Types of Communities
Communities come in different types: cities, towns, suburbs, villages and farms; each uses its environment to meet daily needs for food, water, shelter and work, and different kinds of jobs are found in each
What a learner can do afterwards
- Name types of communities and how they differ (e.g., 'a city has tall buildings and buses; a village is small and quiet')
- Give examples of how a community uses its environment to meet needs (e.g., farms grow food, ports use the sea)
- Match jobs to community types (e.g., farmer in the countryside, office worker in a city, fisher by the coast)
The lesson
A community is people who live near each other. Cities, towns, suburbs, villages and farms are all communities. A city has tall buildings and busy streets. A village is small and quiet, with fields close by.
A farm uses its land to grow food. A port town uses the sea for fish and ships. Mountain villages often raise sheep on grassy hills.
In the countryside, many people work as farmers. By the coast, people often work as fishers. In a big city, many people work in offices or shops. In a suburb, people often travel into the city for work.
When you visit a new place, look around. Are there fields, tall buildings, or boats? Those clues tell you what jobs people might do there.
Every community uses its place to meet people's needs.
Watch it
Where it sits
Learn first
Where this leads
Jobs that lean on this skill. Follow one to see everything it is built on.
8 questions wait behind this lesson, each with its answer explained. Every answer feeds the sky: stars light as they are learned, and dim when it is time to come back.