Citizenship: Home, School, and Community
Session 1: Our Community of Learners

Materials

• Chart paper and markers
• Pencils and crayons
• Self-stick notes
• Pictures of various communities

Instructional Activities

NOTE: The following Web resource may be helpful:
Kids and Community. <http://www.planning.org/kidsandcommunity/>.

1. Post the word community on chart paper, and explain to the students the concept of a community as it relates to membership in the classroom, school, and neighborhood.
   
   
2. Pass out a self-stick note to all students, and have them draw their face with eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and hair. Have students color in their features.
   
   
3. Create a class chart labeled “Our Community of Learners,” and have each student place his or her self-stick note on the chart. Draw out responses from students about the many people who make up the class community. Encourage students to share reasons why all the students make up the classroom community.
   
   
   
   
4. Use the self-stick notes to create smaller communities within the class community, such as a community based upon gender, interest (drawing vs. singing), or season of birth.
   
   
   
   
5. Use the self-stick notes to create smaller communities within the class community, such as a community based upon gender, interest (drawing vs. singing), or season of birth.
   
   
6. Explain that a community is also a place where people live. Have students share similarities of the communities where they live.
   
   
7. Show pictures of different communities, and have students describe the common characteristics of the community.