Unit 1-What is a Community?~ In Unit 1, we will analyze the elements of a community. 

Main Ideas:

1.  A community has a location on Earth
2.  Citizens in a community form governments and work together to solve problems.
3.  People in a community use resources to meet their needs.
4.  A community changes over time.
5.  A community is made up of different groups of people who live and work.

Suggested Books for Independent Reading

    Aunt Flossie's Hat( and Crab Cakes Later) by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard
How my Family Lives in America by Susan Kuklin
Where on Earth: A Geografunny Guide to the Globe by Paul Rosenthal

Suggestions to Extend and Enrich this Unit: 

Interview a prominent individual who has contributed in some way to Mariemont.
Contact an adult friend or relative who lives in a different community and compare it to Mariemont.
Write a song about Mariemont.

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