1. The Community Around Us
Story
Game Directions
Game Preparation
Game Pieces
Play the game
Objectives
A Homemade PowerPoint Game By
Jennifer Christenbury and Jennifer Hyder
UNC- Charlotte
Credits
Copyright Notice

2. The Story of the “The Community Around Us”
Your little cousin Bertha is coming to visit for a week this summer and has never been to your community before. Your mother puts you in charge of showing Bertha around the community. You must take her by city bus to your house, your school, the post office, the pet store, the hospital, the restaurant, the bank, the library, the police department, the fire station and your father’s shop and explain to her the purpose of each place. You start early in the morning after breakfast but your mom says you have to be finished by dinner. Good Luck!
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3. Dinnertime!!

4. Your Community

5. Game Directions
The goal of the game is to answer questions about each place you visit in enough time to be home by dinner.
To play the game you have to draw a card with the name of each place on it, then take the bus to that place.
To win the game you have to visit each place by dinnertime.
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6. Game Preparation Gameboard: Print out slides 4.
“Place Cards: Print out slides 3 (preferably on heavy stock with a distinct color), then cut into individual card.
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7. Game Pieces
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8. Credits All teachers and students at non-profit schools can use, revise, or adapt this game at will at no cost on the condition that all prior designers are cited.
Originally designed by Jennifer Christenbury and Jennifer Hyder,UNC-Charlotte, The Community Around Us 09/2007
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9. Educational Objectives
Audience
Kindergarten Social Studies Class
Subject Area Objectives
Students will be able to….
5.01 Locate and describe familiar places in the home, school, and other environments.
5.03 Describe the functions of places in the home, school, and other environments.
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10. Copyright Copyright 2007 Jennifer Hyder Jennifer Christenbury
Permission to copy this game at no cost is granted to all teachers and students of non-profit schools.
Permission is also granted to all teachers and students of non-profit schools to make revisions to this game for their own purposes, on the condition that this copyright page and the credits page remain part of the game. Teachers and students who adapt the game should add their names and affiliations to the credits page without deleting any names already there.
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11. Time to play “The Community Around Us”!
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Game Directions

12. Quiz Questions Police Station Fire Station Pet Store Restaurant
Click on one question for each place and answer the question each turn until you get the correct answer and can leave that place.
Police Station
Fire Station
Pet Store
Restaurant
Dad’s Store
Post Office
Bank
School
Library
Hospital P P F F PS PS R R D D PO PO B B S S L L H H
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13. That’s Correct!
Click here to continue.

14. Sorry, that’s not correct!
Click here to continue.

15. Who works at the Hospital?
Fisherman
Doctor
Teacher
Hunter
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16. People go to the Hospital when they are ______.
Hungry
Sleepy
Sick
Happy
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17. You can get ______ at the Bank.
Money
Groceries.
Homework
Toys
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18. Your parents bring money to the bank?
True
False
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19. You can buy stamps at the Post Office.
False
True
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20. You can mail letters at the Post Office.
False
True
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21. Doctors work at the Fire Station.
True
False
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22. What do Firefighters drive?
School Bus
Fire truck
Police Car
Mini Van
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23. What do policemen do? Walk dogs Keep us safe Teach math Play baseball
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24. Policemen catch the bad guys.
True
False
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25. You can buy toys at this place
True
False.
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26. At the store you can not do what
Get a shot
Buy clothes.
Get toys.
Get School Supplies.
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27. You can buy a dog at this place.
True
False
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28. This is a great place to take my dog if he gets sick.
Yes No
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29. I can get what here?
Food
A Dog
A book
A shirt
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30. I can learn to do math in this place?
True
False
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31. In this place I will meet new friends?
Yes No
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32. When I come to this place I can get what?
A Pizza
A Book
A Shirt
A Dog
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33. This is a quiet place to do some reading.
Yes No
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34. What Can I do here?
Read
Eat
Feed a dog
See a doctor
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