SAINT PATRICK SCHOOL

“An Experience towards Excellence”

FIFTH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES

NAME:_____________________________________ DATE: ___________________ AREA: ENGLISH GUIDE: 1

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LOOKING AT COMMUNITIES

LESSON ONE: PEOPLE IN COMMUNITIES

A community is a place where people live, work, and play. People who live in a community depend upon each other in many ways.

NEVADA CITY. A GHOST TOWN

Have you ever visited a ghost town? A GHOST TOWN is a place where people once lived but don´t live anymore. Nevada City, Montana, is a ghost

city. The town has some buildings and houses, but people don´t live there. Nevada City is empty now.

Visitors like to visit Nevada City. Pretend you are one of them. It is hot, and the sun shines brightly. You would like a cool drink. But you cannot buy

this thing in Nevada City. No grocery store is open there. No restaurant. There are no people living in Nevada City.
Without people, Nevada City is no longer a community.

This picture shows a typical house of Nevada City.

Long ago, Nevada City was a busy mining town, now it is a ghost town, because people no longer live there.

ANSWER the questions:

1. Is Nevada City a small town or a big city? _______________________________________________________________

2. Why do people call Nevada City a ghost town? ____________________________________________________________

3. Would you like to visit Nevada City? ___________________________________________________________________

 PEOPLE MEET THEIR NEEDS IN COMMUNITIES

You are happy to live in your community. People are all around. People in stores are selling food, clothes, and other kinds of goods. You can find what

you need in your community. If you play ball and break a window, you may call a worker from the community to replace the glass.
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People depend upon the construction workers to build houses and apartment buildings. People need places to live. Your community has a special place

where you can go to learn new things- your school. Your teachers and principal are an important part of your community.

When you are ill, your community has people who can help you become well again. You go to a hospital, and doctors and nurses in your community give

you the care you need.

Police Officers and firefighters are also ready to help you. These workers keep you safe. Your community needs rules. The leaders make rules for

your community. They see that parks, streets, traffic lights are kept clean and repaired. People in your community also get together to share good

times and holidays.

Match:

COMMUNITY WORKERS PLACES THEY WORK

Doctors and nurses Library

Police Officers City Council 4

Construction Workers School

Community Leaders Police Station

Teacher and Principal Hospital

Firefighters Construction

Librarian Firestation

PEOPLE IN COMMUNITIES HELP EACH OTHER

Early in the history, people moved from one part of the country to another. They started some communities When they came to towns, the first

thing their families needed was a house. They chopped down trees and cut logs. All the people in the community helped each other to build new

houses. Women cooked food for all. When the house was finished, the people has a party. They danced and sang. The family slept in a new house that

was built by the people from the community.

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Just like people long ago, people in communities today also help each other.

When a flood or terrible storm hits, some families may have to leave their homes. People in the community provide meals and places for these people

to stay. Sometimes people know a person with a special need. Members of the community can helped collect money to buy a medicine or to pay for a

medical treatment this person needs.

If you watch news programs on television, you can see the examples of people in communities helping each other.

WRITE OUT the examples of how people in a community can help each other:

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 How can you help in your community?

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Using a suggested letter-numbered grid, locate:

HOSPITAL ______________ CITY COUNCIL ___________________

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PARK ___________________ BANK ___________________________

SCHOOL ________________ GAS STATION ____________________

LESSON TWO PLACES IN COMMUNITIES

When you travel, you pass by different communities. You may think that the communities look quite different from one another. In large cities you
may have seen tall buildings. In smaller communities you can see shorter buildings. All communities are different, but they are also alike in certain
ways.

COMMUNITIES HAVE CULTURAL FEATURES

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People is the most important part of a community. A community also has cultural features. Cultural Features are things in and around a community
that people have made. Houses and buildings are cultural features. The streets are cultural features, too. All communities have streets and buildings.
The streets of one community are different from those of other community.

Sometimes the streets run straight and across like a checkboard. In other communities the streets spread from the central point like the spokes of
a wheel. Sometimes the streets twist and turn in many different directions.

 Read the description of the streets once again and make pictures for them.

