There are three main types of communities; urban, suburban and rural.
We are beginning to learn aboutthe three types of communities,the students will then begin workingon dioramas. I found a wonderful project that a teacher did with her students on pinterest. If you are a teacher, and are interested in this activity as well, the web site is http://a2ndgradeadventure.blogspot.ca/search/label/communities. Fantastic lesson!Keep an eyeout as we will be adding photos of ourcompleted projects soon, as well as some photos of our grade 3 students working on theirs. The ones below are samples!
We learned a great deal about living in the three types of communities. Below are some great acrostic poems created by Katee O'Quinn from a unit I purchased from the Teachers Pay Teachers web site. The lesson iscalled Suburban, Urban and Rural for the Primary Classroom.
Here are some photos of us working on our ladder books and dioramas!
Humans have always had the need to be part of a group. In modern life we have home owners associations, hobby groups, sports teams, church groups, civic organizations, fraternities/sororities and more.
There are five types of community organizations i.e. self-help, partnership, co-production, pressure and protest organizations. Self-help organizations are groups of people who provide mutual support and assistance to each other for the purpose to meet a need or to pursue collective goals.
noun. , plural com·mu·ni·ties. a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage. a locality inhabited by such a group.
Communities are structured to perform certain functions for their members. Warren (1978) identified five functions carried out by locality-relevant communities: (1) produc- tion, distribution, and consumption; (2) socialization; (3) social control; (4) social partici- pation; and (5) mutual support.
A common definition of community emerged as a group of people with diverse characteristics who are linked by social ties, share common perspectives, and engage in joint action in geographical locations or settings.
Warren (1978) identified five functions carried out by locality-relevant communities: (1) produc- tion, distribution, and consumption; (2) socialization; (3) social control; (4) social partici- pation; and (5) mutual support.
To be part of a community, you must feel a sense of belonging (membership), feel like you make a difference to the group and that the group makes a difference to you (influence), feel like your needs will be met by other group members (integration and fulfillment of needs), and feel that you share history, similar ...
Introduction: My name is Eusebia Nader, I am a encouraging, brainy, lively, nice, famous, healthy, clever person who loves writing and wants to share my knowledge and understanding with you.
We notice you're using an ad blocker
Without advertising income, we can't keep making this site awesome for you.
