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Building Blocks of the Community

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners recognize what a community is and how those who live there work together. In this community lesson, students use words and blocks to create a new community. Learners understand that the placement of the block relates to its...
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Exploring Your Community

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars showcase their community. In this multimedia lesson, students discuss what makes their community special and then create videos that highlight the features of the community.
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Our Classroom is a Community: LEAGUE Philanthropy Lesson

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars examine the concept of community. In this philanthropy lesson, students consider how their classroom could be considered a community and discuss how they can be philanthropists in their own classroom.
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Our Neighborhood as a Community

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students understand that they are a part of a community with helpers that make a difference. In this community service lesson, students explore the diversity in a community and how its members make it a nice place to live. Students sing...
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What Is A Community?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars engage in a lesson which introduces the definition of a community and challenges them to explore the characteristics of their own community. This lesson uses the true story of Humphrey the Lost Whale as an illustration of...
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The Community Forest

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders plant a tree. In this sustainable forestry lesson, 4th graders define community forest and brainstorm a location to plant a new tree on the school grounds. Students learn how to plant a tree and discuss choosing an...
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Community Foundations and Procedure

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars understand what a community foundation is and how it gets input from the community. In this community foundation lesson, students form an advisory board to give suggestions. Young scholars learn procedures to hold meetings...
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Places in My Community

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students determine the different businesses and buildings in their community. In this community lesson, students identify different community locations and their purpose in the community. Afterward, the students collectively sing a song...
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Living in a Community

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students understand the differences in communities by reading "City Mouse, Country Mouse" by Isabelle Chantellard. In this types of communities instructional activity, students find that although communities are different, one is not...
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Exporing Our Community

For Teachers K - 2nd
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,...
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Introduction to Urban & Community Forestry: Why Do We Need Trees?

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders construct a timeline to show changes and trends in the future of urban and community forestry. In this forestry instructional activity, 12th graders discuss the importance of trees. They read a timeline and add future...
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Community Landmarks

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this community landmark worksheet, students write 2 activities that people do at each landmark. Students write activities for 10 landmarks.
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Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

RETHINK: Bullying Prevention Curriculum

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Adopt a school-wide approach to bullying prevention guided by a program packet that is designed to engage the full school, families, and the entire community. Participants are asked to consider the roles power, control, and...
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Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, 1903: Photos of a Community

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students looks at a series of photographs taken in 1903 in the community of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. They examine how needs were satisfied in this community, and compare that to how the same needs are satisfied in their own community.
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Indian Land Tenure Foundation

A Leadership Chart

For Teachers K - 2nd
It's important for children to understand how they fit into their local or social community. They discuss leadership and who exemplifies a leader in their family, community, and school. Each child will create a quilt square by...
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Teaching Tolerance

Community Mural / Poster Campaign

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Every piece matters. A creative lesson provides an opportunity for scholars to create murals or posters that represent their views on social justice. Academics work on smaller posters or pieces of a mural that will ultimately be...
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Building Bridges for Young Learners -- Community

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners compare and contrast communities.They explore factors that influence how people live, the roles of adults and children, and the interaction of people who live and work within a community. The lesson focuses on the country of...
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Computer Simulation of the Sonoran Desert Community

For Students 9th - 12th
See how changes in initial populations and parameters affect a biological community. Individuals use a special software program to simulate a desert community with five species. They adjust initial populations to see how the community...
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Discovery Education

Is Our Community Influenced by the Opioid Epidemic?

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Opioid abuse is becoming a national crisis, but combating the influence of opioids requires examining the ways it affects individual communities. A thorough teacher guide provides step-by-step instructions about implementing an...
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How Can Clear of Tress Destroy a Community?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders brainstorm the relationship between trees and humans to determine how humans benefit from trees and how they benefit from us. They discuss oxygen/carbon dioxide exchange, soil stablization, animal habitat, shade, medicine...
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Check Out Community Preparedness

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research storm preparedness in local community, identify ways citizens are notified of impending weather emergencies, contact city administrators to discuss disaster plan and whether it has ever been implemented, and interview...
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Community Action

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders decide how one uses resources within a particular bioregion.  In this decision making instructional activity, 5th graders consider the biodiversity and complexity of the ecosystem.  Students select a resource...
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Policy - The Community Guidelines

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Following a site's community guidelines is just one step toward being an excellent digital citizen. After a brief introductory video, small groups come up with their own community guidelines and present their ideas to come up with a...
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Library of Congress

Investigating the Building Blocks of Our Community’s Past, Present, and Future

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
As Ken Jennings said, "There's just something hypnotic about maps." Certainly, the longer you look at them the more you can learn. In this project-based learning lesson plan, individuals study both historic and present-day maps...

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