch

ange

s be

com

e a

part

of

thei

r cu

ltura

l env

iron

men

t.

VO

CA

BU

LA

RY

:

.A

dult,

pre

sent

(to

day)

, pas

t (ye

ster

day)

, tim

e lin

e

.W

eath

er, c

limat

e, s

easo

ns: s

umm

er, a

utum

n (f

all)

, win

ter

.A

dapt

atio

n, n

omad

, des

ert,

reso

urce

ful

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LE

AR

NIN

G M

AT

ER

IAL

S FO

R T

EA

CH

ER

S A

ND

ST

UD

EN

TS:

Boo

ks:

Cur

ren,

Pol

ly.

Thi

s is

a T

own.

Chi

cago

: Fol

lett

Publ

ishi

ng C

o., 1

957.

A s

tory

to s

tart

chi

ldre

n w

onde

ring

abo

ut th

eir

tow

n an

d w

hat i

t was

like

bef

ore

anyo

ne li

ved

ther

e, h

ow it

sta

rted

, wha

t it w

as li

ke in

thei

r gr

andp

aren

t's ti

me,

and

how

it h

as c

hang

ed w

ith th

e pa

ssag

e of

tim

e.

Folle

tt, D

wig

ht.

Litt

le C

reek

, Big

Riv

er.

Chi

cago

: Fol

lett

Publ

ishi

ng C

o., 1

961.

A b

ook

to h

elp

youn

g ch

ildre

n un

ders

tand

how

str

eam

is f

orm

ed a

nd g

row

s in

to a

cre

ekan

d th

en a

riv

er; h

ow a

nim

als

use

it; h

ow m

an u

ses

it an

d co

ntro

ls it

; and

how

the

rive

rch

ange

s th

e la

nd a

s it

mak

es it

s w

ay to

the

sea.

Gid

al, S

onia

.So

ns o

f th

e D

eser

t. N

ew Y

ork:

Pan

theo

n B

ooks

, 196

0.

Goe

tz, D

elia

.D

eser

ts. N

ew Y

ork:

Will

iam

Mor

row

, 196

8.

Film

s:

Ara

bian

Chi

ldre

n

Oas

is

Oas

is o

f th

e Sa

hara

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NO

TE

S

Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld c

an o

bser

vech

ange

in h

is o

wn

life:

his

own

grow

th a

ndde

velo

pmen

t, hi

s ho

me

and

fam

ily, h

is s

choo

l,hi

s ne

ighb

orho

od, h

isco

mm

unity

.

LE

AR

NIN

G A

CT

IVIT

IES

WH

AT

IS

CH

AN

GE

?

1. O

PEN

ER

:

To

help

chi

ldre

n be

com

e aw

are

that

phy

sica

l gro

wth

is o

ne k

ind

of c

hang

e, h

ave

a se

t of

pict

ures

of

wel

l-kn

own

peop

le a

s ad

ults

and

anot

her

set o

f th

ese

sam

e ad

ults

as

child

ren.

(e.g

.,Pr

esid

ent N

ixon

, Que

en E

lizab

eth,

the

astr

onau

ts, e

tc.)

Hav

e a

shor

t dis

cuss

ion

abou

t the

peo

ple

as a

dults

.T

hen

ask:

Do

you

supp

ose

they

wer

e on

ce s

even

-yea

r ol

ds, t

oo?

Wha

t kin

dof

pro

of c

ould

ther

e be

to s

how

that

they

rea

lly w

ere

seve

n-ye

arol

ds?

(pic

ture

s)

Show

the

set o

f ba

by p

ictu

res.

Hav

e th

em m

atch

the

pict

ures

with

the

corr

ect a

dult

pict

ure.

Why

do

you

thin

k th

is p

ictu

re g

oes

with

this

per

son?

In w

hat w

ays

have

the

adul

ts c

hang

ed?

Nam

e so

me

of th

e th

ings

they

can

do

as a

dults

that

they

wer

e no

t abl

e to

do

as c

hild

ren?

Hav

e th

e ch

ildre

n lis

t thi

ngs

that

they

can

do

NO

W th

at th

eyco

uld

not d

o be

fore

com

ing

to s

choo

l.E

xplo

re th

e re

ason

s "w

hy. "

.D

o yo

u th

ink

you

have

cha

nged

sin

ce y

ou w

ere

in k

inde

r-ga

rten

?Si

nce

firs

t gra

de?

Sinc

e la

st m

onth

?

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Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld c

an a

rran

gehi

s sc

hool

exp

erie

nces

in p

rope

r se

quen

ce.

