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3rd grade
Objective: Students will be able to explain and understand different careers and their importance in the community and create a presentation.
Kelsey Geerdes, Sarah Mikesic, Alli Snapp, Jessica Youngers

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Introduction to community unit
Class comes up with definition of a community together. Make a KWL chart with what students already think they know about a community, what they want to know, and then give them the opportunity to research the topic before filling out what they learned. In the end come up with one sentence that defines a community as a class.

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Farmer
Field trip to a farm. Students will visit a farm and learn about the day to day operations of a farmer.While at the farm students will be able to feed cows and plant sunflowers seeds in cups that they will later be able to take home with them.

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Police

The teachers will prepare a lesson that allows the students to act as police officers for the day. In this lesson “cookies” will be hidden all over the classroom and the students will have the task of finding out who stole the cookies.

Link to lesson:  https://www.havefunteaching.com/resource/social-studies/police-station-activity/

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Doctors
Students become doctors for the day. The teacher will prepare by getting gloves and possible different instruments doctors use on a daily. The teacher can print out different pictures of bones and things for student doctors to examine. The teacher can give different symptoms and have student doctors research them and diagnose them.

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Firefighters

Students during the reading lesson will read a book about firemen and their daily jobs. Talk to the local fire department and see if a couple could come and explain what they do on a daily. Ask them to bring equipment and maybe a truck so students can see first hand what they do for our community.

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Teachers

Have students come up with a lesson that interests them and fill in a lesson plan template. Then, the students will teach the class their lesson.

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Mail Carriers

Take the class to the local post office and let the students observe the mail sorting that happens. Have the workers explain to the class what they are doing and why their job is important. Give the students the opportunity to ask the workers questions that they may have.

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Lawyers

Have students get in pairs and come up with a game. This can be a board game or card game. When each team has successfully come up with a game that they could easily play in class, each group pairs up with another group. Each group tries to explain and play their game WITHOUT telling the rules and expectations of the game. It won’t work. Then, have the students explain the game including the rules and expectations. This activity should show the students that rules and expectations

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Bakers/

Chefs

Have the students brainstorm and share their favorite places to eat. Have students discuss why they think bakers and chefs are so important. What would happen if we had no food? Knowing that most kids love pizza, have them make one! They will make the dough, roll it out, add the sauce, add the toppings, and add the cheese. Have them bake it and eat as a class.

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How do all of these community members come together?

Students will gather into groups and create their own webs that connect teachers, mail carriers, lawyers, bakers, farmers, police, doctors, and

firefighters in a community.

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After learning about several community members in class, students will choose a community member of their own to do a project over. They will need to research the community member they chose and also interview someone in that profession. After they have gathered all the information on their topic, they will put together a presentation that they choose (ex. Prezi, iMovie, skit, etc.). They will each share their finalized presentation to the class at the end of the unit.

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Checklist:

__ Evidence of interview conducted with community member |

__ Visual presentations to present to class about that community member  |

__ Minimum of two things that this community member contributes to the community  |

__ Example of what would happen if this community member did not successfully do their job   |

__ Professionalism and creativity in presentation |