Communities

Essential Questions

• What does a community look like?
• How does culture shape a community?

Author

• Rebecca Baucom, December 2017

Abstract

• The two mini lessons are part of a larger unit on Communities.  Lesson one will focus on the different types of communities (urban, suburban, rural) as well as the difference between a community and a group.  The second lesson will be a continuation of this lesson, exploring culture and tradition within communities.

Performance Objectives

• SWBAT understand the difference between a community and a group
• SWBAT compare and contrast different types of communities
• SWBAT define culture and understand how it relates to communities

 Standards Addressed

• 6.1.4.D.13  Cultures include traditions, popular beliefs, and commonly held values, ideas, and assumptions that are generally accepted by a particular group of people.
• 6.1.4.B.10  Urban areas, worldwide, share common physical characteristics, but may also have cultural differences.
• 8.1 Educational Technology: All students will use digital tools to access, manage, evaluate, and synthesize
  information in order to solve problems
  individually and collaborate and to create and communicate knowledge.
  • 8.1.5.A.1   Select and use the appropriate digital tools and resources to accomplish a
    variety of tasks including solving problems.

Suggested Follow-Up

• Scholastic
• Communities Video (youtube)
• BrainpopJr (membership required)

Image credits

Lesson 1

• “New York City Harbor, New York” by eutrophication&hypoxia is licensed under CC BY 2.0

• “An American suburb” by futureatlas.com is licensed under CC BY 2.0
• “Windstar Farms” by missing8519 is licensed under CC BY 2.0
• “Fiat 500 in NJ suburb” by brownpau is licensed under CC BY 2.0
• “Strip Mall off Forest Park Parkway in the CWE” by Paul Sableman is licensed under CC BY 2.0
• “Skardu farms” by Abdullah Najeeb is licensed under CC BY 2.0

• “Skardu farms” by Abdullah Najeeb is licensed under CC BY 2.0