Unit Planner: People Saving MoneySubmitted By: Christi Schlack

EDEL 453: Teaching Elementary School Social ScienceNevada State College – Spring 2014

Instructor: Karen Powell

EDEL 453 - Spring 2014 Karen Powell- Instructor

UNIT PLANNER: People Saving Money Submitted By: Christi Schlack

Summary of Lesson Plan NV State Social Studies Objectives Notes

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This Social Studies lesson is designed for 2nd grade students to learn about money, ways to save it and places that will help save it. This lesson uses to Houghton Mifflin textbook for Social Studies “Neighborhoods” pg. 180-183.

E10.2.2 identify reasons for saving money.

Student friendlyI can list reasons why I want to save

money.

Students need to have their journals.

Copy of predict outcomes sheets in case someone doesn’t have journal.

TUES

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This is a 2nd grade lesson designed to teach students about earning money and using that money for trade or purchase of goods and services. This lesson uses Strategy 22 in the Integrating Language Arts and Sciences book on pg. 157 and the Houghton Mifflin Social Studies book “Neighborhoods” pg. 180-183.

E9.2.4 Discuss why people work.

Student friendlyI can list reasons why people work and what they do with the money

they earn.

Have money available for students to work hands on.

Copies of 21 “ticket out the door”

WED

NES

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This lesson is designed for a 2nd grade class to learn about trading money for items and services. This lesson uses previous concepts learned from the Houghton Mifflin textbook “Neighborhoods” pg. 180-183 with supplementary materials like money and small items to practice trade.

E12.2.1 Demonstrate an understanding of trade by providing

an example.

Student friendlyI can trade my money for goods.

Have money available for students to use during activity.

Bring items for students to trade, purchase, using their money.

THU

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This social studies lesson is designed for a 2nd grade class to learn about businesses in their community, particularly banking. They will be using a Reader’s Theatre “Money and Banks” to act out what it is like working for and visiting a bank.

E11.2.1 Identify businesses in your community.

Student friendlyI can identify that a bank is a

business in a community.

21 copies of Reader’s Theatre.

Manipulatives for student’s to act out their parts.

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The social studies lesson is designed for a 2nd grade class learning about businesses in their community, specifically a bank. Students will take a field trip to Wells Fargo and tour the facility. This lesson is using Strategy 8 “Connection with Cultural Institutions” in the book Integrating Language Arts and Social Studies.

E11.2.1 Identify businesses in the community.

Student friendlyI can identify a business, a bank, in

my community.

Don’t forget the field trip permission forms.

A copy of students as well as itinerary.

EDEL 453 - Spring 2014 Karen Powell- Instructor