Second
Grade Family Origin Unit
This is a unit for second grade
students. In this unit, second graders
will discuss and learn about the meaning of family origin/culture. The children will also learn about the 7
continents. The children will discuss the
interview process and then have the opportunity to complete a family
interview. After the
interviews are completed, the children will share their interviews with the
class. The children will then need to
research one city or important site in their country of origin that they would
like to bring our class mascot, Penny the Penguin to. They will need to find and copy a picture of the place they have
chosen (either from books or an online source.) The children will then use the copied photo to draw a picture of
the city/place they chose, placing themselves in the drawing. Scanning the children’s drawings and
including their answers from Objective 5, a PowerPoint presentation will be
completed. An animated graphic of a
penguin, to represent Penny will be inserted into each of the slides. For those children who may have a difficult
time finding a photo of their family origin, they will be allowed to take Penny
to their favorite place that they have visited. They will still have to locate a photo, copy it and then draw
it.
Parts of the Unit –
Objectives included
Objective 1: Language Arts/Social Studies Activities
The class will discuss what
family origin means. The discussion of
culture will be included in this part.
Materials that can be used to explain culture are:
1.
Books on other cultures; can be literature to informational
concept books
2.
Pictures or posters of other cultures of the world
In order to help the children to
better understand the meaning of family origin, I will share information about
my own family origin (cultural background.)
I will show the children the country of my family origin on the class
world map as well as the globe. I will
also bring in items that show my culture: clothes, food, music, pictures, games
etc. The children will then be instructed that they will be getting the chance
to teach the other children about their own culture.
Objective
2: Language Arts/Social Studies Activities
I will
explain to the class what an interview is.
The class will discuss how to interview another person to obtain needed
information. The children will then
practice the interview process by interviewing one another (in paired
groups.) For homework, the children
will interview a family member about their own family story, finding out
specific countries of origin, narratives, and symbols that represent their
history. They will fill out the
interview sheet as they complete the interview.
Objective
3: Language Arts/Social Studies Activities
During
scheduled share time, let each child will speak in front of the class about
themselves telling their family story.
They will be sharing the information from their family interview
sheet. I will make sure that each child
says positive statements about himself/herself. Through modeling, I will
demonstrate to the children how I think their cultural is interesting and
fascinating. I will allow time for the
children to ask questions about one another.
Objective
4: Social Studies Activities
Using the class world map, the
children will locate their countries of origin. I will assist in this project.
If the children have more than one country of origin, have them choice
one to do research on. The children
need to find a picture of the flag of their country. They also need to find a picture of one city or important
site in their country of origin (either from books or an online source.) The children will need to copy or print the
picture of the place they have chosen to use later on. Class time will be given for the research
and copying. This will be completed
over a period of 3 days. More time may
be given if needed. If the children
wish to, they may use a family photo from their country of origin to draw
from. For those children who may have a
difficult time finding a photo of their family origin, they will be allowed to
take Penny to their favorite place that they have visited. They will still have to locate a photo, copy
it and then draw it.
Objective
5: Art/Language Arts Activities
Using the
copied photo, the children will draw their own picture of the photo. They will place themselves in their
drawing. When their drawing is
complete, each child will write where they wish to bring the class mascot,
Penny the Penguin to and why. Once the
children have completed their drawings, I will scan the drawings into the
computer to be placed into a PowerPoint presentation and then have the children
type their answers for this objective onto their slide. The three questions they will have to answer
are:
1.
Where are you and Penny going?
2.
Why are you going there?
3.
What will you and Penny see?
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