ClassroomsAreaCommunity+Activity+Three

  Activity 3 - What Is a Community?     **Home Page** **Activity One** **Activity Two** **Activity Three** **Activity Four** **Activity Five** Activity Six **Activity Seven** **Additional Resources**   __**OBJECTIVE**__

Introduce the definition of community, and challenge students to explore the characteristics of their own communities.

__**CLASS DISCUSSION**__


 * Brainstorm the idea of 'Community' on the whiteboard.
 * Use the class dictionary to find a published definition.

__**ACTIVITY**__

Students
 * Compose their own ideas from the brainstorming session, their own personal definition of 'Community'.

As a Group
 * Create headings, which define the basis types of communities
 * Place
 * Common Interests
 * Groups bound by close ties; such as family or neighbourhood.