Instructor: Barbara Blair

Grade Level: 2nd Grade

Lesson Title: Meet My Community

Standard 1: History

Goal 1.1: Build an understanding of the cultural and social development of the United States.

 Objective(s): By the end of Grade 2, the student will be able to:

o 2.SS.1.1.1 Discuss different groups that a person belongs to, such as family and
neighborhood, and how those roles and/or groups have changed or stayed the same.

Learning Objectives:

 Students will be able to describe and compare rural, urban, and suburban communities.
 Students will be able to successfully identify and discuss the city, state, country, and
planet their community is located in.
Materials Needed:

Book: Town and Country

My Town handout sheet

Discussion/Activity (20-30 minutes):

 Introduction: Read aloud Town and Country by Craig Shuttlewood.

o Tell students that in a city you'll find tall buildings and buses and people who are
rushing. Around the cities people live and play and they travel by train to work
every day. At night on a farm, you can see many stars. And across the hills, the
lights of passing cars.
 Activity: Ask students to look at the illustrations and describe some details in our towns
and some in the country.
 Activity: Handout “My Town” worksheet and have students' complete worksheet.
o “I live in a town called...”, “Where is your town?”, “What buildings are in your town?”,
“What are the best places to visit in your town?”, What is special about your town?”
 Activity: Ask students to partner up and share their answers with their partner once completed.
 Discussion: Tell your class to think about the activity they just did. Considering the
drawing, ask them what they think the word "community" means.
 Discussion: Work together to develop a shared definition of this term. Write down the
definition where all your students can view it. A basic definition of community is a place
where people live, work, and play.
 DIscussion: Ask your class what things a community share. Explain how a community
shares a geographic location, weather, and government.

 Check for Understanding: Ask students to share and detail what their community might look like
with the class
 Check for Understanding: Discuss with the class what might be similar and what might be
different in each community and how that impacts their city, state, Country, and planet.