Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Facts & Main Ideas
Facts & Main Ideas
Critical Thinking
100
What is a place where an important event took place
Historical Site
100
What is things that can be bought or sold
goods
100
Give me a type of landform
Mountians Plains Hills Bodies of water
100
Give a type of service people do
Doctors Teachers Cooks Firefighters Policeman
100
What businesses do you depend on in your community?
Grocery Store Hospitals Stores
200
What is a group of people who make laws for a community, a state, or country?
Government
200
What is the sharing of information
Communication
200
Describe Nebraska's landform type
plains and hills in some areas
200
Give me a place where an important event happened
any historic site
200
In what places in a community do people come together?
Schools Libraries Museums Parks Community Centers Theaters Restaurants
300
What is a kind of land you are surrounded by?
Landform
300
What is the weather that a place has over a long period of time?
Climate
300
How can people communicate with people far away?
Through phone, email, letters, internet
300
How can you learn about your community?
visit the library interview people who know about the community visit special places or look at writing
300
What might life be like in a community without businesses?
Wants and needs might not be met
400
What is the set of values & ways of life handed down from people who lived long ago?
heritage
400
What is work that someone does for someone else?
Sevice
400
Why is it important to communicate with people in other nations?
they can learn about other ways of life and understand each other better.
400
Use the vocabulary word climate to describe your community's climate
My community's climate changes from season to season
400
Why is it important to communicate with people in other nations?
they can learn about other ways of life and understand each other better.
500
What is an organization of community members who are interested in their community's history?
Historical Society
500
What is an area of land with its own people and laws?
Nation
500
What are the rules that a community makes called
laws
500
How does being connected with one another help communities?
it helps them learn about another and want to help one another
500
If your community choose a "sister city", what might you learn from that city?
other cultures, other businesses, or different landforms and climates