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Exploring Communities: Urban, Suburban, and Rural
This video explains the different types of communities—urban, suburban, and rural—based on population size and land use. Learn about how people live and work together in each type of community, and how resources like lakes can shape the...
Wonderscape
Understanding Communities: Types and Local Government
This video explains the different types of communities—urban, suburban, and rural—and how each is unique. It also introduces the role of a mayor and how community members work together to create a better place to live by setting rules...
Curated Video
Let's Learn About Communities: Communities Alike and Different
Communities Alike and Different shows the diversity of communities. The program answers questions about how rural communities differ from suburban ones and what characteristics cities and suburban areas share. Young learners will embark...
Curated Video
Communities Alike and Different
COMMUNITIES ALIKE AND DIFFERENT- How is a rural community different from a suburban community? What characteristics do cities and suburban areas share? This program explores the similarities and differences that make communities unique.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Measuring the Danger of Segregation
An 1869 study incorrectly stated that black Union soldiers had lower lung capacity than white soldiers. 150 years later, this same study is impacting the health and disability diagnosis of black patients. Structural segregation is still...
Curated Video
Exploring Communities Alike and Different
How is a rural community different from a suburban community? What characteristics do cities and suburban areas share? This program explores the similarities and differences that make communities unique. Youngsters visit a variety of...
Wonderscape
Social Studies Kids: Exploring Your Community and Its Workers
This video is a lesson about communities and the different workers that make them great. It explores the concept of communities, the types of communities, and the roles and responsibilities of various community workers such as police...
Wonderscape
Social Studies Kids: Communities and Geography
In this video, the teacher explains the concept of communities and how they are influenced by geography. They discuss different types of communities such as urban, suburban, and rural, as well as the impact of bodies of water like...
Macat
An Introduction to Benedict Anderson's Imagined Communities
Did you ever wonder how nations form in the first place and what brings such a strong sense of community? A video explains how a community forms according to Benedict Anderson with animation, graphics, and even pizza-related metaphors.
MinuteEarth
How to Build a Better City
Think you're helping the environment by living in the suburbs rather than the city? Think again! Young scientists examine the effects of urban sprawl in a video that compares the environmental advantages of closely packed city life to...