1. 10/4/11
BR: How would you define the word “community?

2. Vocabulary Journal #5
Community – a social, religious, occupational, or other group sharing common characteristics or interests and perceived or perceiving itself as distinct in some respect from the larger society within which it exists
Race/ethnicity
Nationality
Sport
Citizenship
Age
Hobby
Gender
Neighborhood
Club
Sexual Orientation
Job/profession ?
Neighborhood
School

3. Get out a piece of paper and make the following..
Your name
Community

4. For each Community circle..
What makes that community ?
What are some common characteristics? (behaviors, etc.) What does the community offer them? Do you belong to this community by choice? Why did you choose it?
What is your role in the community ?
What do you bring to the community? What is your part? What are you expected to do?

5. Being Part of A Community Is A Two-Way Street
(remember rights and responsibilities?)
What you wrote on the left is what you get form the community and what you wrote on the right is what you give.
Get into a group (3-4)
Select one of your communities.
Analyze the benefits and responsibilities of the selected community. Hand in one paper per group!
Community
Benefits
Responsibilities

6. Extra Assignment! – 35 Points
Write a perfect paragraph responding to the question..
“How do the actions of an individual impact a community.”