My Communities: Big and Small!
Lesson Description
Video Resource
Communities for Kids - Types of Communities | Social Studies for Kids | Kids Academy
Kids Academy
Key Concepts
- Community
- Neighborhood
- Citizen
Learning Objectives
- Identify different types of communities.
- Explain how people can belong to many communities at once.
- Define the role of a citizen in a community.
Educator Instructions
- Introduction (5 mins)
Begin by asking students what comes to mind when they hear the word 'community.' Write their ideas on the board. Explain that a community is a group of people who live, work, or play together in a shared space. - Video Viewing (7 mins)
Play the 'Communities for Kids' video. Encourage students to pay attention to the different types of communities Maggie belongs to. - Discussion (8 mins)
After the video, facilitate a class discussion about the different communities highlighted in the video. Focus on examples like family, school, neighborhood, city, state, and country. - Activity: My Community Map (15 mins)
Have students draw a map showing their different communities. They can draw their house (family community), their school (school community), their street (neighborhood), and a symbol for their city/town. Students should label each part of their map. - Wrap-up (5 mins)
Review the key concepts of community, neighborhood, and citizen. Ask students to share one thing they learned about communities. Reiterate how they belong to many different communities.
Interactive Exercises
- Community Circle
Have students sit in a circle. Start by saying, 'I am part of my family community.' The next student repeats what you said and adds another community they belong to, like 'I am part of my family community and my school community.' Continue around the circle, adding one community each time. This demonstrates how everyone belongs to many communities.
Discussion Questions
- What are some of the communities you belong to?
- How does being part of a community make you feel?
- What can you do to be a good citizen in your community?
Skills Developed
- Community awareness
- Geographic understanding
- Social awareness
Multiple Choice Questions
Question 1:
What is a group of people living together called?
Correct Answer: A community
Question 2:
Where you live near your home is called your:
Correct Answer: Neighborhood
Question 3:
Maggie's school is part of her what?
Correct Answer: Neighborhood
Question 4:
What continent is the USA part of?
Correct Answer: North America
Question 5:
What is someone called who belongs to a country?
Correct Answer: A citizen
Question 6:
Is a family considered a community?
Correct Answer: Yes
Question 7:
What is it called when people help each other?
Correct Answer: Working Together
Question 8:
Maggie likes to play ____ with her friends.
Correct Answer: Soccer
Question 9:
What is a big city called?
Correct Answer: Miami
Question 10:
A social community is a group of people that you _____ spending time with.
Correct Answer: Enjoy
Fill in the Blank Questions
Question 1:
Your __________ is the area near your home.
Correct Answer: neighborhood
Question 2:
A _________ is a member of a place, like a country.
Correct Answer: citizen
Question 3:
Your family is a small ___________.
Correct Answer: community
Question 4:
People in a community help each other when they ___________.
Correct Answer: need
Question 5:
Maggie lives in a city called ___________.
Correct Answer: Miami
Question 6:
The state of Florida is part of the ________.
Correct Answer: USA
Question 7:
Your school is a ___________.
Correct Answer: community
Question 8:
People in a community live and ________ together.
Correct Answer: work
Question 9:
Friends are part of your ___________ community.
Correct Answer: social
Question 10:
North America is a ___________.
Correct Answer: continent
Educational Standards
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