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Assignment: Social Studies

Scenario

Imagine you are teaching an elementary social studies unit about your community. Your class demographic includes students who are native residents of your community, students who are foreign to your community, English learners, gifted students, and students with learning disabilities.

As you think about what to focus your community unit on, consider the history of your town or community. What brought people to your town or community? What kept them there? What industries have prospered or failed since? What does your community's Chamber of Commerce think the economic future of your community is?

Task

Select a grade level (K-5) to focus your unit on. Complete the Social Studies Resources Template. In this template, you will be identifying and describing:

1. The focus of your social studies community unit and its importance
2. Examples of different types of primary and secondary resources that will help support your community unit
3. How do these resources support or accommodate your students' assets and needs based on the scenario

Social Studies Resources Template

Part A

Identify your elementary grade level (K-5) and briefly describe, in one paragraph,the focus for your social studies community unit. Explain why it is important for students to learn this. Write your explanation on a new line below.

Part B

Complete the Social Studies Resources Table below.

The first column lists the type of sources to identify. You do not need to enter anything in that column.

In the second column, provide an example of each type of source to support your unit.

In the third column, explain how the source examples support the students' assets and diverse needs based on the scenario in the assessment instructions (students who are native residents in your community, students who are foreign to your community, English learners, gifted students, and students with learning disabilities).

In the fourth column, indicate whether the source examples you identified are primary or secondary sources and explain your rationale.

Social Studies Resources Table

Type of Source	Source Examples	How Students' Assets and NeedsAre Supported	Primary or Secondary Source? Why?
School library or community library	Provide an example of at least one resource you and your students can find in the library to support your unit.	Explain how the source examplesin this row support the students' assets and diverse needs.	Indicate whether the source examples you identified in this row are primary or secondary sources and explain your rationale.
Social studies textbook or book	Provide an example of a social studies textbook or book you would use to support your unit.	Explain how the source examples you identified in this row support the students' assets and diverse needs.	Indicate whether the source examples you identified in this row are primary or secondary sources and explain your rationale.
Field trip/virtual field trip	Provide an example of at least one place you would visit that would correlate to or support your unit.	Explain how the source examples you identified in this row support the students' assets and diverse needs.	Indicate whether the source examples you identified in this row are primary or secondary sources and explain your rationale.
Guest speaker	Provide an example of at least one guest speaker you would invite to speak to your students to support your unit.	Explain how the source examples you identified in this row support the students' assets and diverse needs.	Indicate whether the source examples you identified in this row are primary or secondary sources and explain your rationale.
Technology	Provide an example of at least one technology toolor software you would use to support your unit.	Explain how the source examples you identified in this row support the students' assets and diverse needs.	Indicate whether the source examples you identified in this row are primary or secondary sources and explain your rationale.