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Read to Learn

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore the concept of community helpers.  In this community helper lesson, students brainstorm the community helpers in their neighborhood after reading a book about jobs in the community.  Students then host a community helper...
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Community Helpers

For Teachers K - 1st
The book, Doctor Ted is used to kick off this lesson on Community Helpers. Young learners make connections to their own life by dictating a story of their own, and inventing other jobs that Ted can do.  
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Student Handout –People Helping

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
When you're in the workplace you need to know how to ask for and give help. Special needs individuals can look at each of the three workplace pictures and use the provided questions to practice asking for help. There are three questions...
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Community Helpers

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore the different products and services provided by community helpers. In this community helpers lesson, learners participate in a role playing activity where the students transform into community helpers. They break...
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Careers - Community Helpers

For Teachers 2nd
Different types of community helpers are the focus of this sociology lesson. Learners read the book Community Helpers from A to Z, choose a community helper to focus on, complete a graphic organizer, draw a picture of their helper, and...
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Community Helpers

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Community Helpers are the focus of this sociology activity. Learners brainstorm the many different jobs done in their community, discuss why they are necessary, and think of ways they can be community helpers. 
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Printables
Kiz Club

Whose Hat?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Here is a wonderful supplemental activity that would go great with a unit or lesson on community helpers or community workers. Kids will color in each of the provided images and they put the images together in a book. The book is then...
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Jobs in School

For Teachers K - 1st
Talk about the types of jobs found at school, in the community, and in families. This discussion-based presentation encourages the class to talk about what jobs they see, what they think those people do, and what they'd like to do when...
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Community Helpers

For Teachers K
Kindergartners learn who community helpers are and what contributions they make for the community. They will hear a story outlining various community helpers, their jobs, and tools, create a graphic organizer connecting community...
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A Visit To The Station

For Teachers K - 1st
Students discuss the role of the firefighter. In this firefighter lesson, students visit a fire station and see the equipment that firefighters use. They complete a math page on numbers and write a journal entry describing their fire...
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Community Helpers in our School and Town

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners create a PowerPoint presentation. In this community helpers lesson, students discuss community helpers and create a t-chart to list what each community helper does. Learners watch a PowerPoint presentation, walk through the...
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Digital Video Interviews

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars explore the jobs in their community. In this career education lesson, students interview a community member about his or her job in the community. Young scholars video the interview.
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The Job of the Police Officer

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this community helper learning exercise, students look at a photograph of police officers, and read a short job description. They answer and correct 5 online multiple choice questions using the online tool.
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Trusted Adults

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this health problems worksheet, students name 3 people in their community who could possibly help with every day problems. Students then draw a picture of each person named and tell where they could find them in the community.
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Community Helpers

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this community workers worksheet, learners read a one page text that has information about 8 community helpers and their jobs. Students then answer 8 matching questions and draw a mini poster that tells why community helpers are...
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Goods and Services

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
This PowerPoint presents facts about goods and services. The presentation defines goods and services in simple language and links to webpages that provide further information. Students may also review the information by clicking the...
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I've Been Working in the Neighborhood

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students explore community helpers. In this social studies lesson, students research a variety of community helpers. Students choose a community helper and explain why they would want to spend a day helping that worker.
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Office Secretary

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore school secretaries. In this ELL vocabulary and language development lesson, students look at pictures of school secretaries performing various jobs and give oral descriptions of what they see. Students visit the school...
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Dream Bag

For Teachers K
Students discover the functions of different types of bags. In this product design lesson plan, students discuss they types of bags that people use and then create their own bags for their own purposes.
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Our Town

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students discover what makes a community run smoothly by reading signs and visiting various places in their community. In this social studies lesson, small groups of students take photographs of community signs and places and then ask...
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Families and Neighborhoods

For Teachers K - 1st
Students investigate the characteristics of a neighborhood. In this communities lesson, students read the book Franklin's Neighborhood and list people and places in their community. Students create a neighborhood mural.
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Community Helpers

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify the different jobs of people in the community. In this careers lesson, students read Helpers in My Community and have parents come into the classroom to do a short presentation on their jobs.
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Community Helpers

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate community helpers. In this communities lesson, students compare and contrast for-profit and non-profit jobs and choose one job to illustrate on paper.
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People in My Community

For Students K - 3rd
For this community helpers worksheet, students use the 16 words in the word bank to locate and identify them in the word search puzzle.