1. Community: People and Places G 4 Social Studies Semester 2 Bianca Bertolin

2. Communities Talk in your table groups: What is a community? What is a neighborhood? What special places or buildings do all communities need? (write a list)

3. A community is a group of people with common interests who live and work together ▫Example: neighborhood OR Chingshin school OR 405 or G 4 A neighborhood is a group of people living near one another that share the same services. ▫Example:

4. What special places or buildings do we need in a community? Hint: What people or places keep people safe? ▫Example: Police officers at police stations What people or places keep people healthy ? ▫Example: Doctors or nurses at hospitals What people or places keep people happy?

5. Things in a Community Did you think about: ▫A school ▫A hospital ▫A Fire station ▫A Police station ▫A Garbage or recycling station ▫Post office ▫Park ▫Arcade ▫Bank Library Restaurant Power plant Buses/MRT Supermarket Department Store Movie theater Museum

6. Urban Planner An urban planner is a person whose job it is to plan or design a city. In your groups you will be urban planners. You will decide what things you want in your community.

7. Transportation ▫Bus ▫Car ▫Walking ▫Bicycle ▫High speed rail (HSR) ▫Gondola ▫MRT ▫Motorcycle/Scooter ▫Carriage (horse car) What ways do we travel around a community? Brainstorm in your table group. Ex. Walking

8. Transportation For each type of transportation write a positive ( good thing) and a negative (  bad thing). Walking Positive  Negative  -No pollution -Gives you exercise -FREE -Takes a long time -You might get tired -Difficult to carry lots of things -Maybe get thirsty or hungry

9. Transportation Write positives and negatives for 2 more types of transportation PositiveNegative

10. Transportation Write positives and negatives for 2 more types of transportation PositiveNegative

11. Choose 5 things you REALLY want to have in your community. Tell me what you want and why. Do they have any special features? Example: Hospital - people need doctors – solar power What Why Special Feature

12. Other examples: Grocery - people die – grown on a store without food farm nearby What Why Special Feature

13. Need vs Want A need is something you have to have to survive. A want is something that you think can make your life better.

14. RELIGION Is a set of beliefs that try to answer important questions about humans Ex. Where do we go when we die?

15. Why do we have religion? We have religion to: ▫ help us feel safe and happy ▫Be kind to others ▫Be good people

16. Religion There are more than 100 religions in the world!

17. Christianity Believes in only one God The special book is called the Bible Jesus Christ (God’s son) came to earth and died for people’s sins. There are many different branches: Catholicism, Protestantism

18. Social Study Project G4 Social Studies – Urban Planning Group Project In your group design your ideal community. 6/1 and 6/8 – Work all class 6/15 –finishing touches, presentations and Hand In 6/25 – Presentations Your poster must show: -important places (food, health, education, homes) -transportation (how will people travel around?) -recreation (what will people do for fun?) -culture or religion Cooperate together to create a poster. It can be 3D, have pictures, words, pop-ups, etc. Be CREATIVE and HAVE FUN