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- 1st
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Students recognize community helpers and their different jobs. They use their knowledge to draw pictures electronically by using the computer program Kid Pix and by making a class book. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students explore attributes of the community in which they live. They compare rural, urban and suburban communities and attempt to classify their own community. Each group illustrates their assigned area by drawing buildings, trees, crops, houses, roads, etc. characteristic of the area, then presents their project to the class. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students create a "Welcome to Our Community" brochure to display in the classroom. Full Review »
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- 1st - 4th
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Students examine a map of their community/city. They identify important buildings, establishments and people and complete a graphic organizer. They read a book about a city and write about and illustrate different elements of their city. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students research Los Angeles and its surrounding communities. They create digital presentations of the information they have gathered by answering the question included in the lesson. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students discuss issues of concern to their communities and explore the variety of avenues available for concerned community members to address these issues and effect change. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students create a "Welcome to Our Community" brochure to display in the classroom. They identify the people and places of their community and use photographs, magazine pictures, menus, ads, etc. to decorate their brochures. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students describe the physical and human geography of Los Angeles. Using the internet, they identify and locate features around the Adams region that have changed in the past 70 years. They use resources found in their school to discover the history of their community. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students determine the definition of the word tax. They determine how taxes pay for community services. They draw a picture of a community worker that shows his/her uniform and job. They discuss why taxes are a good thing. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten
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Students explore shapes and patterns found in their own community. They identify shapes and patterns in photographs, and listen to a book about shapes. Students then examine Paul Klee paintings for shapes and patterns, and create a shape picture of something in their community. Full Review »
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