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Bringing Social Studies to Life

=Communities= =Citizens Pride=
 * ==Local vs. State Governments==
 * In the second grade, the students learn about local governments and state governments in Pennsylvania. The students learn about local leaders such as a mayor, city council, and local judges and then compare these people to state level governments that include the governor, state legislature, and state judges. They create comparison charts on the board to compare the similarities and differences between each level of government. The students are able to insert images from the internet into their table showing the people who fill these spots.
 * 5.3.3 How Government Works
 * ==Citizen of the United States==
 * For the study of citizenship, I created a PowerPoint presentation that provided the United States symbols and songs that relate to our country. The students were able to click on the images to link out to other websites to provide them more information about the topic. The songs were also embedded into the PowerPoint so students could actually hear the music being discussed rather than just reading a name. This allowed the students to make a connection with their prior knowledge; they probably heard the song before but may not have known the title.
 * 5.1.3.G, K, M Principals and Documents of Government
 * 5.2.3. Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship
 * //Images from the PowerPoint://
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