1. SOCIAL STUDIES
By Ashley K. Leneway
All photos found at Flickr under Creative Commons
license. See notes sections for details.
Lesson One: What is Social Studies?
Lesson Two: All About Communities
Lesson Three: Types of Communities
Lesson Four: Careers in Communities

2. LESSON ONE
What is social studies?

3. What is Social Studies?

4. Social Studies is about…
people.

5. Social Studies is about…
places.

6. Social Studies is about…
the world
where we live.

7. LESSON TWO
All About Communities

8. What is a community?
A community is a place where people…

9. live

10. learn

11. work

12. play

13. Community, a place where people…
• live
• work
• learn
• play

14. Knowledge Check
We learned that a community is a place where…
People eat, sleep and workout
Live , work, learn, and play
Dance, sing, and study

15. You’re correct!

16. Oops! Try Again…

17. LESSON THREE
Types of Communities

18. Urban Community

19. Suburban Community

20. Rural Community

21. Types of Communities- A Video

22. What type of community do YOU live in?

23. LESSON FOUR
Careers in Communities

24. When I grow up…

25. Brainstorm a list of careers in your community!

26. Resources for Community Jobs
Click here to learn about interesting jobs in a virtual community.
Click here to learn more about service jobs.
Click here to play a game about community jobs. Can you match the
description of the career to the correct worker?
Click here to find a descriptive writing assignment where students
can research and showcase their knowledge of a variety of
community jobs.
Click here to find a wide selection of non-fiction books that teach
about what different community careers.

27. Assignment
Create your own PowerPoint presentation about a
community job you wish to have when you grow up.
• Teacher Lesson Plan
• Student Directions
• Rubric
• Examples