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= LESSON PLAN = created by: Shawna Boles, Caren Robison, Sarah Broderick

__Core Objective/Standard__
Objective 2 Recognize and identify the people and their roles in the school and neighborhood. Explain how these roles change over time.

__Student learning objective__:
List and discuss how neighborhoods change over time (e.g., new businesses, new neighbors, technology, and rural one-room schools).

__Materials needed__:
1 large strip - about 4 feet long - of brown butcher paper Blue construction paper cut into the shape of a lake and river Brown construction paper folded in half and turned over to make a mountain Green construction paper cut into small triangles for trees Red construction paper cut into small rectangles for houses Yellow construction paper cut into a little larger squares for stores, libraries, police stations, etc. Dirt or sand - one handful Lego people, horses, canoe, etc..

__Teacher (To) directions/actions/instructions__: Teacher demonstration - Put the large piece of brown butcher paper down on the floor and have all the students come sit around the edge. Don't tell the students what you are making and have them figure it out as you go. Put the lake and river on the brown paper and the mountain. Put some green tree squares along the river and around the mountain. Sprinkle the handful of dirt across the paper. Ask: Where are we? Once they figure out you are in the undeveloped wilderness, then bring in the lego person riding on a horse and make up a story like.....here comes a guy who sees a beautiful lake and decides to stop and go fishing because he is hungry. He eats his dinner and then goes to bed. He goes swimming in the morning and et.... Finally, he realizes he is lonely, so he goes back to the city and finds a wife. He brings her out to the lake and they build a home (put on a red rectangle of construction paper) and put a canoe (lego or make something) on the lake. Then they have a baby. When their baby gets a little bigger they realize he doesn't have anyone to play with and so the dad goes back to the city to invite some friends to come live by them. More people come out and begin to build homes (keep adding in red rectangles here and there). As more children are born and growing up they realize that something is missing. Ask the children to come up with ideas about what the growing children will need - such as, schools, parks, baseball fields, grocery stores, etc....(These are the yellow construction paper squares). You can keep adding onto the butcher paper homes all lined up like neighborhoods, city buildings like fire stations and police stations. Let the students figure out that you are making neighborhoods and a city is growing. Add in groves of trees (green triangle construction paper pieces) and farmland (green large squares of construction paper pieces) along the edges. Pretty soon the whole brown butcher paper is covered like a city and the students figure out that a city is made up of neighborhoods. They figure out that there have to be laws and rules to run a city so policemen are needed. They also figure out that recreation is needed such as parks, playgrounds, and libraries. They figure out that roads are needed to go from place to place. They understand how a community is developed and people have needs that need to be met.

__Teachers/Students (With) actions__:
Students help put all the pieces onto the butcher paper as the story unfolds - starting to make the connection that a city is being developed. Students show how a community changes over time - also could add or take away buildings as things like apartments are needed, colleges, bridge etc...

__Students (By) actions/activities students will do during lesson__:
Students then go back to their seats and draw their own neighborhoods and make up their own stories (don't need to write their stories down unless you want them to) on a sheet of white paper.

__Assessment-these may be written, verbal, observations, etc__:
Ask/Verbal: What is a neighborhood? (A group of homes near each other) What is a community? (A group of neighborhoods and necessary buildings, roads etc..) What are some different roles/jobs people could have in this community? (teachers, police, grocery story owners, etc...) How do these roles and jobs change over time? (example, a farm or field is changed into a neighborhood of homes and so a farmer needs to find different work)