Inte

rpre

ting

a tim

e lin

e:

Hav

e th

e ch

ildre

n br

ing

thei

r ba

by p

ictu

res

to c

lass

. A v

arie

tyof

thin

gs m

ay b

e do

ne: m

atch

ing,

dis

play

on

the

bulle

tin b

oard

,ar

rang

emen

t by

birt

hday

s.

Hav

e th

e ch

ildre

n br

ing

clot

hing

item

s th

at th

ey h

ave

outg

row

n.

2. M

akin

g a

sim

ple

time

line

To

help

the

child

ren

unde

rsta

nd th

e se

quen

ce o

f ev

ents

, rev

iew

the

conc

epts

of

toda

y, y

este

rday

, tom

orro

w. H

ave

the

child

ren

list a

ctiv

ities

that

they

did

as

a cl

ass

in r

elat

ion

to th

ose

thre

eda

ys.

Hav

e th

e ch

ildre

n re

call

wha

t sig

nifi

cant

thin

gs h

appe

ned

duri

ngth

eir

scho

ol y

ears

. Hel

p th

em to

plo

t out

thos

e ex

peri

ence

s on

a ve

ry s

impl

e tim

e lin

e.

Exa

mpl

e:

1969

1970

1971

K1s

t2n

d.

..

.V

isite

d th

e fi

re.

Won

the

PTA

.V

isite

d th

est

atio

nba

nner

supe

r m

arke

t

Aft

er th

e ch

ildre

n ha

ve g

iven

abo

ut tw

o or

thre

e ex

peri

ence

s fo

rea

ch y

ear

of th

eir

scho

ol li

fe, a

sk th

em s

ome

ques

tions

like

the

follo

win

g:

Wha

t yea

r di

d yo

u w

in th

e PT

A b

anne

r? W

hat g

rade

wer

eyo

u in

?.

Wha

t yea

r di

d yo

u vi

sit t

he f

ire

stat

ion?

Wha

t gra

de w

ere

you

in?

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Sam

ple

lette

r to

par

ents

:as

king

for

coo

pera

tion

inda

ta c

olle

ctin

g

Dat

a ga

ther

ing

Hav

e th

e ch

ildre

n w

ork

on a

tim

e lin

e.W

ith th

eir

pare

nts'

help

, hav

e th

em r

ecal

l at l

east

one

sig

nifi

cant

eve

nt f

or e

ach

year

of

thei

r lif

e.T

hey

coul

d ei

ther

illu

stra

te th

e ev

ents

or

wri

te a

sho

rt c

aptio

n.

A s

ugge

sted

lette

r to

the

pare

nts

Dea

r Pa

rent

s:

The

cla

ss is

lear

ning

how

to u

se th

e tim

e lin

e in

talk

ing

abou

t wha

t is

happ

enin

g no

w a

nd w

hat h

as h

appe

ned

in th

e pa

st. W

e w

ould

app

reci

ate

havi

ng y

ou h

elp

reca

ll so

me

sign

ific

ant e

vent

s in

his

life

.H

e w

ill a

lso

need

your

hel

p in

kno

win

g w

hen

thes

e ev

ents

occ

urre

d.

Plea

se h

elp

him

fill

in th

e fo

llow

ing

char

t. W

e w

illhe

lp h

im p

lot t

he in

form

atio

n on

a. t

ime

line

in s

choo

l.

Yea

r19

6519

6619

6719

6819

6919

7019

71

Eve

ntI

was

bor

n th

is y

ear

!M

y G

rand

mot

her

cam

e to

see

me!

Tha

nk y

ou,

Hav

e tim

e lin

e st

rips

rea

dy f

or e

ach

child

.H

elp

them

use

thei

r da

ta in

rec

ordi

ng th

e in

form

atio

n on

thei

r tim

e lin

eye

ar b

y ye

ar.

Hav

e ch

ildre

n sh

are

thei

r co

mpl

eted

tim

e lin

es.

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Obj

ectiv

e :

The

chi

ld c

an id

entif

y at

leas

t one

cha

nge

in h

issc

hool

, nei

ghbo

rhoo

d,an

d co

mm

unity

env

iron

-m

ent.

Obj

ectiv

e :

The

chi

ld c

an u

nder

stan

dw

hat.

is m

eant

by

the

wor

dpa

st a

nd h

isto

ry b

y be

ing

able

to s

tate

som

ethi

ngth

at d

id h

appe

n at

leas

tte

n ye

ars

ago.

3. O

bser

ving

Cha

nges

in th

e E

nvir

onm

ent

Hav

e ch

ildre

n lis

t the

cha

nges

they

hav

e no

ticed

on

the

scho

olgr

ound

s si

nce

kind

erga

rten

tim

e:

.3

-on

-2 c

hang

es: m

ore

child

ren

in a

cla

ss, n

o w

alls

.