Different communities have different kinds of buildings, too. Compare buildings you can see in these pictures:
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 How are the buildings in your community? _______________________________________________________________________

COMMUNITIES HAVE NATURAL FEATURES

Look at the picture below. You can see Chicago community and the Lake
Michigan. The lake is a natural feature of Chicago. Natural features are the
things in and around a community that people did not make.
Rivers, lakes, oceans, hills, and forests are all natural features.
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 What are some natural features of your community?
________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Lake Michigan is an important natural feature for the people of Chicago. Many ships from around the world come to Chicago by way of Lake Michigan.
People boat and swim in the lake in the summer.

REVIEW

 What two kinds of features are part of a community? ________________________________________________________

 What things are common to all the communities? ____________________________________________________________

COMMUNITIES HAVE BOUNDARIES

The map shows the community of Chicago. Find the line around Chicago. This line shows Chicago´s boundary. Everything inside is parto f Chicago. A
boundary marks where one place ends and the other begins.
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You can see that the Des Plaines River forms one of the boundaries of Chicago. The river is a natural feature. People often draw boundaries along
lines formed by natural features.
  What natural feature forms Chicago´s eastern boundary?
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Communities have different neighborhoods inside their boundaries. Neighborhoods are places where people live near one another. Large communities
have many neighborhoods. Small communities have only a few neighborhoods.
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 What is your community like in size? _____________________________________________________________________

 What is your community name? _________________________________________________________________________
 What neighborhood do you live in? _______________________________________________________________________
 Are the houses in your neighborhood tall or short?
___________________________________________________________

SEARCH the map of Chicago and write out three cultural and three natural features this community has:

CULTURAL FEATURES NATURAL FEATURES

_______________________________ ___________________________

_______________________________ ___________________________

_______________________________ ___________________________

PEOPLE AND PLACES

1. Write a correct Word from the box for each sentence:

Ghost Town Community

Boundary Cultural Feature

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Neighborhood Natural Features

 A place where people live near one another is a _________________________________________

 A line that marks where one place ends and the other begins is called a _______________________
 Something in or around a community that people made is a _________________________________
 A place where people once lived but don´t live anymore ___________________________________
 A place where people live, work, and play is a ___________________________________________
 Something in and around a community that is not made by people is __________________________

2. Answer the questions. Check the correct word

 Which is the most important part of a community?

People
Boundaries

 Which of these is an example of a Cultural Feature?

Forest
Theater

 Which of these is a natural Feature?

 Skyscaper
Lake

 What do all communities have?

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Streets, buildings, neighborhoods

3. Read the following words.

 Circle the cultural features words with red color

 Circle the natural features with Green color.

River Park Fifth Avenue Forest Ocean Bank Museum

Hills Mountain Lake Library Theater Airport

Valley Desert Part Pond

PEOPLE AND PLACES IN COMMUNITIES

1. Check the best answer

 People no longer live in a

a) Community
b) Ghost Town 14
c) Boundary

 A river is an example of a feature that is

a) Political
b) Cultural
c) Natural

 A museum is an example of a feature that is

a) Political
b) Natural
c) Cultural

 The line where one place ends and the other begins is a

a) Boundary
b) River
c) Map

 People live near one another in

 a) Ghost town
b) School
c) Neighborhood

2. Review. Match
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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS a ghost town

NEVADA CITY, MONTANA a city with small buildings

SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO a city with high buildings on a big lake

 What needs can you meet in your community?

________________________________________________________________________

USING CARDINAL AND INTERMEDIATE DIRECTIONS

You have already learned how to use the directions north, south, east and west
This symbol shows the directions for northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest.

NE northeast
NW northwest
SE southeast
SW southwest
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READ AND FOLLOW TO COMPLETE

 Northeast is a direction between north and east

 Northwest is a direction between _______________________________
 Southeast is a direction between ________________________________
 Southwest is a direction between ________________________________

Look at this map of the part of the United States.

 Find Nebraska
 Write the direction of each state from Nebraska.
Example: South Dakota SD – N – north

Minnesota MN _____________________________
Colorado CO _______________________________
Kansas KS ________________________________
Montana MT ______________________________
Missouri MO ______________________________ 17