Social Studies Alive! My Community - TCI

My CommunityTCI’s Social Studies Alive! My Community serves double duty by helpingstudents master social studies standards and reinforcing reading andlanguage arts skills.With hands-on activities, students• make a toy using assembly-line techniques and participate in a relay raceto learn how goods are transported to stores.Social Studies Alive! My Community• analyze images of San Francisco in 1846 and 1849 and then create act-itoutsto explore what life was like during those time periods.• create puppets representing workers, write job descriptions for theirpuppets, and then describe their puppets’ jobs at a “job fair.”Teachers can:• cover state standards.• support language arts instruction in the social studies curriculum withvocabulary development, reading strategies, a variety of writing activities,and numerous opportunities to develop speaking and listening skills.• measure student mastery with rigorous assessments that covercomprehension, skills, and critical thinking.• modify instruction for English languagelearners, learners with special educationneeds, and enrichment.FREE 30 DAY TRIAL• integrate technology intoclassroom instructionwith the TeacherSubscriptionand StudentSubscription.Test-drive with a 30 Day TrialWith the Teacher Subscription, teachers can get anentire class interacting with one computer, an internetconnection and a projector. Students thrive on theimmediate feedback they get using the StudentSubscription’s Reading Challenges.www.teachtci.com/trial

Grade 2Scan the code to get teaching strategies,a subscription demo, and more. Or visithttp://offers.teachtci.com/lower-elementary-programsNew Classroom TechnologySocial Studies Alive! My Community teaches studentsthe basics of geography, economics, and citizenshipin the context of learning about their local community.Readings are reinforced by activities that develop awide range of skills. These skills include designinga community within the classroom, making a simpletoy using assembly-line techniques, and acting outpeople’s experiences in different time periods.1 What Is a Community?2 How Are Communities Different?3 How Do We Use Maps?4 What Is Geography?5 How Do People Use Our Environment?6 How Are Goods Made and Brought to Us?7 Who Provides Services in a Community?8 How Can I Be a Good Shopper?9 How Do Communities Change?10 How Did One Community Change?11 How Can One Person Make a Differencein a Community?12 How Do Leaders Help Their Communities?13 What Does a Good Citizen Do?14 What Do Communities Share?An online Teacher Subscription makes teaching, assessing, andmanaging social studies classes easy. You’ll discover great content,interactive whiteboard technology, and engaging classroomexperiences—aimed at helping students actively discover information.ClassroomPresentationsAssessmentToolsLessonResourcesA Student Subscription creates an interactive learning environmentthat supports and extends classroom activities. Students access text,rich images, game-like Reading Challenges, and more online.Student Textwww.teachtci.com/socialstudiesalive-mc1. Watch a lesson demonstration2. Learn about strategies behind the program3. Discover the new and improved TeacherSubscription and Student SubscriptionGame-likeReadingChallengesEnglish/Spanishwww.teachtci.comAbout TCITCI is a K–12 publishing company created by teachers, for teachers. With proven classroom results, our curriculum increases test scores and content literacy skills while enablingeducators to be more effective and passionate in their teaching. Our programs marry great content, meaningful technology, and interactive experiences.800-497-6138, ext. 0 info@teachtci.com © 2012 by Teachers’ Curriculum Institute