Hands-On Social Studies for Ontario, Grade 1 An Inquiry Approach By Jennifer E. Lawson Series: Hands-On Social Studies for Ontario Imprint: Portage & Main Press Categories: Education, Social Science, Elementary Show edition details Softcover, coil bound : 9781553795117, 189 pages, September 2014 Ebook (PDF) : 9781553799504, 189 pages, June 2021 Softcover, coil bound $145.00 Ebook (PDF) $116.00 View Table of Contents Download Digital Resources Read Excerpt Share: Table of contents Introduction to Hands-On Social Studies, Grade 1 1 Program Introduction 2 What Is Social Studies? 2 The Goals of Social Studies 2 The Inquiry Approach to Social Studies 2 Hands-On Social Studies Concepts and Expectations 3 Overall Expectations 3 Concepts of Social Studies Thinking 3 Big Ideas 3 Specific Expectations 3 Hands-On Social Studies Program Principles 3 Program Implementation 4 Program Resources 4 Introduction to the Unit 4 Lessons 5 Accommodating Diverse Learners 6 Classroom Environment 6 Planning Units (Time Lines) 7 Classroom Management 7 Social Studies Skills: Guidelines for Teachers 7 Communication 7 Research 11 Hands-On Social Studies Assessment Plan 12 The Hands-On Social Studies Assessment Plan 12 Assessment for Learning 13 Assessment as Learning 13 Assessment of Learning 14 Performance Assessment 14 Portfolios 15 Summative Achievement Levels 15 Important Note to Teachers 15 References 15 Social Studies Achievement Chart 16 Assessment Blackline Masters 18 Strand A: Heritage and Identity Unit 1A: Our Changing Roles and Responsibilities 29 Unit Overview 30 Curricular Expectations 31 Concepts of Social Studies Thinking: Success Criteria 33 Cross-Curricular Connections 34 Books for Students 35 Websites and Videos 36 Introduction to the Unit 37 1 Launching the Inquiry Unit 39 2 Our Class: Learning About Identity 46 3 I Am Important 53 4 Roles and Responsibilities 58 5 What Are My Roles and Responsibilities? 64 6 Relationships: Our Impact on Other People 69 7 Relationships: Showing Respect for Others 74 8 Map of Me 79 9 Inquiry: Important Events: Time Line 83 10 Inquiry: Important People in My Life 88 11 Culminating Task: Creating an Annotated Map 92 References for Teachers 97 Strand B: People and Environments Unit 1B: The Local Community 99 Unit Overview 100 Curricular Expectations 101 Concepts of Social Studies Thinking: Success Criteria 103 Cross-Curricular Connections 104 Books for Students 105 Websites 107 Introduction to the Unit 108 1 Launching the Unit: Communities 111 2 What Is a Community? 117 3 Natural and Built Features of Communities 121 4 Simple Maps and Symbols 125 5 Criteria for Making Maps 133 6 Constructing a Simple Map 137 7 Our Community 142 8 Community Walk 146 9 Who Works in Our Community? 150 10 Creating Interview Questions 160 11 Interviewing a Community Worker 164 12 Community Change 167 13 Community Needs 171 14 Mapping Our Community 175 15 Culminating Activity: A Community Action Plan 180 References for Teachers 185 Appendix: Image Banks 187About the Contributors 189 Related Media A custom-written social studies resource for Ontario's grade 1 curriculum. Description Filled with a year's worth of classroom-tested hands-on, minds-on activities, this resource conveniently includes everything both teachers and students need. The grade 1 book is divided into two units: Our Changing Roles and Responsibilities The Local CommunitySTAND-OUT FEATURES focuses on the goals of the Ontario Social Studies curriculum adheres to the Growing Success document for assessment, evaluating, and reporting in Ontario schools builds understanding of Indigenous knowledge and perspectives TIME-SAVING, COST-EFFECTIVE FEATURES includes the five components of the inquiry model opportunities for self-reflection and activating prior knowledge authentic assessment for, as, and of learning social studies thinking concepts, guided inquiry questions, and learning goals support for developing historical thinking skills access to digital image banks and digital reproducibles (Find download instructions in the Appendix of the book)