This year my school adopted the Story Path curriculum for social studies. It is a fun and interactive curriculum for students. We begin the year by studying Neighborhoods and Communities. The students are broken up into pairs and together they create their own home. Then the homes are put together in a neighborhood that they name. This year our neighborhood was named Celebration Town. The students name streets and create families that live in the houses they created. After they have created their "family" they discuss things that are important to their family (how many children, jobs of the family, values and favorites) and create a family crest (see below). Problems arise in the community and students must band together in a town hall meeting to solve the problem!
The Family Crests
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