Community and Citizenship Unit

Description

This social studies pack includes graphic organizers, formats, and activities to work with the concepts of communities and being a good citizen. They are perfect to use to gather and record information from sources.

Included in this pack:

-Communities Vocabulary boxes (6 boxes including vocabulary words and space for definition and picture)

-Basic Needs Tree Map (how communities provide for basic needs: transportation, communication, recreation, education, and government)

-Basic Needs of My Community Web (how does my community provide for basic needs?)

-Types of Communities Chart (suburban, rural, and urban: what do they look like and sound like?)

-Brochure Format (printable double-sided brochure about urban, suburban, and rural communities)

-Comparing Communities (triple Venn diagram)

-Improving my community (identify three things you can do to make your community better)

-Community Word Search

-Citizenship vocabulary boxes (6 boxes with vocabulary word, space for definition and a picture)

-A Good Citizen Tree Map (Actions and Characteristics)

-Characteristics of a Good Citizen Web (5 bubbles to record information about a good citizen

-Characteristics of a Good Citizen Activity (circle the characteristics of a good citizen and write about them)

-A Good Citizen Would… Scenarios (students discuss the best next step for a good citizen)

-Good Citizens in my Community (cards to include a picture and description)

-I Am a Good Citizen When… (organizer to help students identify themselves as good citizens

-Citizenship Word Search (Key included)