Communities of different sizes

Social Studies
Step four
Learning objective 2 - 2017
Boston International School
Lesson: Communities of different sizes
Biblical principle:
Fraternal love is the product of a purified heart.
1 Peter 1:22
New King James Version (NKJV)
The Enduring Word
22 Since you have purified your souls in obeying the
truth through the Spirit[a] in sincere love of the
brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,

Learning Objective: Identifying the characteristics of

urban, Suburban and rural communities.
Vocabulary #3
1. Region: A large area with at least one feature that
make it different from other areas.
2. Population: The total number of people in a place.
3. Urban: Having to do with a city.
4. Street: A public thoroughfare, usually paved in a village
town or city.
5. Crowded: Filled to excess.
6. Transportation: The movement of goods, people.
7. Suburb: an area on the edge of a large town or city.
8. Road: a long, hard surface built for vehicles to travel
along.

9. Countryside: Land used for farming.

10. Agriculture: The growing of crops and the
raising of farm animals for sale.
COMMUNITY 1
COMMUNITY 2
COMMUNITY 3
Watch this video, then classify the features of each community.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuF2o7SaRWU

COMMUNITIES FEATURES

Urban Suburban Rural

Complete the workshop

See annex
ACTIVITY IN CLASS

Write an invitation. Invite a friend to your community. In the

invitation tell about your community, including its population and
economy.

The invitations should describe the community, its size, its

people, its stores and business, and any special locations, the
things the friend would see and do there.
Students should include a greeting and a closing in their
invitations.
PROJECT

Students create a FLIP BOOK in which students draw and write

characteristics of the three types of communities (urban,
suburban, and rural).
JESUS CHARACTER
Principle of the month: Fear of the Lord
Proverbs 9:10
10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Insight: If we want to succeed in life, we need to surrender upon the

Lord

Illustrate Yare fear and Pachad fear

Yare fear means to stand in awe, reverence, respect and

recognizing the power and position of God and giving Him
proper respect.

Pachad fear means to fear, dread or feel terror.