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History, Civics & Social Studies · Kindergarten

Our Community Improvement Project

Room 5 at the fictional Willow School wants more new books to read. Kindergartners follow the class from noticing the problem, to listening to everyone's ideas and voting, to asking the principal for permission and running a Book Swap Box with a job for everyone, and finally checking whether the plan worked.

  • 3 lessons
  • About 45 minutes
  • Community project check: 5 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, count, share out one each, put in order and sort into groups
See plans Included with Family, Teacher and School plans. Open in PlayOwl

What learners will discover

  • Identify a problem in their school or community and who it affects.
  • Use listening and voting to choose a solution as a group.
  • Follow a simple action plan with steps and jobs, including asking a person in authority, and check whether it worked.

Lessons

  1. Find the problem 3 steps2 practiceabout 13 min
  2. Listen and vote 4 steps3 practiceabout 15 min
  3. Plan, act and check 5 steps3 practiceabout 17 min
  4. Community project check 5 questions at the end

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