Geography Connections: People in Communities, a Weekly Reader publication articles

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Series Overview.(learning names)(Brief Article)
January 1, 1993... If today's students are to become fully responsible and productive citizens of the 21st century, they will need to know more than name-place geography. Schoolchildren are citizens of a global society, and their daily lives are impacted by world...

People in Communities, Grade Three.
January 1, 1993... A community, students learn, is a group of people who live in a specific locality and follow the same rules. Throughout the book, students discover similarities and differences among United States and world communities in urban, suburban, and...

Classroom. (CARVER).
January 1, 1993... Have available butcher paper, drawing paper, poster paper, crayons, colored pencils, chalk, masking tape, yarn, travel brochures, pictures/stories of Native Americans, a globe, a map of the United States, a map of your state or community; a...

Books To Enjoy. (Resources)
January 1, 1993... Reserve one or more of these books from the school library for the duration of the unit. Try to read aloud two or more books to the class per week. Encourage students to read some of the books on their own or with a book buddy. Big City...

Read-Aloud Books. (Resources)
January 1, 1993... Bronzeville Boys and Girls, Gwendolyn Brooks, HarperCollins, 1967 Raising Gordy Gorilla at the San Diego Zoo, Georgeanne Irvine, Simon & Schuster, 1990 The Mountains of Tibet, Mordicai Gerstein, HarperCollins, 1987 City!...

Unit 1: People in Communities. (Region).
January 1, 1993... Background Information In her book The House on Maple Street, author Bonnie Pryor uses the discovery of a broken china cup and an arrowhead in the backyard of a fictional house on Maple Street to introduce the 300-year history of this...

Unit 3: Saving a Small Town. (PEOPLE PLACES) .
January 1, 1993... Background Information When Bytex Corporation moved into its new home in Southboro, Massachusetts, the employees were delighted with their new, pastoral surroundings. They loved looking out at two ponds and beautifully landscaped grounds....