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This community based Inquiry takes students on a tour of their neighbourhood to look at community resources and to think about why places are important to people. It involves Social Decision Making and constructing a Box City. Full Review »
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- 7th - 9th
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Students discuss the social injustice in the book, The House on Mango Street. They discuss ways to combat the injustice and create a class website highlighting local community resources and community service projects. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students investigate the services and facilities that are present in their community. They develop a resource map show the services. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students discover the methods and media that are used to communicate information effectively. They identify barriers to successful communication. They research different ways of communicating with others. Full Review »
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- 5th - 12th
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Students create AIDS resource booklets. They discuss the topic of AIDS and how a resource booklet can help victims of AIDS in their areas. They research websites, interview community resources they have located and organize their notes. They use MS Word to create their booklets. Full Review »
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- Higher Ed
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Students explore government and community resources by identifying basic government agencies including the post office, social security, health department, department of children and families, etc. In addition, they write next to each department a defining phrase (post office--buy stamps). Full Review »
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- Higher Ed
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Students explore how to communicate using past tense and present perfect tense verbs. They discuss words related to postal activities and the procedures to follow when mailing letters and packages, registering mail, and buying money orders. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students create a list of specific government offices and community agencies in their community. They define the services each of the agencies provides. Students demonstrate how to locate information about services providers in the telephone directory. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students explore the concept of a community. They identify and group various kinds of communities. Students create a concept map exemplifying their membership in different communities. They write a narrative describing their membership in various communities Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students define the boundaries of their community by comparing the community's official boundaries with other historical, political, physical, and perceived boundaries of the area and create a community map. Full Review »