Exploring Our Community!
Lesson Description
Video Resource
What is a Community? - Community for Kindergarten | Social Studies for Kindergarten | Kids Academy
Kids Academy
Key Concepts
- Community: A place where people live together.
- Types of Communities: Urban, Rural, Suburban.
- Community Features: Places and people that make up a community (e.g., library, police officer, parks).
Learning Objectives
- Students will be able to define what a community is.
- Students will be able to identify the three types of communities: urban, rural, and suburban.
- Students will be able to recognize common places and people found in a community.
Educator Instructions
- Introduction (5 mins)
Begin by asking students what they think a community is. Write their ideas on the board. Then, introduce the YouTube video 'What is a Community? - Community for Kindergarten | Social Studies for Kindergarten | Kids Academy.' - Video Viewing (5 mins)
Play the video for the students. Encourage them to pay attention to the definition of a community, the types of communities, and the things found in a community. - Discussion (10 mins)
After the video, discuss what they learned. Go over the definition of a community, the three types (urban, rural, suburban), and the examples of things found in a community. - Activity: Community Collage (15 mins)
Have students create a collage of their own community. They can draw pictures or cut out images from magazines of places and people they see in their community (e.g., houses, schools, parks, police officers, firefighters). - Wrap-up (5 mins)
Review the key concepts of the lesson. Ask students to share one thing they learned about communities.
Interactive Exercises
- Community Walk
Take students on a short walk around the school or neighborhood. Have them identify different places and people they see that are part of the community. - Sorting Activity
Prepare pictures of urban, rural, and suburban scenes. Have students sort the pictures into the correct community type.
Discussion Questions
- What makes a community special?
- What are some important jobs people do in our community?
- How can we help make our community a better place?
Skills Developed
- Observation
- Critical Thinking
- Categorization
- Civic Responsibility
Multiple Choice Questions
Question 1:
What is a community?
Correct Answer: A place where people live together.
Question 2:
Which of these is a type of community?
Correct Answer: Urban
Question 3:
What might you see in a community?
Correct Answer: House
Question 4:
In a rural community, you might see lots of...
Correct Answer: Farms and fields
Question 5:
A police officer helps to keep our community...
Correct Answer: Safe
Question 6:
Which community is near a big city, but outside of it?
Correct Answer: Suburban
Question 7:
What kind of buildings would you expect to see in an urban environment?
Correct Answer: Tall buildings
Question 8:
What is a place where you can read books?
Correct Answer: Library
Question 9:
Which one is in the sea?
Correct Answer: Octopus
Question 10:
People live in...
Correct Answer: House
Fill in the Blank Questions
Question 1:
A community is a place where people live ________.
Correct Answer: together
Question 2:
A _________ community has lots of farms and fields.
Correct Answer: rural
Question 3:
You can borrow books from a _________.
Correct Answer: library
Question 4:
People live in _________ in a community.
Correct Answer: houses
Question 5:
A _________ helps to keep people safe in a community.
Correct Answer: police officer
Question 6:
A _________ community is a very busy and highly populated.
Correct Answer: urban
Question 7:
A _________ takes children to school.
Correct Answer: school bus
Question 8:
A _________ community is outside of a big city.
Correct Answer: suburban
Question 9:
A place where children can play outside is a _________.
Correct Answer: playground
Question 10:
A hot and dangerous place to be is a _________.
Correct Answer: volcano
Educational Standards
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