We Are

Family

A Social Studies

Mini Unit

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Enduring

Understanding /

Essential Questions

What is a family?

People have families to

help meet their needs.

What are the basic

human needs?

How do people meet

theses needs and how

has this changed over

time?

How are families similar

or different?

Families Are All Different

(10 Little Indians)

Are there two or three or four

In a family?

Five or six or more

In a family?

I’m in a family,

You’re in a family,

Families are all different.

Families large,

And families small,

And families short,

And families tall.

They’re not the same

As you recall,

Families are all different.

This is my family My Family Portrait

By __________

This is the Way

I Help at Home

(Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush)

This is the way

I help at home,

Help at home,

Help at home.

This is the way

I help at home.

Every single day!

Things I help my

family do:

_________________

_________________

_________________

_________________

Things my family

helps me do:

_________________

_________________

_________________

_________________

We Are Family

A Mini book By

_____________

This is my family.

I have ___people in my family.

I am the _____________.

We like to go to ____________.

I love my family.

My Family’s Needs

1. __________

2. __________

3. __________

4. __________

5. __________

6. __________

How My Family Gets

The Things We Need

My Family’s Wants

1. __________

2. __________

3. __________

4. __________

5. __________

6. __________

My Family

My Friend’s Family