April+M.

SS 2.03: TSW describe the interdependence among individuals, families, and the community.
 * Learning Objective : **

** 21st Century Skills **
* communicate
 * work collaboratively
 * respect diversity of ideas
 * cooperate, be active participants


 * Cognitive Type/Skills: **

After classroom discussion of services provide by local government, students will work in collaborative groups to create a voicethread presentation about local governments services that are provided for citizens. As a class, we will brainstorm these common local services (water/sewer, recycling/trash collection, public libraries, public schools, police, fire rescue, public parks and rec programs, etc). In addition, we searched for photographs on the web (as a class) that would provide a visual cue to each service. Students are then divided into pairs to further explore one designated service. Each pair will gather information from their social studies text and local government website to better understand what exactly the service provides for the citizens of the community. They will answer two critical questions about their service in pairs: 1) What is important for your classmates to know about this service? 2) Why do you think this service is important to the citizens of the community?
 * understand
 * analyze
 * create
 * Activity: **

Afterward, the pairs will write a script to record with their slide of the voicethread. Student pairs will work to record their information. They will listen to their recordings and decide if they are clear and concise. After all voices are recorded, the class will watch the entire voicethread to learn more in depth information about the services provided to its citizens by the local governments.
 * Resources **

Harcourt Social Studies Second grade text, Unit 2: People and Government www.townofcary.org www.voicethread.com