Biography lesson 1st grade

Many of us kick off our Social Studies curriculum with a unit on communities!

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This is an important building block to a student’s understanding of their place in the world and how it works! I previously talked about how to teach about communities, but today, I want to recommend a few excellent books for your community unit! All of the book links below are affiliate links to Amazon!

This is How We Do It

First, let’s take a look at This is How We Do It by Matt Lamothe.

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This book shows a day in the life of seven different kids from seven different places around the world. This book is great for your community unit because it doesn’t focus on just one type of community. Students will be able to observe the elements of community that are shared and can be found everywhere. In addition, they can see the elements that are specific to a particular community!

I love using this book to kick off this unit!

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