Day 1: Introduction to

People Everywhere
Authors: Danielle Bixby,
Brittany Cunningham, Angela
Fry, Nikki Johnson, Morgan
Stewart, and Jessie Tice
Description: Students will be
introduced to the four
different communities of
home, school, country, and
the world, which will be
expanded upon throughout
the lesson. Students will
begin to think about
celebrations and other aspects
of culture by making a
timeline of significant family
events.

Day 2: All About Families

Day 3: Family Culture

Day 4: School Community

Author: Jessie Tice

Author: Jessie Tice

Author: Brittany Cunningham

Description: Students will

learn about how families are
similar and different by
looking at the different family
structures that exist. Students
will compare these family
structures to their own
families.

Description: Students will

learn what family culture is
and compare their own
cultures to one described in
a book.

Description: Students will learn

about what a community is and
the importance of having jobs,
responsibilities, and rules in the
classroom.

Duration: 45 minutes

Duration: 60 minutes

Day 7: Service Learning

and Community

Day 8: Active Citizens in a

Democracy

Author: Nikki Johnson

Author: Angela Fry

Description: Students will

learn what service learning
is and how it relates to being
a good citizen or community
member.

Description: In this lesson

students will learn about what it
means to be an active citizen
along with how a democracy
functions. Students will
participate in a class vote in
order to see how they can affect
the choices made for the
classroom.

Duration: 60 minutes

Duration: 60 minutes
Day 5: Community Pledges

Day 6: Local Community

Author: Brittany Cunningham

Author: Nikki Johnson

Description: Students will

learn about the significance
behind the Pledge of
Allegiance and will make
their own classroom pledges.

Description: Students will

learn about different
community helpers and how
they help shape our
community.

Duration: 45 minutes

Duration: 60 minutes
Duration: 45 minutes

Day 9: American Culture

Day 10: Introduction to

World Culture

Day 11: Schools Around

the World

Duration: 45 minutes
Day 12: Different
Communities

Author: Morgan Stewart

Author: Morgan Stewart

Author: Danielle Bixby

Description: Students will

begin an introduction on world
culture and how American
culture is similar and different
to the other cultures in our
world.

Description: Student will

look closer at schooling in a
specific culture and will
Skype with a class from
Africa to discuss similarities
and differences between
cultures and how this affects
school.

Description: Students will wrap

up the unit by creating
community organizers to
summarize all the communities
they are a part of. Students also
create a comprehensive binder
of unit assignments and reflect
upon the entire unit.

Duration: 60 minutes

Duration: 45 minutes

Author: Danielle Bixby

Description: Students will
learn about aspects of the
American culture and how it
incorporates other cultures to
make a diverse country.
Duration: 60 minutes

Duration: 45 minutes