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Study types of communities such as urban rural, and suburban.

2nd grade
There are three different types of living communities.
Urban is in or near a city.
Suburban is outside of a city.
Rural is outside of big cities in small towns.
Standard - 5.2.2.D: Explain responsible community
behavior.
Standard - 6.1.2.B: Identify community wants and needs.
Standard - 6.5.2.C: Describe the roles of local businesses.
Standard - 7.2.2.A: Identify the physical characteristics of
places.
Standard - 7.2.2.B: Identify the basic physical processes
that affect the physical characteristics regions.
Standard - 7.3.2.A: Identify the effect of local geography
on the residents of the region (food, clothing, industry,
trade, types of shelter, etc.).
(pdesas.org)
Labeling different communities
Identifying important characteristics about each
community
Describe important roles of each community
What makes up a community
Understand history of local communities
How to be a respectful and responsible member of a
community
Locating where to fund urban, rural, and suburban
communities