There are many benefits to being part of a community. Includes audio narration in 8 additional languages with text in English.

Ten different lesson plans around the concept of community aimed toward early elementary students can be found here. Each lesson plan contains an introductory activity, contains an assessment rubric and correlates state standards and...

The Pew Hispanic Research Center provides a quiz asking questions about your community and how you rate it based on the probing questions. Includes questions exploring different aspects of the community some find important. Compares your...

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text explaining the meaning of the word "community." A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, "Community, How are communities formed? Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account...

"My Community" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about a child talking about how his community has changed since his grandmother moved into that neighborhood 50 years earlier. It is followed by constructed-response questions...

"Community Progress?" is a one page, nonfiction passage about three community projects in Chicago; each group saw a problem, decided on a solution, and implemented it. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require...

"My Community" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about a child talking about how his community has changed since his grandmother moved into that neighborhood 50 years earlier. It is followed by constructed-response questions...

The purpose of this online lesson is to help the children realize that it takes many, varied jobs for a city or town to work as a community. Indicated for K-2nd grade.

Learn how to cross the street and train tracks safely in your neighborhood. Includes audio narration in 7 additional languages with text in English.

Learn about all the things a small town has to offer to people who live or visit there. Includes audio narration in 20 additional languages with text in English.

Learn about all the things one can do at the city park. Includes audio narration in 9 additional languages with text in English.

Read about the things you can do when you visit the local library. Includes audio narration in 16 additional languages with text in English.

Use this site to explore how you create communities, how you live in them, and how you change them. This site also has information on the career of city planning, and activities on city planning.

Did you know that you can make a difference in keeping our oceans safe and beautiful? Become more knowledgeable about our oceans and the harm they face each day, including invasive species, overfishing and habitat alteration by perusing...

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about adult helpers in our community including: a police officer, a doctor, a firefighter, a teacher, and a construction worker. A question sheet is available to help students...

A speech that was given by Senator Huey Long "to the members and well-wishers of the Share Our Wealth Society," which was organized to attract voters during the Great Depression.

Teachers have the opportunity to guide students of ways to develop or expand community and school projects through a series of informative and explorative lessons.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart discusses basic community changes including changes in population, inventions, and transportation.

Students write complete sentences about their families. As they learn to punctuate sentences correctly, type them on a computer, and take digital pictures, they work together to create a class book.

Guidelines for exploring local history and culture through examining a collection of written and spoken stories, landmarks, and traditions, such as food, festivals, and events. Students will research a variety of primary resources and...

Identify government funded food programs in the community. Learners will consider facts about monies funded to support food for children in the United States and evaluate the ethics in organizations that give prizes to support feeding...

This lesson will help students combine the tools of technology with language skills to communicate with non-English speaking students in the community.

The BSCS Seminar Series brings distinguished speakers to share ideas and present their latest work to our community conversations. Click the links to find information about speakers and links to their talks.