[COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT] By:Melayna Blassingame CLASS DESCRIPTION This is for 2nd grade social studies. The project will be for the entire 2nd grade not just my class. Class sizes will be about 20 to each class.TKS (1)History. The students understand the historical significance of landmarks and celebrations in the community, state, and nation. The student is expected to: (A) explain the significance of various community, state, and national celebrations such as Veterans Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Thanksgiving; and (B) identify and explain the significance of various community, state, and national landmarks such as monuments. and government buildings. LEARNING OBJECTIVES I hope that my students learn about ways to get involved in their community. Also the different holidays that are celebrated and ways to connect the community to those holidays.SCOPE AND PROJECT DESCRIPTION YEAR LONG PROJECT At the beginning of the year the students will visit the Thomas and Mattie Brown house along with the Historic downtown Wylie to learn about how both of these places contribute to the community. As a class we will clean up downtown Wylie by cleaning up the trash to help make the community look beautiful. Texas celebrates Texas Independence day on March 2nd, in order to get the community involved we will set up a small parade in the school that anyone can attend where they will learn about the different parts of Texas Independence day. Each student will have their own part to contribute to the parade which will help their learning. PROJECT DESCRIPTION Towards the end of the year we will take a day trip to Austin Texas to visit the capital building and learn about how the government works. To celebrate Veterans Day I will find a list of Veterans that Vive in the community and we will write thank you cards to ‘them and put reasons why we are thankful for them.MATERIALS AND ESTIMATED COST Bus to transport students to Thomas and Mattie Brown house and busses to transport them to Austin. Worksheets for Brown house and Austin for the students to answer questions about each. Cleaning supplies to clean up downtown Paper and envelops for the letters to the Veterans. (Addresses and Stamps also) Estimated Cost:$1750 6 6 6 6 6 ® SUPPORTING VISUALS he R ROB KKBKKA BK