Design Topic __Community______ Subject(s) _____Social Studies_____ Grade(s) ______2nd Grade_____ Designer(s) ___DukHee Lee_____

STAGE 1 – DESIRED RESULTS

Unit Title: Our Community _

Established Goals: (Copy & Paste Standards here)

2.2 Students demonstrate map skills by describing the absolute and relative locations of people, places, and environments.
2.2.1. Locate on a simple letter-number grid system the specific locations and geographic features in their
neighborhood or community (e.g., the map of the classroom, the school).
2.2.2 Label from memory a simple map of the North American continent, including the countries, oceans, Great
Lakes, major rivers, and mountain ranges. Identify the essential map elements: title, legend, directional indicator,
scale, and date.
2.2.3. Locate on a map where their ancestors live(d), telling when the family moved to the local community and how
and why they made the trip.
2.2.4. Compare and contrast basic land use in urban, suburban, and rural environments in California (California
Department of Education, 2017).

Understandings: Students will understand that… Essential Questions (2-5 max):

• Our communities are unique and different from each other
yet still share some similarities.
• Environment factors such as culture, language and food
influence which community people decide to live in.
• Why do families live in particular community?
• What impact does environment have on community?
• How are communities similar and different?

Knowledge: Skills:
Students will know: Students will be able to:

• Terms such as urban, suburban and rural.
• When their own family moved to the local
community and how and why they made the trip.
• What influenced their family to live in the community.
• Map elements: title, legend, directional indicator, scale, and
date.
• Maps can describe their local community.
• Create a simple map using map elements and symbols and
label map of the North American continent, countries, ocean,
Great Lakes, major rivers and mountain ranges.
• Research and investigate own community.
• Compare and contrast communities such as urban,
suburban and rural in California.
• Analyze the lives in own community

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Source: Understanding by Design, Unit Design Planning Template (Wiggins/McTighe 2005)