Krystal Wright

Vocabulary Group: A number of people doing an activity

together. Community: A place where people live and the

people who live there. Map: A drawing that shows where places are. Law: A rule that everyone must follow. Goods: Things that people make or grow. Services: Jobs people do that help others. Lesson 1, 2, 3, 4, Review

Learning Together at School Tasks

Lesson 1

Talk about class jobs Leader: makes sure the group

follows the rules Rules: help us listen, share, and

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Do Activity Page 1

Learning Together at SchoolLesson 1

What does the leader of a group do?

How do you learn together in your classroom?

How do we help each other in the classroom?

Living at Home and in the Neighborhood

TasksLesson 2

What types of groups do you belong to?

Family School Neighborhoods: a place where people live

What NEEDS does your family have? Food Clothing Safe Place to Live

How does your family get their needs?WORKMONEY~ Buy your needs $$$

How do you work to make your home a nice place to live?

How do people in your neighborhood help each other, and keep us safe?

Neighborhood is part of your Community.Do Activity Book Page 2

Living at Home and in the Neighborhood

Lesson 2

What needs do families have?

How is your neighborhood like your friends?

In and Around the CityTasks

Lesson 3

What are some things you might see and hear on a city street?

City: A very large community with many neighborhoods.

Why do you think there are skyscrapers in big cities?

Laws?????

What are laws? Laws are rules for a community.

What kinds of laws do police officers enforce?

Traffic Safety Protection of Property Crowd Control

Goods/Services

What are goods? Goods are things people make of grow. Examples of Goods:

Clothes Toys Books Fruit Vegetables

What are services? Services are jobs that people do for others.

Name some services.

Do Activity Book Page 4 Do S.S. Book Pages 28 & 29 (Read a Map) Do Activity Book Page 5

In and Around the CityLesson 3

Name a service job someone might do in a city.

What would you enjoy doing in a city?

Our County of Many PeopleTasks

Lesson 4

The students will make a collage of American Citizens.

There are more than 250 million citizens in the United States of America.

How are Americans alike and different?

How are Americans Alike?

We follow our country’s laws.

We cooperate, or work together, to make our country a great place to live.

How are Americans Different?

We live in different places.

We eat different foods.

We work at different jobs.

REMEMBER!!!

Country-separate land where the people have their own leaders and laws

Citizens-people who belong to a community

You live in a country called the United States of America.

Our County of Many PeopleLesson 4

Do Activity Book Page 6

What is the name of our country?

How can you be a good member of this large group of Americans?

Read Pages 34 & 35 in your S.S. book to find out what you can do to help your community.

Vocabulary Test Review

1) A place where people live, work, and play. ____________

2) A drawing that shows where places are. ____________

3) A rule that everyone must follow. ___________

4) Jobs that people do for others. __________5) A number of people doing something

together. __________6) Things that people make or grow to sell.

___________

Check Understanding1) Name two groups to which you belong.

(examples)

2) How do laws help people in a community? (examples)

3) What people in the community help families meet their needs? (examples)

4) In what ways are American citizens different from one another? How are they the same? (examples)

Think Critically

1) What might happen if there were no laws in a city? (possible answers)

2) Why should we respect people’s differences? (possible answers)

3) Do page 39 in your S.S. book.