Unit Overview
For my social studies unit, I developed a series of lessons about family that is structured for Kindergarten students. In this unit, students will be exploring the hierarchy of families that include immediate and extended families, various family types, family roles, responsibilities, and needs, family traditions, and family hardships, as well as the feelings that are associated with those hardships. They will be diving deeper into the constructs of their own families within these domains, as well as exploring other students’ families in relation to these ideas. The essential question I want students to answer throughout this unit is, “What makes a family?”
Influences List
A to Z Teacher Stuff-Family Lesson Plans, Activities, Printables, and Ideas
http://themes.atozteacherstuff.com/198/family-lesson-plans-activities-printables-and-ideas/
Children’s books that portray male and females in diverse roles.
http://www.birchard.lib.oh.us/pdf%20documents/genderdiversityinoccupations4web.pdf
Family Equality Council- The LGBTQ Family Friendly Children’s Book List
http://www.familyequality.org/_asset/70xxn9/booklist.pdf
Kinship Center-Recommeded Books (Adoption, Foster Care, Relative Care)
http://www.kinshipcenter.org/resources/recommended-books.html
Parenting Exchange-Ways to Teach Children Positive Coping Skills During Life Changes
http://www.oh-pin.org/articles/pex-02-ways-to-teach-children-po.pdf
Scholastic-Books for Teaching About Families
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/books-teaching-about-families
http://themes.atozteacherstuff.com/198/family-lesson-plans-activities-printables-and-ideas/
Children’s books that portray male and females in diverse roles.
http://www.birchard.lib.oh.us/pdf%20documents/genderdiversityinoccupations4web.pdf
Family Equality Council- The LGBTQ Family Friendly Children’s Book List
http://www.familyequality.org/_asset/70xxn9/booklist.pdf
Kinship Center-Recommeded Books (Adoption, Foster Care, Relative Care)
http://www.kinshipcenter.org/resources/recommended-books.html
Parenting Exchange-Ways to Teach Children Positive Coping Skills During Life Changes
http://www.oh-pin.org/articles/pex-02-ways-to-teach-children-po.pdf
Scholastic-Books for Teaching About Families
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/books-teaching-about-families