1. WHAT IS A COMMUNITY? Chapter 1 Lesson 1 Pages 6 - 9
Contributions of Individuals
Rights and responsibilities of citizenship

2. HOW CAN WE BE GOOD CITIZENS IN OUR COMMUNITY?
THE BIG IDEA!
A community can be a place, but it can also mean the people who live there.
Imagine: Without its people, a community would be NOTHING but the buildings and space!
HOW CAN WE BE GOOD CITIZENS IN OUR COMMUNITY?
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE GREATEST RESPONSIBILITY A PERSON HAS IN SOCIETY?

3. Thinking about your community: Quakertown!
Where do you live? Maybe your home is in a small neighborhood. What makes your community a good place to live?

4. A community is a place where people live, work, and play together.
People TOGETHER
A community is a place where people live, work, and play together.
People in a community HELP each other.

5. COMMUNITIES AND THEIR PEOPLE
There are some things that people NEED, no matter WHERE THEY LIVE!
What are these things?

6. In what ways are all communities alike?
All communities are alike because…

7. LAWS AND COMMUNITIES What do you know about laws?
What happens if a law is broken?
What do you think a good person should always do in a community?

8. LAWS
A law is a __________ that tells people how to behave in their community.
Laws protect citizens and
help us all get along!
What are some laws you
know in your community?

9. FOLLOWING RULES AND LAWS IS PART OF BEING A CITIZEN.
LAWS AND COMMUNITIES
FOLLOWING RULES AND LAWS IS PART OF BEING A CITIZEN.

10. LAWS AND COMMUNITIES

11. CITIZENS A citizen is a person who lives in a community.
They are OFFICIAL members of a community, state, or country.
What makes a person a GOOD citizen? Turn and talk with the person sitting next to you.

12. CITIZENS

13. CITIZENS HAVE RESPONISBILITIES!

14. COMPARE AND CONTRAST
In what ways are the rules in your school like the laws in your community?
RSA Lesson 1: Complete the vocabulary practice sheet.