Community Helpers

Community Helpers/Workers

Australian Sites

Fantastic site with heaps of links
http://www.ntlib.nt.gov.au/

Beenleigh School
http://www.beenleigss.qld.edu.au/requested_sites/services/

Occupations - alphabetically
http://www.myfuture.edu.au/

Ambulance

General Sites

Little game to start the theme
http://www.fisher-price.com/us/littlepeople/clubhouse/default.asp

Another little online game to start the theme
http://www.hud.gov/kids/job1.html

An Interesting Idea - Mystery Workers
http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM540&page=teacher
From http://www.ncee.net/resources/related_lessons.php?n=197 Other great links too!

Students learn that Community Helpers provide a service for their neighbourhood.
http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM454&page=teacher

Great little Display - includes a PowerPoint made for kids [by kids?]
From Intel.
http://www.intel.com

Great Theme Sign - colour
http://www.abcteach.com/Extras/themesigns/commhelper.htm

First Community Helpers - Outstanding Site with great Activities
http://www.first-school.ws/theme/commhelpers.htm
The Farmer Activities: Little Boy Blue

The Baker Activities: Pat-A-Cake
Transportation theme - http://www.first-school.ws/theme/transportation.htm

Great Pictures
http://www.bestteachersites.com/themes/social/comm/

Excellent Pictures to start Discussion
http://coloring.ws/people.htm

More colour in pages
http://coloringbookfun.com/firesafety/index.htm

A great idea to start the theme by looking at the people who work in the school.
http://72.14.203.104/

A good list of links
http://www.backflip.com/members/ladyrussell/13608810

Lots of good links
http://www.fastq.com/~jbpratt/education/theme/community.html

Great Page on "Family and Community". Includes links to workers.
http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/fam-com.html
and
http://www.d261.k12.id.us/schools/New%20Horizon/internet_sites.htm

A bit USA – centric but a couple of good pages at the bottom
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/media/teachers/pdfs/2002F/020927BPtheme.pdf

A good teaching plan
http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/helpers.htm

http://www.geometry.net/

http://www.geometry.net/ not accessible at school.

PowerPoint presentation
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/
USA based.

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2/neighborhood/ Interactive but USA based

http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/EnhancedSandS/histkindergarten.pdf
Pages 88 to 96

http://www.coe.missouri.edu/~map/mapcd/items/social/sse1.pdf

http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/miscellaneous/communities.htm

Teach - nology - some are free. And harder for young children.
http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/soc_studies/comm/

http://hometown.aol.com/mellettk/ Webpage/coresocialstudies.html

Core Knowledge Social Studies Links

http://search.enchantedlearning.com/cgi-bin/uncgi/search?key=community+helpers

http://www.bobsedulinks.com/early_teachers.htm

http://www.glc.k12.ga.us/trc/cluster.asp?mode=browse&intPathID=5390

Community Helper Rhymes - Younger Classes
http://www.preschoolrainbow.org/helper-rhymes.htm
http://www.preschooleducation.com/helper.shtml

Build a House Worksheet
http://www.tlsbooks.com/buildahousecutandpaste.pdf
Worksheet on Community Helpers
http://www.tlsbooks.com/communityhelpers.pdf

Community Helpers - Classroom Ideas
http://www.perpetualpreschool.com/preschool_themes/community/community.html

Lots of ideas here.
http://www.sbcss.k12.ca.us/sbcss/specialeducation/ecthematic/helpers/

http://www.instructorweb.com/linkgo.asp?L=410&B=socialstudies.asp

http://comsewogue.k12.ny.us/~rstewart/k2001/Themes/community/helpers.htm

http://www.geocities.com/djkreinus/themes3.htm - includes a guessing game

http://www.learningtogive.org/lessons/unit168/lesson2.html

http://www.geocities.com/kindergartenkapers/people.html lots of links too.
Lesson Plans
http://www.sbcss.k12.ca.us/sbcss/specialeducation/ecthematic/helpers/lessons.html

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/8004/comhelpers.html

Ideas for the theme
http://www.valdosta.edu/~dnglazer/resource.html

Volunteers - worksheet for older grades
http://www.instructorweb.com/linkgo.asp?L=412&B=socialstudies.asp

Community Helpers - USA pictures and information about them.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/commclub/index.htm
Click one of eight community helpers to see photos and hear audio of that
worker describing his or her job.
Each page also includes two or three simple text sentences, each with a clickable audio clip.

Same again from another site
http://www.nationalgrange.org/departments/jr_buildingcomm_Feb06.htm

Different Workers set out with links to sites about those workers
http://www.geocities.com/kindergartenkapers/people.html

Links
http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/sites/sites054.shtml

On-line Crossword puzzle on "Community Workers".
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/word-finds/community-helpers.html

Links for various workers/ jobs
http://www.123child.com/act/may.html

WebQuest - harder and US
http://ci.coe.uni.edu/uniquest/webquest/lewisl09/

WebQuest
http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/lvesely/wquest/tnotes.html

WebQuest
http://www3.baylor.edu/~Andrew_Milson/webquest/sbrenner/T-INDEX.htm

A general topic on communities
http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/communit.html

Word Outline - excellent
COMMUNITY HELPERS AT WORK THEME: INTERDEPENDENCE and COMMUNITY HELPERS
http://www.partnership.appstate.edu/documents/CommunityHelpers-MAbel.doc

Community Workers - Bulletin Board
http://homepage.risd41.org/cschoenings/stories/storyReader$1266

Some Games for Community Workers
http://www.quia.com/pages/missbrenner.html

Google
http://www.google.com.au/

Wayne
April 2006