Sub: Moral Education

Grade: 8
UNIT 1: ETHICS IN THE CONTEXT OF COMMUNITY
Lesson 1: DEFINITION OF COMMUNITY
1. Community is a group of people who live and interact with one another in a specific
place and in accordance with specific regulations.

2. The given picture belongs to school community

3. The basic component of any community is the individual

4. Three elements characterize a community and distinguish it from other communities
are individuals, area and relationships.

5. Primary groups are considered groups of belonging because the individual belongs
to them automatically. These groups are united by very strong emotional
relationships, such as those between family members.

6. Secondary groups are also called as reference groups.

7. According to German sociologist George Simmel individuals adopt the standards

and values of the group to which they belong, which requires identifying with its
behavior.

8. The discovery of oil in the UAE community led to several fundamental changes to
all of its community systems and relationship.
9. "In harmony and in some sort of federation, we could follow the example of other
developing countries." are the words of Late Sheikh Zayed

10.A group is a social unit consisting of at least three people connected by relationships
based on fulfilling material and moral need