Community Connections
Year Round
Grades K–5
A community can be as small as your classroom, or as big as the world. No matter how our communities change, or how much time passes, one thing remains the same…we’re all connected. Students will discover how the choices they make can influence the world around them.
What will my students do?
K–2:
Construct their own community using model buildings
Identify the importance of rivers to early communities through the use of dioramas
Participate in a river water pollution simulation
Use artifacts to understand how life in the early 1900s was different from today
3–5:
Construct their own community using model buildings
Identify how rivers have impacted community growth through the use of dioramas
Participate in a river water pollution simulation
Reenact the migration of the Ball family during the Gas Boom
What will my students learn?
Governmental regulations and leaders are in place to help us to make tough but necessary decisions that affect all of us
Community locations are affected by the natural resources they harbor, especially water
Communities change over time as resources and population distribution change
Communities are connected through their natural and man-made resources
Our personal decisions affect ourselves, the resources and other members of a community
We are all part of a community
Culture is reflected in the dynamics of a community
Models and simulations help us to understand and see “real things” through visual aid
State Standards
Kindergarten
Language Arts K.2.3, K.4.6, 5.7.1, K.7.2, K.7.3
Science K.6.1
Social Studies K.1.1, K.1.4, K.2.1, K.2.4, K.2.4, K.2.5
1st Grade
Language Arts 1.1.1, 1.7.2, 1.7.4
Science 1.4.4, 1.6.1
Social Studies 1.1.1, 1.1.4, 1.1.6, 1.2.1, 1.2.5, 1.3.9
2nd Grade
Language Arts 2.7.2
Science 2.3.6, 2.4.8, 2.6.2
Social Studies 2.1.1, 2.2.3, 2.4.2
3rd Grade
Language Arts 3.7.1, 3.7.2, 3.7.3
Science 3.6.3
Social Studies 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.1.4
4th Grade
Language Arts 4.7.1, 1.7.5, 4.7.6
Science 4.1.8, 4.6.4
Social Studies 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.4, 4.1.6, 4.1.9
5th Grade
Language Arts 5.7.1, 5.7.3
Science 5.1.5, 5.1.6
Social Studies 5.1.1, 5.3.7