Old

bui

ldin

g de

mol

ishe

d; r

epla

ced

by a

two-

stor

y bu

ildin

g.

Hav

e ch

ildre

n lis

t the

cha

nges

in th

eir

neig

hbor

hood

:

.N

ew a

part

men

ts b

eing

bui

lt.

.T

heir

ntr

eet i

s be

ing

resu

rfac

ed.

Hav

e ch

ildre

n lis

t cha

nges

in H

onol

ulu:

.D

iffe

rent

traf

fic

patte

rns

duri

ng r

ush

hour

.

.B

ig o

ffic

e bu

ildin

gs ta

ke a

long

tim

e to

be

com

plet

ed.

Enc

oura

ge th

e ch

ildre

n to

look

for

pic

ture

s in

the

new

spap

er th

atsh

ow c

hang

e in

pro

gres

s.

4. T

he P

ast.

..

His

tory

..

. Lon

g A

go

Hav

e ch

ildre

n lo

ok a

t pic

ture

s an

d m

odel

s of

car

s to

not

ice

the

chan

ges

thro

ugh

the

year

s.

Var

iatio

n: a

irpl

anes

, fas

hion

s, s

tyle

of

hom

es

Hav

e ch

ildre

n in

terv

iew

par

ents

, fri

ends

, rel

ativ

es to

fin

d ou

tab

out t

ile c

hang

es th

at h

ave

com

e ab

out i

n H

onol

ulu

the

past

20-2

5 ye

ars.

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The

chi

ldre

n co

uld

Wha

t was

the

loca

tion

of H

IC b

efor

e..

. ?hy

poth

esiz

e an

d gi

ve th

eir

answ

ers

firs

t bef

ore

ask-

Wha

t was

Haw

aii.

Kai

. lik

e te

n ye

ars

ago?

ing

thei

r fa

mili

es a

ndW

hat w

as H

onol

ulu

like

the

year

I (

the

stud

ent)

was

bor

n?fr

iend

s.T

hey

can

late

rW

hat w

ere

the

cars

like

?ch

eck

how

acc

urat

e th

eyw

ere.

Invi

te a

res

ourc

e pe

rson

to s

hare

info

rmat

ion

abou

t wha

t thi

ngs

wer

e lik

e fo

r hi

m w

hen

he w

as a

chi

ld g

oing

to e

lem

enta

rysc

hool

.

Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld b

egin

s to

be

awar

e th

at th

ere

are

seve

ral r

easo

ns w

hy a

pers

on o

r fa

mily

cha

nges

his/

thei

r ho

me.

5. P

eopl

e ch

ange

thei

r ho

mes

for

a n

umbe

r of

rea

sons

.H

ow m

any

of y

ou h

ave

mov

ed a

t lea

st o

ne ti

me?

Why

did

you

r fa

mily

mov

e?

Fath

er h

ad a

new

job.

The

fam

ily n

eede

d a

bigg

er h

ouse

.A

hig

hway

was

goi

ng to

be

built

thro

ugh

thei

r pr

oper

ty.

Ren

t had

bee

n. r

aise

d.

Hav

e th

e cl

ass

list o

ther

rea

sons

why

peo

ple

mov

e.

Con

tinue

the

disc

ussi

on:

Are

thes

e ch

ange

s ea

sy to

mak

e? W

hy?

Is it

eas

ier

for

adul

ts to

mak

e ch

ange

s?E

xpla

in.

Wha

t are

som

e re

ason

s w

hy a

per

son

mig

ht b

e ha

ppy

abou

t mov

ing?

Wha

t are

som

e re

ason

s w

hy a

per

son

mig

ht n

ot b

e ha

ppy

abou

t mov

ing.

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Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld b

egin

s to

be

awar

e of

the

infl

uenc

e of

wea

ther

and

clim

ate

(the

seas

ons)

hav

e on

our

activ

ities

.

Hyp

othe

sizi

n.

How

wou

ld y

ou f

eel i

f yo

ur f

amily

had

to m

ove

next

wee

k?W

hy w

ould

you

fee

l thi

s w

ay?

6. W

eath

er a

nd S

easo

ns a

ffec

t our

act

iviti

es

Hav

e so

me

girl

s dr

amat

ize

wha

t hap

pens

whe

n th

ere

is b

adw

eath

er o

n M

othe

r's r

egul

ar w

ashi

ng d

ay a

nd h

ow s

he f

eels

.H

ave

a fo

llow

-up

disc

ussi

on o

n th

e ef

fect

wea

ther

has

on

our

activ

ities

.

