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Where Do I Fit?
Fourth graders complete activities to learn about career options and the role jobs have in community. In this career lesson, 4th graders complete a career exploration worksheet and study the local community jobs available. Students...
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Families and Neighborhoods
Students build their own neighborhood. In this lesson on community, students are introduced to books about families and neighborhoods. As a class, the students create their own neighborhood, elect a leader for their neighborhood and...
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Families and Neighborhoods
Students explore the concepts of family and community. In this diversity lesson, students read Bear About Town and then design and build their own classroom neighborhood homes out of individual shoeboxes.
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Families and Neighborhoods
Students create a poster representative of their community. For this lesson on the world around them, students learn about their neighborhood. After they have gathered some knowledge about the objects and people in their community,...
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Families and neighborhoods
Students create their house to add to a class "neighborhood". For this lesson on family and community, students read the book Family by Todd Parr and discuss how all families and houses are different. Then, students create their own...
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People Take the Stand
Students learn how to be a philanthropist. For this community lesson, students define words associated with philanthropy. Students read Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes and discuss the problem and how it was solved. Students...
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We the Community
Learners explore the concept of philanthropy. For this service learning lesson, students design and create informational books regarding nonprofit agencies and philanthropists in their community.
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Multimedia Urban Stories: "This is who I am"
Students create a photo essay. In this lesson encouraging self-expression, students view and reflect upon photo essays. Then, they go out into the community and create their own photo essay complete with captions. Students publish their...
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Community of Trusted Learners
Students brainstorm the characteristics of trusted learners. For this social skills lesson, students brainstorm what a 'community of trusted learners' would look like. Students create a continuum of distrustful to trustful individuals...
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The Gift of Community
Students explore the diversity offered in communities. In this Teaching Tolerance lesson, students read The Gift and then interview people within their school community regarding the gifts they receive in their community.
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Making Our World Better
Students research on the Internet. In this community lesson, students use various websites to find characteristics of the United States, to learn the importance of having diverse communities and to discuss what they know about the...
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Trust Circles
Students explore trustworthiness. In this character development lesson, students brainstorm synonyms for trustworthiness. Students consider two communities to which they belong, and compare and contrast these communities by completing a...
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Traditions
Students study the vocabulary of philanthropy and the tradition in their community of altruism. In this philanthropy instructional activity, students discuss traditions and philanthropy. They create a class dictionary of...
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Random Acts of Kindness
Students make a bookmark. In this community lesson, students review the meaning of caring. They discuss how doing small acts of kindness can affect a community, and they make a bookmark to remind them to do kind things for others.
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The LEAGUE: Learning to Give Lesson 3
Students reflect on giving to people in their community. For this philanthropy lesson, students think about an elderly person in their neighborhood or community who has done something to make that community more beautiful. Students...
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What Can I Do For You?
Students explore philanthropic acts within the school. In this philanthropy lesson, students list acts of philanthropy they can do at school and sing songs about philanthropic acts.
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My Part in the School Community
Students define philanthropy. In this school community lesson, students watch a slideshow of pictures that represent different types of community. Students define community and list the communities they are part of. Students also define...
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Native American Legend about Community
Students explore how communities help each other. In this philanthropy lesson, students read the story The Legend of the Bluebonnet and discuss the philanthropy portrayed in this community. Students think of their most valuable...
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What Is a Community?
Students determine ways they can help in their communities. In this community involvement lesson, students read a story that facilitates a discussion about neighborhoods and communities. Students name the communities they belong to and...
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Where Does It All Come From?
Pupils analyze a reading selection. In this community lesson plan, students read a story about how community helps a family in need. Pupils discuss their community organizations and how they help those in need.
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Sharing our Talents: Art from the Heart
Students examine the concept of giving. In this gifts and talents lesson, students read a story about giving one's talents in Native American culture. Students analyze their own special gifts or talents and paint a picture of an act of...
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The Community of Fun
Students participate in a parachute activity. In this physical education lesson, students use teamwork to lift a parachute and keep soft balls on top of it. Students demonstrate how working together can accomplish a goal.
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Responsibility and Jobs
Students identify community helpers. In this philanthropy lesson, students read Strega Nona and identify different characters' responsibilities in the story. Students use character traits to describe the main characters and make a list...
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The Arrival
Students construct classroom rules. In this philanthropy lesson, students investigate The Mayflower Compact made by the Pilgrims and use it as a guide to form their own classroom rules. Students work in small groups.