1. MySchool Community
Park Slope
Brooklyn, NY
CHLOE ROTH
EDUC 513
KKZUTTER
SUMMER 1 2009

2. USNCSS Standard: Civic Ideals & Practices
Concept: Cooperation
 I want my students to understand that:
 Content Specific: Community service is an
invaluable experience for all involved. We,
as a community, can work together to
better the lives of others in the Park Slope
community.
 Global Statement: “The solution of
important human problems requires
Food Drive for
a Homeless Shelter human beings to engage in joint effort
(Taba, 1971).”

3. USNCSS Standard: People, Places, & Environments
Concept: Modification
Prospect Park
 I want my students to understand that:
 Content Specific: Our actions, both positive
and negative, change our physical
environment. Efforts can be made to improve
our environment.
 Global Statement: “As man interacts with his
environment, both he and the environment are
changed (Taba, 1971).”

4. Emerging Questions
 What implications exist as a result of human interaction with
the environment?
 What actions can be taken to improve our community?
 What is the difference between a right and a responsibility?
 How does hunger effect our local and global community?
 How do citizens become involved in their community?

5. References
 Taba, H. (1971). Handbook for teaching elementary
social studies. Addison-Wesley Publications
Company, Inc.