Introduction
The goal of this WebQuest is for elementary age students to be able to identify and understand the roles of a variety of different community members and how they may be able to help the community.
Task
Your task is to know the names of the community members and what their jobs are in the community. You will learn what it means to be a community helper and how they benefit your neighborhood. Many of these community helpers work in specific buildings. You will learn what buildings the community helpers work in and be asked to match the worker to their correct building.
Process
1. Click on the links to learn about each of your community helpers.
Police Officers: Read this short book on police officers.
https://www.raz-kids.com/main/BookDetail/id/637
Fire Fighters: Read this description of firefighters.
http://kinooze.com/the-firefighters/
Mailmen: Watch this short video on what a mailman does.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQY0C6dRaAc
Doctors: Watch this video inside a doctors office.
https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-does-a-doctor-do-lesson-for-kids.html
Teachers: Look around your classroom! Try to come up with three things that your teacher does for you in your classroom!
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Bus Drivers: How do you get to school? Watch the music video about the bus and list how you get to school in the morning!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDo_j1yMDPI
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Librarians: Use this picture to understand what a librarian does and where they work.
2. Watch this video about the places in your neighborhood that these neighborhood helpers might work:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkfROvtrDl8
3. Match the neighborhood helper to their community building.
Police Officers Firehouse
Fire Fighters Doctors Office
Mailmen Post Office
Doctors School
Teachers Police Station
Bus Drivers Library
Librarians School
***Notice that two of the neighborhood helpers that we are learning about work at our own school! What other neighborhood helpers that we are learning about could work at our school?
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Evaluation
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1 Needs Improvement |
2 Satisfactory |
3 Excellent |
Comments: | |
| Identifying Community Helpers | Student was unable to correctly identify community helpers. | Student was able to accurately identify most of the community helpers. | Students was able to identify all of the community helpers. | |
| Understanding the Roles of Community Helpers | Student was unable to understand the roles of the community helpers outlined. | Student has general understanding of the roles of the community helpers outlined. | Student understand the roles of the community helpers outlined. | |
| Staying on task and completing assignement | Student was unable to stay on task, which resulted in an incomplete assignment. | Student followed most of the directions and stayed on task most of the time. Assignment was completed. | Students followed all of the directions and stayed on task. Assignment was completed. |
Total:
Conclusion
Neighborhood helpers are an essential part of our community. Knowing which community helper can help you in different situations is extremely important. Having knowledge of where community buildings are located and what they look like in your own town helps you become a better community member. Community helpers work to make the community healthier, safer, and better for the community. Think about which friendly neighborhood helper you would most like to be. Talk to your classmates about other neighborhood helpers you know about!
Credits
Videos form:
- Youtube
- Teachertube
Images from
- ClipArt
This WebQuest was made using Create WebQuest.
Teacher Page
This WebQuest was created for my Introduction to Technology class at FSU. It gives an introduction for third graders into the helpers in their community. It gives students an opportunity to learn about friendly neighborhood helpers and where they work. It is intended to promote awareness of children in their own communities.