Var

iatio

n: r

ainy

wea

ther

on

our

P. E

. day

, pic

nic

day,

sta

dium

even

t, st

ate

fair

.

Why

do

you

thin

k m

erch

ants

are

som

etim

es u

nhap

py a

bout

poo

rw

eath

er?

Whi

ch o

ther

gro

ups

of p

eopl

e m

ay b

e so

mew

hat

conc

erne

d ab

out p

oor

wea

ther

? W

hy?

Wha

t kin

ds o

f pr

oble

ms

do y

ou th

ink

they

will

hav

e?

7. S

easo

ns

Rev

iew

the

conc

ept o

f se

ason

s w

ith th

e ch

ildre

n.U

se s

tudy

prin

ts, p

ictu

res,

and

film

stri

ps to

sho

w th

e m

ajor

fea

ture

s of

the

envi

ronm

ent a

t eac

h pa

rtic

ular

sea

son:

fal

l (au

tum

n), w

inte

r,sp

ring

, sum

mer

.

Hav

e a

disp

lay

of w

inte

r ar

ticle

s: s

now

shoe

s, m

itten

s, h

eavy

over

coat

, etc

.v4

ir

Do

stor

es in

Hon

olul

illia

ve th

ese

good

s? W

hy n

ot?

.In

whi

ch p

lace

s do

you

thin

k th

e m

erch

ants

will

sel

l goo

dsof

this

type

? W

hy?

.W

hat t

ime

of th

e ye

ar w

ould

he

mos

t lik

ely

sell

them

? W

hy?

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Gen

eral

izin

g:

Obj

ectiv

e :

The

chi

ld b

ecom

es a

war

eth

at p

eopl

e ad

apt t

o th

eir

envi

ronm

ent t

o m

eet t

heir

basi

c ne

eds.

Hyp

othe

sizi

ng:

Obj

ectiv

e:

The

chi

ld c

an f

ollo

w th

est

eps

of h

ypot

hesi

zing

,le

adin

g to

pro

blem

sol

ving

.

Is it

like

ly th

at.

.. ?

Why

? W

hy n

ot?

Peop

le w

ould

be

wea

ring

mitt

ens

in N

ew Y

ork

City

? W

hy?

Peop

le in

Haw

aii w

ould

be

wea

ring

mitt

ens?

Why

not

?

Peop

le in

Haw

aii w

ould

be

eatin

g m

ango

es in

the

sum

mer

?Pe

ople

in A

lask

a w

ould

be

eatin

g m

ango

es in

the

sum

mer

?

Wha

t doe

s th

is te

ll us

abo

ut s

easo

ns a

nd p

eopl

e's

activ

ities

?

PEO

PLE

AR

E R

ESO

UR

CE

FUL

8. D

evel

op th

e co

ncep

t of

adap

tatio

n by

sho

win

g ho

w a

nim

als

adap

tto

thei

r en

viro

nmen

t: th

e ca

mel

in th

e de

sert

, the

pol

ar b

ear

inth

e A

rctic

, the

hib

erna

ting

anim

als

duri

ng w

inte

r.

Show

pic

ture

s of

the

dese

rt.

Pose

the

follo

win

g ty

pe o

f qu

estio

ns:

.W

hat k

inds

of

prob

lem

s w

ould

you

hav

e if

this

wer

e yo

uren

viro

nmen

t?

9. R

ecog

nizi

ng a

pro

blem

for

stu

dy

How

can

the

dese

rt n

omad

man

age

to li

ve in

a h

ot, d

ry p

lace

like

the

dese

rt?

Form

ulat

ing

a hy

poth

esis

Wha

t are

the

thin

gs th

at a

ll pe

ople

nee

d in

any

pla

ce?

How

doe

s he

get

his

foo

d an

d w

ater

?H

ow d

oes

he p

rovi

de s

helte

r fo

r hi

s fa

mily

?

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How

do

they

get

the

mat

eria

l the

y ne

ed f

or c

loth

ing?

Wha

t too

ls d

oes

he h

ave?

Wha

t ani

mal

s do

es h

e us

e? H

ow d

oes

he u

se th

em?

A d

eser

t nom

ad m

anag

es to

live

in a

hot

, dry

pla

ce li

ke th

ede

sert

by.

..

Gat

heri

ng d

ata

.B

ooks

abo

ut th

e de

sert

:

Eps

tein

, All

Abo

ut th

e D

eser

tPo

seil,

The

Tru

e B

ook

of th

e D

eser

tG

idal

, Son

s of

the

Des

ert

Sim

on, B

east

s of

Bur

den

tran

spor

tatio

n: p

p. 5

3-59

Goe

tz, A

t Hom

e A

roun

d th

e W

orld

food

: pp.

