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We found that our 6 year old had a renewed interest in the book Richard Scarry’s “What do people do all day?” It has terrific illustrations of jobs in communities and how they are all related.

4 minute video about rural vs. suburban vs urban with good vocab highlighted. Good for Lesson 1.

• link: https://youtu.be/NR7z9FbUf5k

Videos of kids with very different lives, I watched "Neha in India" which is about a little girl who lives on the street with her family. It was nicely done, relatable enough but different enough that young kids will be able to discuss it, not demeaning to the portrayed family at all.

• link: https://kidsinothercountries.org/?fbclid=IwAR1vJ91ozLcNmontfYdV0QKfsNT5SuT9

We enjoyed the following books with this lesson: Whose Hands are These by Miranda Paul and Crafts for kids who are learning about community workers by Kathy Ross

Question Circling Practice with BrainPOP Jr.

• link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-LLENvnySU

Great video for 1st-2nd.

• link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hmjhcsq-qMQ

This book by Kathryn Heling is a great and simple way to identify community helpers.

• link: https://www.amazon.com/Clothesline-Clues-Jobs-People-Do/dp/1580892523

Communities Around the World

• link: https://vimeo.com/11348597

I found the Schoolastic book ABC of Jobs by Richard Priddy to be a great supplement to this lesson.It includes level-appropriate details of what people do in various professions and gives many examples of how they help in the community.

In advance of this lesson I made a little interview booklet for my son and we took it with us as we went around the community. He explained to people that he was learning about jobs in his community and asked if he could ask them some questions. We live in a very international community, so the questions on each interview sheet were: What is your name? Where are you from? What languages do you speak? What is your job? How do you help people in the community through your job? Can I take your picture?

He has enjoyed asking the questions and writing down he answers, and we have found people glad to talk to him and answer his questions.

I may have him use the booklet some way in out final project for this unit.

We did a google image search for a rickshaw to see the kind of transportation workers there might be in a country without many motor vehicles. We came across one photo that led to this article about a man who made less than $1 in Bangladesh who saved up enough to create a medical clinic in his home town that he plans to develop into a full hospital. It's a wonderful story with lots of intriguing details (tin roof houses, hundreds of patients pouring through for basic first aid, the distance to the nearest hospital) that led to a wonderful discussion about giving back to our communities.

• link: http://www.justmeans.com/blogs/the-true-story-of-how-a-poor-bangladeshi-ric

A child-made book resource

• link: http://www.bookemon.com/book-profile/community-helpers-around-the-world/108

Visit Kiva.org, an organization that allows individuals to make microloans around the world. Click on "Lend" and browse through the different countries that can be supported and the different sectors people work in. Discuss how they service their community. Consider making a $25 loan, so the child can feel connected to the world. Updates will be sent as to how the business is doing to people who loan money. As of this writing, new users get a free $25 loan.

• link: http://www.kiva.org

This video does a wonderful job at showing three different children and their communities around the world. It talks about community helpers, communities in rural and urban areas, and resources in a community. The only negative would be that it is almost 20 minutes long, but well worth it!

• link: http://vimeo.com/11348597

this site lets you listen to (ans see) people explaining jobs in the community! goes well with this lesson.

• link: http://teacher.scholastic.com/commclub/

We took each (mom, dad and son) each took a stack of National Geographic magazines and put small post-it notes on th pages where someone was doing work to help their community. Then we shared and talked about our findings. This helped to broaden all of our views about what kinds of contributions are needed to keep a community running.