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Handout
National Geographic

National Geographic: Encyclopedic Entry: Urban

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the definition of an urban community and how it differs from a rural area.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Traditions in Our Family

For Teachers 1st
This lesson gives the students an opportunity to see that every family has traditions they participate in throughout the year.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Give and Take

For Teachers 2nd
Learn about the concepts of goods, services, and community.
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Lesson Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: Twentieth Century Entertainment: When Work Is Done

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Through a photograph investigation, young scholars examine leisure activities of the twentieth century and answer a list of questions.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Meet the People in Your Neighborhood

For Teachers 1st
Recognize the different occupations, and their roles, within the community.
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Handout
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Arthur's Cafe

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Want to eat some healthy snacks? Try some favorite recipes, in this activity from Arthur: "D.W. the Picky Eater."
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Postc@rds From the Net

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In-depth look at your community. Students develop an appreciation of the community in which they live, taking a closer look at the world just outside their doors and sharing their experiences with their classmates, near and far.
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Professional Doc
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Virtual Professional Learning Series

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Our Virtual Professional Learning Series is created for teachers-by teachers-to bring together content experts and educators from all backgrounds. With an emphasis on fun, engaging, accessible, and free tools for classrooms, these...
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Sesame Street: Community Violence

For Students Pre-K - K
When children are exposed to traumatic events within their neighborhoods, communities, or across the world, you can help them feel safer and more secure...and build hope for a more peaceful, kinder future. These resources will help you...
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Pre K 12 Resources for New School Routines: Protecting Our Planet Bingo: Pre K and K

For Students Pre-K - K
These weekly activities are cross-curricular but emphasize Social-Emotional Learning, Math, and Literacy development. This week children will learn that they can make choices that can reduce their impacts on the land, water, air, and...
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Pre K 12 Resources for New School Routines: Gratitude Bingo: Pre K and K

For Students Pre-K - K
These weekly activities are cross-curricular but emphasize Social-Emotional Learning, Math, and Literacy development. This week, we are learning about how expressing our gratitude shows others how we feel when they help us.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Pre K 12 Resources for New School Routines: Family Traditions Bingo: Pre K and K

For Students Pre-K - K
These weekly activities are cross-curricular but emphasize Social-Emotional Learning, Math, and Literacy development. This week, we are learning about how sharing our family traditions helps us to respect and contribute to the diversity...
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Alma's Way: Think It Through

For Students Pre-K - 1st
As Alma learns about families, friendships, and communities, she discovers that sometimes challenges and conflicts arise. In those moments, Alma stops and "thinks through" the situation. Then, she knows what to do! Support critical...
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Alma's Way: Neighborhood Notebook

For Students Pre-K - 1st
As Alma explores, she appreciates all the great things about her neighborhood. How can we make observations and celebrate our communities? Students will use a printable Alma's Way My Neighborhood Notebook to observe the people, places,...
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Alma's Way: Classroom Murals

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Alma contributes to her neighborhood in big ways! In creating a unique community mural, she reflects on her interests and her neighborhood. In this activity, students add to their school community by creating murals with bulletin board...
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Lesson Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: Teachers: Exploring Community Through Local History

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Serving Immigrant Students Through School Community Partnerships

For Teachers 9th - 10th
How do district and school partnerships with community-based organizations help schools better meet the needs of recent immigrant students? This article provides some examples of promising strategies in which community-based...
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Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: School Culture: The Hidden Curriculum

For Teachers 1st - 9th
Walk into any truly excellent school and you can feel it almost immediately - a calm, orderly atmosphere that hums with an exciting, vibrant sense of purposefulness. This is a positive school culture, the kind that improves educational...
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Handout
Penn Museum

Penn Museum: Ancient Greek World: Women's Life Dress and Toilet Articles

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a description of how women in ancient Greece dressed and how these styles changed.
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Handout
Penn Museum

Penn Museum: Ancient Greek World: Daily Life Women's Life

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a description of the woman's place in ancient Greek society and her duties and responsibilities.
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Unit Plan
The Dirksen Congressional Center

Congress for Kids: Citizenship: Communicating in Communities

For Students 3rd - 5th
You will discover many opportunities to enrich your own life and to appreciate your differences from other members of a community as you improve your ability to communicate. You, your family, and your friends can become good citizens and...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Environmental Interactions: Connectedness of a Natural System

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A field experience where students undergo an exploration in a natural environment. They are introduced to the concepts of species, population, community, ecosystem, niche, and biosphere.
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Lesson Plan
United Nations

United Nations: Cyber School Bus: What Makes Cities Grow?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This unit explores the factors that influence the growth of cities. Read more to understand the patterns of migration and settlement in cities.
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Handout
Buddha Dharma Education Association

Buddha Net: Dharma Data Sangha

For Students 9th - 10th
This Buddhanet.net site, Dharma Data, offers a short definition of the sangha, a word meaning "community" or "congregation."