Youngsters discover who the leaders in their community are and what it means to build a community in this four-lesson unit. 

Concepts

building community, community planning, community service, local government, public safety, communities, leaders

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Additional Tags

college and career readiness

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Instructional Ideas

• Before beginning this series, ask some local community members to come to your class and present on their work
• Connect the lessons in this unit to your classroom, and use the model of a local community to discuss how students can be helpers in a classroom community

Pros

• Engaging, hands-on activities
• All worksheets included

Cons

• Part of each lesson involves reading of the books from the Community Helpers series; however, you can still complete the lessons and worksheets without this reading

Common Core

W.1.2 W.2.2 W.3.2.a