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What Makes a Community? (1,2)

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Visual Art Social Studies
Grade Level Program Alignment
1 90 min
Offsite Tour

Connecticut Museum of Culture and History
One Elizabeth Street
Hartford, CT 06105
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I can identify one or more of the communities I belong to.
I can identify basic map features (land, water roads) and use a compass rose and coordinates to identify areas of a map.
I can name three different buildings and explain why they are important in a community.
I can name one thing people do to help their communities.
I can give examples of how work, transportation, and home life were different in communities long ago.
Students use a large floor map and “building” blocks to strengthen map skills and vocabulary while creating and analyzing a new town, then explore how community life differed in the past in our exhibit space. The third part of the program focuses on how decisions are made in communities, as well as ways that children can be good citizens and contribute to their communities.
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We require 1 adult chaperone for every 10 students. Due to space limitations, a maximum of 1 adult for every 5 students is permitted. Chaperones are admitted free of charge.

Grade 1

1.Civ.14.a Explain how people have worked to improve their communities in the past and present.
1.Geo.8.a Compare how urban, suburban, and rural communities use local and distant environments to meet their daily needs.
VA:Pr6.1.1a Identify the roles and responsibilities of people who work in and visit museums and other art venues.
VA:Cr1.1.1a Engage collaboratively in exploration and imaginative play with materials.

Grade 2

2.Civ.6.a Describe how individuals and groups work independently to improve their Community.
2.Geo.1.a Demonstrate spatial awareness by creating a community map illustrating physical and human-made features.
VA:Cr1.1.2a Brainstorm collaboratively multiple approaches to an art or design problem.
VA:Re.7.1.2a Perceive and describe aesthetic characteristics of one's natural world and constructed environments.