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Do We Have More Boys Or Girls in Our Classroom?-- Class Bar Graph

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this math instructional activity, students participate in a group project to graph the number of boys and girls in their classroom and plot the data on a simple bar graph.
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Changes In Our Community

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore how change and growth affect communities.  In this community awareness instructional activity, 9th graders interview a senior adult. Students research economics and trends in their community.
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An Investigation Into Our Community

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners examine maps of Palmer, Massachusetts and practice giving directions. As a class, they discuss how it changed from a farming community to more industrial. To end the lesson, they take pictures of the community to show how it has...
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Human Features of Our Community

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students investigate the human factors that create a community. They conduct research using a variety of sources. Students then create dioramas that depict a typical scene found in a community.
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Community Arts Projects

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Youngsters learn about community through exploration of their own neighborhood.In this instructional activity about community, students create a community in their classroom. Students think about what their community looks like by making...
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Picture This in Your Community

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners participate in learning proper interview techniques to interview people in our community. They engage in this project in order to develop interviewing skills, to develop a better understanding of various jobs in our community...
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Community of Fun

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discuss communities and why rules are important. In this community lesson plan, students compare and contrast communities with and without rules and play with parachutes and balls.
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Nonprofits in our Community and World

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover the functions of nonprofit organizations. In this service learning instructional activity, students brainstorm questions for use in an interview with a nonprofit representative.
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Nonprofit Organizations in Our Community: Interviewing Representatives

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students interview representatives from nonprofit organizations. In this philanthropy activity, students prepare questions for a representative from a nonprofit organization. After conducting the interview, they are to prepare a short...
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The Gift of Community

For Teachers K - 5th
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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We the Community

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning lesson, students design and create informational books regarding nonprofit agencies and philanthropists in their community.
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Community Construction

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students are assigned the task of building a community building. They construct the building using a computer graphics design program. The simulated building when completed be put together to form a small town.
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Service-Based Engineering Design Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Do some good for the community while learning about engineering. Groups complete a service-based engineering design project over the course of five weeks. The resource provides guidance on how to conduct the project and help pupils get...
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When Were Houses in our Locality Built?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Take a look at the types of houses to determine when they may have been built. This UK-based slide-show shows houses common to Great Britain  such as, Tudor, Victorian, 1930's, and Modern styles. This could be used as a compare and...
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Exploring Our Community

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify nonprofit and profit organizations in their community. They discuss why it is important to have both types of organizations. They create a land use map of their community.
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Who Works for the Common Good in Our Community?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the role of community service organizations. As a class, they listen as members from local organizations speak to them and answer any questions they have. They respond in their journals to different prompts to end the...
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Our Class, Our Earth day

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students understand the importance of participating in recycling and clean-up efforts in the community. In this recycling lesson, students respond to questions after reading "The Wartville Wizard" by Don Madden. Students articulate...
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Our Unique Legacy of Giving

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students view The Gift of All, a Community of Givers. In this philanthropic lesson, students discuss the gifts of philanthropists they've seen. Students research and write a two page paper with four bullet points. Students include a...
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Playground Design

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students design recreational equipment for a community. In this architecture lesson, students work in pairs to design the equipment. Students select materials and begin designing. Students assess themselves with a pre-made rubric.
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Design of Our Own

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning instructional activity, students recognize family, school, and local community leaders who have contributed to the common good. Middle schoolers also study...
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Read 'n' Give-Planning Our Book Drive

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars participate in a book drive. In this communities lesson, students brainstorm ways of collecting books for donation and design a book drive for children in the community.
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Influencing Others in Our World

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover that the actions of people can have a positive influence on a community. They use a variety of resources to research biographies of African Americans. Students research and discuss the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.,...
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Making a Difference: Community Helpers Lesson Plans

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Children can learn about volunteering and put that knowledge into action with community helpers lesson plans.
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Immigration: Our Changing Voices

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students identify how immigration affects the family and or community. For this Immigration lesson, students examine traditional migration and how immigration has changed over time. Students will consider their own families and history...

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