Lesson+Plan+4+Communities+in+other+lands+past+and+present

Grade Level: 2

Unit: Communities in other lands past and present 





Assignment type: Making a Venn Diagram

Lesson objectives:
 * Student will understand characteristics of their own communities.
 * Student will be able to identify characteristics of other communities around the world.
 * Student will understand how to make a Venn diagram showing how communities are different and similar.

Time required to complete this lesson: 45 minutes  Title of lesson: Our community and communities around the world. 

Resources/materials needed: -photos of other communities -paper -marker  Description of lesson: First, as a class we will brainstorm characteristics of our communities here in America. The teacher will write all the ideas on the board (or using a laptop put them on the screen in a circle). Then as a class we will look at a picture from another community in a different country. The students will make inferences as to the characteristics of that community and together we will make a Venn Diagram showing the similarities and differences of the communities. Students will break into groups of 4 or 5 and they will be given postcards or pictures from other communties and they will make their own Venn diagrams to show to the class. 

Assignment: Make a Venn diagram to show and discuss with the class.

 