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What Is a helper?

Lesson plan for 1st Grade, History/ Social Studies


Prepared by, Kaylee Dore
Grade level: 1st Grade
Duration: 30-40 minutes

What is the purpose?


This lesson focuses on teaching students what is a helper. This lesson aims to teach students what
a helper is and who they may look like. I will be doing this by asking a few questions to the
students and going over them. This lesson is designed to meet Multicultural learning objectives
#1 and #4.

Learning goals:
By the end of this lesson, students should be able to:
● List several types of people they would feel safe with in several different situations
● Think of alternative resources for help in an emergency aside from the police

Guiding questions-
How can we redefine the police in a way that makes them only one of several possible sources of
help for young people?
Who are some good alternative role models for students to turn to in times of need?
How can we make sure students still feel safe, while avoiding glamorizing the societal role of
police?

Prep-
Place paper and colored pencils/pens on all tables.

Instructions-(10 minutes)
Gather students together to sit in a circle.
2. Ask the students to define:
What is a helper?
3. Ask: Can you think of any examples of helpers that you’ve met in your community?(Possible
examples: firefighters, teachers, pilots, doctors, nurses,etc.)
For each helper that is mentioned, ask the student to tell you what that helper does, and how to
recognize them on the street. Do they have a uniform they wear?

4. If/when a student brings up police officers, try saying something like,


Yes, that’s right, police officers can sometimes be helpers, too! Often, you can ask a police
officer for help in an emergency situation, like if you get lost and need to find your parents. But
sometimes a police officer might not be around, or they might not make you feel safe, so who are
some other people you might ask for help in that situation?

Comprehension Check (5 minutes) Ask students about their thoughts. Who are some examples
of a helper? What do they do?

5. (10 minutes) Ask the students to go to the tables and use the paper and pencils/pens to draw a
picture of any helper doing something good for the community. The helper can be someone they
know, they can even draw themselves doing something nice for someone else!

Reflection and Sharing (10 minutes)

After 10 minutes, call the students back to the circle and ask them to share what they’ve drawn.
Try sorting out the drawings by helper type Call attention to similarities between drawings in
order to remind the students that they are a community, too.

Conclusion (5 minutes) Summarize the lesson by talking about what a helper is.
Highlighting that we have so many different helpers in our life and not just the police.

Student support-
● Modifications: Allow students extended time to either think of what a helper is and who
they might be or more time to finish their drawing before group discussion.
● Accommodations: Use of assistive technology for students with physical disabilities.
● Differentiation: Provide visual aids to help students understand what I'm looking for.

Assessment-
● Formative- Students will share their thoughts and reflections on what a helper is
and who they may look like as a class.
● Summative- Have the students a few days later draw a new helper and explain what
they do to be a helper.

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