3. INTRODUCTION
Social problems become
concrete as we investigate them in our own
communities.The community provides
concrete data on cultural,industial,political
and geographical facts and relationships.
4. COMMUNITY RESOURCES
Community resources vary from community to
community. The opportunities which the teacher in
an open rural area has are only slightly related to
those of teacher in an urban area. But community
study opportunity are available to every school and
should be explored.
5. AVAILABLE RESOURCES
• Resources of geographical interest such as hills
and villages, lakes and water falls, rivers,
springs etc….
• Resources of historical interest such as forts,
pillars and monuments, temples, mosques,
caves etc..
• Resources of cultural interest such as art
theatres and galleries, museums, zoos radio
station etc….
6. Conti……
• Resources of economic interest such as
market places, commercial centres, banks,
mills, factories etc…
• Resources of scientific interest, scientific
laboratories etc……
• Forms of social control such as traditions,
customs, rituals, mores, beliefs etc….
7. IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY
RESOURCES IN SOCIAL STUDIES
Community experiences can enrich social
studies instruction in ways morethan one.
To achieve the purpose of social studies the
child is become a part of the community and
to interact and contribute to it.
A variety of community experiences offer the
child the laboratory in which he may
experiment with life in the community and
begin to find his place in it
8. Conti….
• The wise use of community resources is a
boon for vitalizing the teaching of social
studies.
9. CONCLUSION
• The idea of making the community the
best of the school and the school the best of
the community represents a fruitful and
essential extension of accepted educational
thinking and practice. In order to nourish and
invigorate democracy, community study and
service through school education must be
made essential.
