Community Helpers:Know Your Role!

A WebQuest for Kindergarten Social StudiesDesigned by Amanda Mansour camanda@bgsu.eduEDTL 6150 Information Literacy for Teaching and Learning Summer 2013

IntroductionTaskResourcesProcessEvaluationConclusionTeacher Pages

Teacher Pages

StandardsTeacher NotesCitations

Resources

▪ Computer & Printer

▪ Team Record Sheet; 1 per team & Clip Board (Optional)

▪ Art Materials: crayons, markers, paints, and choice of paper for class book

▪ Popsicle sticks with students’ names

▪ Pencils

Introduction

Oh no! While studying Community Helpers, your crazy teacher seems to have lost the

text books! Can you help by finding information about the roles of the

community helpers in our neighborhood? Enter if you are up to the challenge!

Task▪ Your mission is to locate information about the role of a

certain community helper.

▪ You will work together in teams of two at one computer.

▪ The Secretary will record information as you research.

▪ The Researcher will investigate the links in the WebQuest to find information about your community helper.

▪ Both team members will then be an Artist. You will create a drawing of the community helper. You will work together to write three sentences about your drawings.

Process▪ Your teacher will assign you to teams of two using

the popsicle sticks.

▪ You will work in your teams to discover information about that specific community helper in the webquest.

▪ After you finish your research, you will use your research to create a page for our Community Helpers class book so that we may ALL discover more about community helpers.

▪ Click on the correct link to follow your assignment.

Secretary

Researcher

Artist

Secretary

▪ Click Here to Print your team’s record sheet.

▪ Help your partner to correctly navigate the websites to locate the important information about your community helper.

▪ Write down the details on your team’s record sheet.

▪ When you are finished researching with your team mate, continue on to the artist portion.

Researcher

Artist

▪ Choose the art materials you wish to use. You may use crayons, markers, or paints.

▪ Use the paper your teacher has chosen to use for the class book.

▪ Create an illustration of your community helper for our class book.

▪ Work as a team to decide the important details about your community helper to use for your caption.

▪ Remember to do your best work!

Librarian

▪ Scholastic

▪ Ben’s Guide

▪ British Council

▪ HUD Kids

Fire Fighter

▪Scholastic

▪ Fire Truck Tour

▪Ben’s Guide

▪British Council

▪HUD Kids

Police Officer

▪Scholastic

▪Ben’s Guide

▪British Council

▪HUD Kids

Doctor

▪ Scholastic

▪ Ben’s Guide

▪ British Council

▪ HUD Kids

Teacher

▪Ben’s Guide▪British Council▪HUD Kids

Postal Worker

▪Ben’s Guide▪British Council▪HUD Kids

Evaluation

Conclusion

Congratulations! You’ve just helped your class in a big way! Now

everyone can continue learning about all of the different community

helpers in your community!

Standards

Social Studies

Topic: Economics

Strand: Production and Consumption

Content Statement: 12. Goods are objects that can satisfy people’s wants. Services are actions that can satisfy people’s wants.

Standards (cont.)

Standards (cont.)

Teacher’s Notes

Songs for TeachingUSFA Kids

Citations

▪ British Council. (2013). People Work Song Page. Retrieved August 2, 2013, from: http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/songs/people-work

▪ City of Davis California. (March 01, 2013). Firefighter Protective Clothing Tour. Retrieved August 2, 2013, from: http://www.ci.davis.ca.us/fire/pct/

▪ Dramatic Dress Up. Retrieved August 2, 2013, from: http://images.edumart.com/tiny/BNW_CH00.jpg

▪ Scholastic Inc. (2013). Community Club Listen and Read Series. Retrieved August 2, 2013, from: http://teacher.scholastic.com/commclub/

▪ U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. (2013). What’s My Job? Retrieved August 3, 2013, from: http://www.hud.gov/kids/whatsjob.html

▪ U.S. Government Printing Office. (December 23, 1999). Your Neighborhood. Retrieved August 2, 2013, from: http://bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2/neighborhood/index.html