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Title: My Community Author: Emily Nepple Pronged Focus: Social Studies Art Student Objectives: What is a community? What is featured in a community? What are some pictures and words that describe my community? Introduction: Begin by reviewing the pictures and charts from the first lesson titled My Neighborhood. Ask students some of the characteristics that make up a neighborhood. Development: - Introduce this lesson by writing "community" on the board. Ask the students what a community is. Explain that a community is any group living in the same area. Ask how this is different from a neighborhood. Review with them that a neighborhood is particular people and things that live around them. A neighborhood is a part of a community. - Ask the students what makes up a community. Have them think about someone coming to visit their city or town and what they would see. Explain that these things are features that make up our community. Have each child brainstorm. Tell them to write various features that make up their community. - While the students are brainstorming their community features, the teacher needs to make a large chart entitled Our Community. After the students have completed their sheet, have each student list one feature that she/he wrote to describe their community. Write student responses on the chart. Continue discussion by adding other features that the students did not list. Some items might include buildings (city hall, police station, fire station, hospitals, doctor's office, dentist's office, museums, theaters, businesses, department stores, grocery stores, library, etc.), schools, types of transportation, traffic lights, neighborhoods, parks, your particular climate (hot in summer, snowy in winter,etc.), your particular landform (hills, flat, bodies of water, etc.). - Read the chart aloud as a class. Tell the students that they are going to make a collage of their community. Ask the students what a collage is. Explain that a collage is a cluster/group of pictures and words that describe something. Tell them that they are going to use magazines and newspapers to find various pictures and words that tell about their community. Also, have them use the "Our Community" chart and their brainstorming sheet as a resource for finding pictures and words. - Divide the students into small groups of two or three students. Tell them they will work cooperatively in groups with the newspapers and magazines to find words and pictures for their collage. Give each child a piece of cardstock, glue, and scissors. Give each small group four to five magazines and one or two newspapers. Allow time to work on their collage. While the students are working, the teacher needs to walk around to assist and observe students at work. Conclusion: After collages are completed, have each student share his/her collage. Compare and contrast the various pictures and words that were found. Display these collages on a bulletin board entitled Our Community. Assessment: Observe students making their collages for understanding of a community. Reference: http://www.glc.k12.ga.us/BuilderV03/LPTools/LPShared/lpdisplay.asp?Session_Stamp=&LPID=46063 Cindy Thornton |
