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Worksheet
Curated OER

ESL: Complaints and Responses

For Students 4th - 7th
In this complaints and responses worksheet, students students brainstorm "neighbor complaints," then work in small groups to generate lists of other common complaints. Students then role play complaining and responding. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Inside Story

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students think about and investigate some of the social problems facing their communities: what causes them; how extensive they are; and what can be done to solve them.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Wish You Were Here! - Collaborative Literacy Project

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore videos, software and print resources to investigate the concept of community. Students write poems about their town and illustrate them for a collaborative literacy project.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Alma's Way: Neighborhood Notebook

For Students Pre-K - 1st
As Alma explores, she appreciates all the great things about her neighborhood. How can we make observations and celebrate our communities? Students will use a printable Alma's Way My Neighborhood Notebook to observe the people, places,...
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Website
PBS

Pbs: Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is the official website of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Explore Mister Rogers' house, the neighborhood of make-believe, and the words to all of Mister Rogers' songs. A section for parents and teachers is also provided.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: These Are Things in My Community

For Teachers 1st
Similarities and differences within school and neighborhood communities.
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Unit Plan
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: My Community [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
"My Community" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about a child talking about how his community has changed since his grandmother moved into that neighborhood 50 years earlier. It is followed by constructed-response questions...
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: My Community Book

For Teachers K Standards
In this lesson students explore places in their neighborhood by using a variety of informational texts.
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Unit Plan
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: My Community [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th
"My Community" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about a child talking about how his community has changed since his grandmother moved into that neighborhood 50 years earlier. It is followed by constructed-response questions...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Getting Started With the Ti Navigator: Equations of My Road

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces students to the use of a map of an area, a neighborhood, a favorite city, or an amusement park, to determine the slope of a specific road. Students will find the slope of a line using a coordinate plane.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Fred Rogers

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers a comprehensive biography of the late Fred Rogers, the host of the PBS children's television show "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood." Content includes a focus on Rogers' life and work, his impact through his television show,...
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Activity
Other

The World of Beverly Cleary

For Students 2nd - 8th
A wonderful site all about famous author Beverly Cleary. It offers the visitor many things to do and explore, including the neighborhood where her stories take place and a little about her characters. Gives the visitor some games to play...
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: My Family and Me

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Instructions for making a book about family with a young child.

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