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Showing Your Community to the World
Middle schoolers investigate the environmental and human implications to local communities of hosting a major exposition or fair in their region. They study current site conditions and develop a comprehensive plan.
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All About Me
Students create a collage from magazines, and the internet that is reflective of themselves and write a friendly letter via email to a pen pal. They take their letters through the writing process and write their final draft on Microsoft...
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Environmental Quality in Our Own Backyard
Students research an environmental issue and decide on a course of action. They write a reseach paper and present an oral presentation based on the research.
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Knowing the Community: Sharing Activity
Students begin to build community in the classroom by participating in a sharing activity.
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History - Up Close And Personal
Young scholars identify national origin and population movement across U.S. of ancestors and/or community residents, explain historical development of major local industries, identify local social patterns/economic development as...
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Using Your Community as a Learning Resource
Students define what a community is, identify the different aspects/resources of their community, and research topics using the various resources in their community.
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Guess Who?
Learners complete an activity that allows them to get to know each other better. For this exploratory lesson students divide into groups and share things about themselves.
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Bus Stop Mosaic
Young scholars explore teamwork and communication. For this art lesson, learners work together to create a mosaic at a bus stop.
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"KIDS CREATE COMMUNITIES"
Students brainstorm the idea of a community and make a list of the attributes that are common. They create an ideal community and discuss its qualities in small groups. Each group puts together a presentation of a community for the whole...
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ESL Class Identity
Students work together to identify and research the country and culture of origin for each member of a group in a new ESL class. They organize the researched information in a poster and present their findings to the class.
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My Town
Students research the history of their local community. They focus on interviewing skills and primary source analysis. They present the research information using a variety of creative techniques.
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Who's That?
Students create a classroom mural to help learn one another's names. They draw their bodies underneath photographs of their heads and write their names.
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Look What We Did Together!
Young scholars reflect on and record what they do together as a class each week. They record it on a strip of butcher paper and draw a picture and write what they did.
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A Walk Through History
Eighth graders participate in a project that examines and presents information about various time periods. They conduct research, interview community members, take pictures, and create a multimedia presentation.
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Local Leaders and Why They Are Successful
Students research local leaders and create a web page showcasing the leader.
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Essential Services
Students discuss necessary community services then complete a worksheet by filling in essential services, the needed inputs and outputs produced by fulfilling the service.
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The Joy of Community Field Day
Students engage in community related activities to recognize and thank local merchants. Merchants raise awareness regarding what resources are available in the local and neighboring area for students and their families.
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Community Building during the Great Society
Students, by analyzing articles from the "Mobilization for Youth News Bulletin," identify the ways that students in the 1960s worked to improve their community.