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All Around the Neighborhood

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore the roles, responsibilities and skills of community leaders as they discuss the definition of community. They brainstorm businesses in the community and explore the importance of each profession represented in the...
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Curated OER

My Neighborhood

For Students Pre-K - 2nd
In this all about me activity activity, students color the picture of the house and fill in the blanks in 4 sentences to reveal more about the neighborhood they live in.
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Curated OER

Hypothetical Heights

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars participate in an interdisciplinary lesson to discuss improvements that would make them want to return to a previously poor neighborhood.  In this civics lesson, students work in a budget to make a plan to better their...
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Curated OER

Painting a Neighborhood

For Teachers K
Students explore the concept of neighborhoods and identify primary and secondary colors. In this colors and community lesson plan, students read the book Harold and the Purple Crayon and then discuss the concept of a neighborhood....
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Families and Neighborhoods

For Teachers K
Students build their own neighborhood. For 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

For Teachers K - 1st
Students investigate the characteristics of a neighborhood. In this communities lesson plan, students read the book Franklin's Neighborhood and list people and places in their community. Students create a neighborhood mural.
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Families and Neighborhoods

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
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

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners explore the concept of community. For this community lesson, students explore the cultural flavor of their neighborhoods as they discuss the history of their neighborhoods and draw pictures of their family and a building in...
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Families and Neighborhoods

For Teachers K
Students create a poster representative of their community. In 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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Curated OER

THE DIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE: HOW HEALTHY IS MY NEIGHBORHOOD?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students observe and investigate, on a walking tour, what elements create a healthy neighborhood. They examine the significance of the relationship of the built environment as well as the important details of architecture.
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Families and neighborhoods

For Teachers K
Students create their house to add to a class "neighborhood". In 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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Neighborhood News: vocabulary words

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this vocabulary words worksheet, students read the book Neighborhood News and put their vocabulary words into abc order and into sentences. Students do this for 8 words.
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A Neighborhood Expedition

For Teachers K
Students plan and conduct an expedition through their neighborhood based on the techniques used by the Harriman Expedition to Alaska in 1899. They research the Harriman expedition on the internet and then create a route and collection...
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Unit Plan
Scholastic

STEM Challenges and Activity Sheets 3–5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
How can engineers help their communities? Three challenges in the first unit explore why STEM is important to communities and how neighborhoods are engineered to experience those benefits. The second unit prompts groups to plan an...
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It's a Beautiful Day in MY Neighborhood

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students create and produce their own "WAlk Through" video about their neighborhood, develop script writing and on-camera narration skills, and gain knowledge and expertise about the landmarks in their own neighborhoods.
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Hazardous Chemicals in Your Neighborhood

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the effect of hazardous chemicals on humans. They discover how the chemicals are cleaned up and the facilities in their neighborhood. They identify federal and local agencies that oversee environmental hazards
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Welcome to the Neighborhood Cards

For Teachers K - 1st
In this neighborhood worksheet, students read 15 words ending in -ag, -an, or -and. Words include stand, band, bag, wag, flag, and fan.
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Welcome to the Neighborhood

For Teachers K - 1st
For this neighborhood worksheet, students write five words from the word families -ake, -ame, and -ate. Students write their answers in the windows of the corresponding word family's house.
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Welcome to the Neighborhood

For Teachers K - 1st
In this neighborhood worksheet, students write five words from the word families -ap, -ash, and -at. Students write their answers in the windows of the corresponding word family's house.
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Welcome to the Neighborhood

For Teachers K - 1st
In this neighborhood worksheet, students write five words from the word families -ar, -ark, and -art. Students write their answers in the windows of the corresponding word family's house.
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Analyzing the Job Market for Babysitting in Your Neighborhood

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students conduct research on a neighborhood in Canada. In this data analysis lesson plan, students use data from the 2006 Canadian census to draw conclusions about a population group.
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Voices of a People's History

Voices in The Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Everyone's perspective of the past is different. A thought-provoking unit gives young academics the opportunity to explore their perspectives on history and their neighborhoods. Based on the work of Howard Zinn, each lesson explores...
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University of North Florida

Family Child Care Home Instructional Unit: My Community

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
As Mister Rogers would say, "It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood," especially when youngsters know all about community helpers and their role in the community. These two units, one designed for ages two to three and the other for...
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All Around the Neighborhood - Part 3

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders illustrate the roles, responsibilities, and skills of community members and write a paragraph that summarizes the importance of those roles, responsibilities, and skills. They are asked: "What is a role?" Students are...

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