Resources to share

I searched for social studies standards/curriculum on the NYC DOE website and found some great lesson planning resources. I'll share the two that we have used in planning our unit on sharing goals and working together to build a stronger community:

This is a NYS DOE teacher resource guide entitled "World Communities: What is Culture?" designed for 3rd grade: http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/socst/grade3/

This is a collection of lesson plans for grades 4, 8, and 11 from the Robert F. Kennedy "Speak Up, Speak Out" curriculum on social justice: http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/rfk.htm

Also, here's the link to the full list of social studies curriculum resources:

http://schools.nyc.gov/Academics/SocialStudies/StandardsCurriculum/default.htm

I hope this is useful to you!