Description: This is a 3-4 week long collection of lessons on community for a third grade social studies class.  It includes worksheets, evaluation materials, bulletin board ideas, lesson and project plans.

Competencies & Rationales:
10.3 In this unit, one of the lessons is an internet project.  The students will access a site on the web and use it as a resource to complete their own project.
 

11.4 The students will use the internet to facilitate the completion of an assignment.  They will access information and use it to produce a similar project based on our classroom community.

12.4 Our Unit plan for social studies promotes the use of technology in our classroom layout.  We have arranged the classroom to allow easy computer access, and to promote regular usage.

12.5 Throughout the unit, students will be working together to make our classroom a working community.  Each student will have a job that requires the fulfillment of certain responsibilities to make the community successful.

14.2 Throughout the duration of this unit, we have arranged the classroom to facilitate the use of all centers.  The students will keep sign up sheets and be responsible for maintaining the centers.  Through evaluation of sign up sheets I will be able to ensure equal access to all students.