Exploring Our Communities: Urban, Suburban, and Rural!

Social Studies Grades 1st Grade 10:14 Video
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Lesson Description

Let's learn about different communities – urban, suburban, and rural – and what makes each one special! We'll discover how people live, work, and play in these diverse places.

Video Resource

Types of Communities | Learn about communities for kids and help them learn how to identify them

Learn Bright

Duration: 10:14
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Key Concepts

  • Community
  • Urban, Suburban, and Rural Communities
  • Citizenship

Learning Objectives

  • Students will be able to define 'community' and identify themselves as members of a community.
  • Students will be able to differentiate between urban, suburban, and rural communities based on their characteristics.
  • Students will be able to describe the responsibilities of a good citizen within a community.

Educator Instructions

  • Introduction (5 mins)
    Begin by asking students what they think of when they hear the word 'community.' Discuss the idea that a community is a place where people live, work, and play together. Introduce the video.
  • Video Viewing (7 mins)
    Play the 'Types of Communities' video from Learn Bright. Encourage students to pay attention to the different types of communities and the features of each.
  • Discussion (8 mins)
    After watching the video, facilitate a class discussion about the different types of communities. Ask students to share what they learned about urban, suburban, and rural areas. Talk about what makes each community unique.
  • Activity: Community Collage (15 mins)
    Divide students into three groups: Urban, Suburban, and Rural. Each group will create a collage representing their assigned community using magazines, newspapers, drawings, and other materials. Encourage them to show the different features of each community (e.g., tall buildings for urban, houses with yards for suburban, farms for rural).
  • Wrap-up (5 mins)
    Review the key concepts of the lesson: community, urban, suburban, and rural. Emphasize the importance of being a good citizen in any community. Mention the Learn Bright website for further activities.

Interactive Exercises

  • Community Sort
    Prepare cards with pictures representing different features of each type of community (e.g., skyscraper, farm, house with a yard, park). Have students sort the cards into three categories: Urban, Suburban, and Rural.

Discussion Questions

  • What is a community?
  • What are the three types of communities we learned about?
  • What are some things that people do in your community?
  • How can you be a good citizen in your community?

Skills Developed

  • Critical Thinking
  • Classification
  • Community Awareness
  • Active Listening

Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1:

What is a group of people living in the same place called?

Correct Answer: A community

Question 2:

Which community has tall buildings and many people?

Correct Answer: Urban

Question 3:

Which community has houses with yards and is near a big city?

Correct Answer: Suburban

Question 4:

Which community has farms and open land?

Correct Answer: Rural

Question 5:

What is it called when you follow the rules and help others in your community?

Correct Answer: Being a good citizen

Question 6:

What is something you can do to be a good citizen?

Correct Answer: Help someone

Question 7:

In which community might you take a bus to work?

Correct Answer: Urban

Question 8:

What might you see on a farm in a rural community?

Correct Answer: Animals

Question 9:

Which of these is a rule that helps people get along?

Correct Answer: Stopping at red lights

Question 10:

What is a tall building in a city sometimes called?

Correct Answer: Skyscraper

Fill in the Blank Questions

Question 1:

A __________ is a place where people live together.

Correct Answer: community

Question 2:

A big city with tall buildings is an __________ community.

Correct Answer: urban

Question 3:

A __________ community has houses with yards and is near a city.

Correct Answer: suburban

Question 4:

A __________ community has farms and open spaces.

Correct Answer: rural

Question 5:

Following the rules and helping others makes you a good _________.

Correct Answer: citizen

Question 6:

Rules in a community are sometimes called _________.

Correct Answer: laws

Question 7:

A ______________ is a tall narrow home that is connected on one or both sides to other homes.

Correct Answer: townhouse

Question 8:

Many people use taxi cabs and _________ for transportation in the city.

Correct Answer: buses

Question 9:

Farmers live in ___________ communities.

Correct Answer: rural

Question 10:

In an Urban community, there are many tall ___________.

Correct Answer: buildings

Educational Standards

SOC.1.1.1:analyze their role as a citizen in a community. SOC.1.1.2.4:Compare the features of urban and rural communities. SOC.1.1.2.5:Describe community customs and traditions as basic elements of culture.

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