Learning outcomes
Students will:
- become familiar with the term “community helper,” and what types of jobs fall under this category.
- describe the job of at least one community helper.
Teacher planning
Time required for lesson
1.5 hours
Materials/resources
- paper
- pencils
- markers
- crayons
- chart tablet
- books related to community helpers (from library or teacher’s own collection)
- teacher-acquired information file on community helpers
- Community helpers PowerPoint presentation
- computer with internet access and PowerPoint software
- projector to display PowerPoint presentation
- An Averkey to use for displaying the website(s) to the children would also beneficial.
Pre-activities
Children would need no previous knowledge as this is an introductory lesson, however children will probably have some type of interaction with a community helper in the past that they can use for discussion.
