Community Map

In this community map worksheet, students practice their map reading skills as they use the map key to determine the locations of community places on the map.

Students compare and contrast urban and rural communities. In this geography skills lesson plan, students discover the attributes of the settings and respond to questions about cities and farms.

What is a community? Find out with a lesson that sheds light onto the different types of communities—school, local, and global. Scholars read informational text detailing the life of a young girl from Cape Verde and take part in a...

Students examine homes and shelter around the world. They compare their own home to other homes, develop a Venn diagram, define shelter, create a cutout of a home, and write about the value of having a home.

Students create an online "community journal". In this communities lesson, students use a writing template to send e-mail to various people to learn more about their community. The journal is passed from person to person.

Create a supportive environment. Get your students to work together cooperatively by making and keeping goals. The goal of this lesson is to build a classroom community through goal-setting, decision-making, and positive reinforcement.

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,...

Students investigate the significance of rice in Asian communities as they examine its growing cycle. They work in groups of six to demonstrate the steps of the rice growth cycle. They draw and make calendars that depict this cycle.

Students explore the concepts of community. In this communities lesson, students listen and respond to the story of The Little Red Hen and discuss ways to contribute to their own community. Students recognize the importance of...

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...