Module 22: My Personal Social Studies- Social Studies 2 - Course Guide

Module Overview:

In this module, students will learn to report a personal story, compare and contrast their personal story with the story of an American hero using a Venn diagram, and label a map with personally important locations.

Module Materials:

  • Pencils
  • Crayons or colored pencils
  • Notebook
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Highlighter
  • Markers
  • Blank paper

Module Objectives:

Lesson # Lesson Title Objective(s)
1 My Story
  1. Report a personal story.
2 My Story in a Venn Diagram
  1. Compare and contrast their personal story with the story of an American hero using a Venn diagram.
3 My Story in a Map
  1. Label a map with personally important locations.

Module Key Words:

Key Words
event
story
compare
contrast
Venn diagram
locate
legend
map

Module Assignments:

Lesson # Lesson Title Page # Assignment Title
1 My Story 5 My Personal Story Assignment
2 My Story in a Venn Diagram 5 Compare and Contrast Assignment
3 My Story in a Map 5 My Map Legend Assignment

Learning Coach Notes:

Lesson # Lesson Title Notes
1 My Story After completing this lesson, ask your student to explain the elements of a good story.
2 My Story in a Venn Diagram After completing this lesson, ask your student to explain what it means to compare and contrast.
3 My Story in a Map After completing this lesson, ask your student to describe what makes a story interesting.

Module Guiding Questions:

When a student starts a lesson ask them questions to check for prior knowledge and understanding and to review concepts being taught. At the end of the lesson ask the questions again to see if their answer changes.

Lesson Title Question
My Story
  1. What is an event in my life that I can write a story about?
My Story in a Venn Diagram
  1. How does my story compare and contrast with the story of an American hero?
My Story in a Map
  1. What makes a story interesting?

Module Video Questions:

When a student watches a video take time to ask them questions about what they watched. Suggested questions for the videos in this module are listed here. Suggestion: Have the student watch the entire video first all the way through. Then have them watch the video a second time, as they watch it pause the video and ask the questions.

Lesson Title Video Question

Module Suggested Read Aloud Books:

Take time to read to your student or have them read aloud to you. Read a different book each day. While reading the book point out concepts being taught. You may purchase these books or find them at your local library. Suggested things to discuss while reading the book:

  • What is the main idea?
  • What are three things new you learned?
  • How does this book relate to what you are learning about?

# Book Author Lexile Level

Module Outing:

Take some time to apply what your student is learning to the real world. Suggested outings are below.

# Outing