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What Is A Community? Lesson Plan

What Is A Community? Lesson Plan

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What Is A Community?

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Students 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 how people come together as a community to help others.

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Grade

K - 2nd

Subjects

Social Studies & History

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Duration

45 mins

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Project-Based Learning

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