137

-138

; clo

thin

g: P

. 137

wat

er: p

. 136

Bar

row

s, O

ur B

ig W

orld

hous

ing:

p. 9

1; c

loth

ing:

pp.

91-

92; w

ater

: p. 9

3K

ing,

Reg

ions

and

Soc

ial N

eeds

food

: pp.

58-

59; h

ousi

ng: p

. 54;

clo

thin

g: p

p. 5

8-59

Stud

y pr

ints

and

pic

ture

s

Film

s

Ara

bian

Chi

ldre

n

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Ana

lyzi

ng, e

valu

atin

g, a

nd in

terp

retin

g da

ta

Use

a r

etri

eval

cha

rt li

ke th

e fo

llow

ing

one

to r

ecor

d th

eap

prop

riat

e da

ta in

the

appr

opri

ate

colu

mns

as

book

s, f

ilms,

etc.

, are

dis

cuss

ed:

FOO

D/W

AT

ER

SHE

LT

ER

CL

OT

HIN

GC

UST

OM

S

Wha

t doe

s th

is in

form

atio

n te

ll us

abo

ut h

ow th

e de

sert

nom

adm

anag

es to

live

in a

hot

, dry

pla

ce li

ke th

e de

sert

?

Eva

luat

ing

the

hypo

thes

is

Rew

rite

the

hypo

thes

is

A d

eser

t nom

ad m

anag

es to

live

in a

hot

, dry

pla

ce li

ke th

e de

sert

by.

Stat

e a

gene

raliz

atio

n

MA

N I

NFL

UE

NC

ES

HIS

EN

VIR

ON

ME

NT

10. D

id W

aiki

ki a

lway

s ha

ve h

dtel

s?W

ho p

ut th

e ho

tels

ther

e?H

ow h

as it

cha

nged

thin

gs b

ecau

se th

ey a

re th

ere?

.A

re s

ome

of th

e ch

ange

s go

od?

Hav

e so

me

prob

lem

s co

me

abou

t bec

ause

ther

e ar

e so

man

y ho

tels

in W

aiki

ki?

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Obj

ectiv

e:T

he c

hild

's a

war

enes

sth

at p

eopl

e le

arn

thro

ugh

inte

ract

ion

with

peo

ple

is g

iven

furt

her

rein

forc

emen

t.

Oth

er e

xam

ples

:

.A

new

res

iden

tial a

rea

Cha

nge

in tr

affi

c pa

ttern

s

Rel

ocat

ing

stor

es, h

omes

..

. bui

ldin

ghi

ghw

ay

11. T

hrou

gh d

iscu

ssio

ns, h

ave

child

ren

disc

over

that

whe

n m

anm

akes

cha

nges

in h

is e

nvir

onm

ent (

build

ing,

rel

ocat

ing,

reno

vatin

g, e

tc.)

it a

ffec

ts a

num

ber

of p

eopl

e an

d th

eir

lives

.

CO

NT

AC

T W

ITH

OT

HE

R C

UL

TU

RE

S

12. S

how

a p

hoto

grap

h of

New

Yea

r's D

ay in

Hon

olul

u.

.D

o ot

her

Am

eric

an c

ities

obs

erve

New

Yea

r's D

ay th

ew

ay w

e do

her

e in

Hon

olul

u?

.If

you

wer

e fr

om a

noth

er A

mer

ican

city

and

had

no

idea

how

New

Yea

r's w

as o

bser

ved

in H

onol

ulu,

how

wou

ld y

oufe

el a

t mid

nigh

t? W

hy?

.W

hy d

o w

e ce

lebr

ate

our

New

Yea

r's s

o di

ffer

ently

?

.D

oes

ever

yone

cel

ebra

te b

y bu

rnin

g fi

recr

acke

rs?

Hav

e ch

ildre

n di

scov

er th

at ju

st a

s w

e le

arn

from

inte

ract

ion

with

our

ow

n fa

mily

and

fri

ends

and

peo

ple

of o

ur o

wn

cultu

re,

we

also

lear

n fr

om in

tera

ctio

n w

ith p

eopl

e of

oth

er c

ultu

res

and

we

acce

pt s

ome

of th

eir

cust

oms

and

mak

e th

em p

art o

f ou

r ow

n.

Oth

er e

xam

ples

:

Rem

ovin

g sh

oes/

slip

pers

bef

ore

ente

ring

a h

ome.

.G

ivin

g an

d re

ceiv

ing

leis

.-7

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