Teacher+Resources

Teacher Resources


 * I based most of the activities in my lesson plan from the ideas from: [|No Strings Attached].
 * ==== Monday Activity Resources: First you are going to have to make a map of the school with circled locations, it should look something like this [|school map]. Also for this activity you will need child friendly compasses, I found some great ones on this website: [|Kids Army]. I also found it best to print out a large version of the school map at Kinko's so that at the end of the activity you have room to tape the pictures to the map to compare answers.====


 * ==== Tuesday Activity Resources: First you will need to make sure that all computers have Kidspiration loaded on them, if not you can get a free trial at the [|Kidspiration] website. Then you will need to have a [|world map graphic] chosen already for the kids to insert into their document like the one on the student activities page. ====


 * ==== Wednesday Activity Resources: First you are going to have to make copies of this family interview page for the whole class: [|Family Interview]. When the students are doing their presentations you can grade them using this rubric: [|cultural presentation rubric]. ====


 * ==== Thursday Activity Resources: First you will need to find an unlabeled picture of the united states to project onto the board, here's an example: [|us map]. Then when the students are at the computer lab they will need this worksheet [|scavenger hunt worksheet] or a similar one to complete the assignment. ====


 * ==== Friday Activity Resources: First you will need to hand out a review to the students that should look something like this [|test review]. You will also need to make up a test for this day ranging from 15 - 25 questions depending on what you feel is acceptable. I am personally giving my students a [|fill in the blank and multiple choice test]. After making the test you will need to make and answer key like this one: [|Test Answers] I also found this great [|coloring page] for the students to work on after their test. ====


 * Here again is the example of a rubric I would use to grade the lesson plan: [|Lesson Plan Unit Rubric].


 * Additional Resources**

Castle Park. (Producer). //Social studies: us georgraphy (states)//. [Web]. Retrieved from [|Social Studies: US Geography (states)]
 * · **This website offers a geography game for students to help them look over and test themselves on the location of states.**

Disney Online. (Producer). //Celebrate usa//. [Web]. Retrieved from [|Celebrate USA]
 * · **This website offers a geography game for students that allows the students to know the name and shape of the state and then it is their job to know where in the United States it is located.**

Disney Online. (Producer). //Where's that us state//. [Web]. Retrieved from [|Where's That US State?]
 * · **This website offers a geography game for students to help them place the states in which regions of the United States on a map they are in.**

Education.com. (2009). //Second grade geography worksheets and printables//. Retrieved from [|Second Grade Geography Worksheets and Printables]
 * · **This website is full of fun worksheets for students to learn more about geography. These printouts can be used in the classroom to help further educate students on lesson.**

Florida Center for Instructional Technology. (2006). //Social studies k-2//. Retrieved from [|Social Studies K-2]
 * · **This website is from which I based most of the ideas for my lesson plan. The lesson plans on this site were made for an all laptop class though so some processes may have to be changed.**

Florida Department of Education. (2008). //Next generation sunshine state standards//. Retrieved from [|Next Generation Sunshine State Standards]
 * · **This website contains information and lists of Florida’s Sunshine State Standards. These standards, especially in Florida, should be the general basis behind all planning of lessons.**

Internet 4 Classrooms. (2011, March 08). //Social studies standards to use in second grade classrooms//. Retrieved from [|Social Studies Standards to Use in Second Grade Classrooms]
 * **This website gives an overview of general standards of 2nd grade Social Studies and can help teachers to better plan lessons around these benchmarks.**

Knowledge Essentials. //Second grade maps and geography worksheets//. Retrieved from [|Second Grade Maps and Geography Worksheets] >
 * · **The website demonstrates another example of 2nd grade geography activities for teachers’ to use in their lesson plans**.

Smith, T. (2009). //Geography worksheets//. Retrieved from [|Geography Worksheets]
 * · **This website is full of different geography worksheets to help back many social studies lessons.**

St. Lucie County Public Schools. //St. lucie county public schools social studies scope and sequence//. Retrieved from [|St. Lucie County Public Schools Social Studies Scope and Sequence]
 * · **This website is an example of how to use the new generation standards and incorporate them into lesson plans for 2nd grade geography.**

St. Lucie County Public Schools. //Thematic unit- geography//. Retrieved from [|Thematic Unit- Geography]
 * **This website uses old standards but still shows good organization and vocabulary in the lesson planning and could be used to help jumpstart creating a new lesson plan.**