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Communities

Communities help to bring people together and provide a place to work and live

How Do Town Planners Plan For the Future?
Explore how different types of town planners follow the principles of inclusivity, resiliency, and sustainability to build towns and cities.
Agent Plan-It: Municipal Services
There are so many services in our communities we don't even think about! Explore all the essential services in a community with Agent Plan-It.
Community Organizations
Learn about different community organizations and how they might support different needs within a community.
Village
Explore the definition of a village and what life in a village might look like.
City
Explore the definition of a city as well as what life is like in a city, and compare and contrast with smaller communities like villages.
City Life vs. Country Life
Explore the differences between city life and country life, considering how life has changed with modern services like Amazon Prime.

Infrastructure helps people in a community meet their needs and wants

I Am the Subway
Borrow this text from the MLC, or digitally through Sora. The Seoul subway narrates this story and explains its job, as it shares vignettes about the people who ride it day in and day out.
What Is City Planning?
Have you ever wondered why cities look the way they do? Learn more about city planning with Wonderopolis.
Do All Trains Move Aboveground?
Consider transportation systems within a city such as subways, how they were developed, and explore the city with the biggest subway system.
Let's Build a City!
Watch this Crash Course Kids video to think through all the challenges that arise when building a city.
Why Can't You Build Houses Anywhere?
Explore how and why houses are built in the areas they are with Agent Plan-It.
Agent Plan-It: Different Types of Transport in Cities
Consider all the different transportation options that exist within cities, and think about how they might differ between different cities.
Shelter
Consider types of shelters, and what housing might look like in urban vs. rural settlements.

Reimagining Cities
Read this article from Time for Kids about the 15 minute city- a city where you can get any service you need within 15 minutes from your home. Imagine how life would be different with this type of infrastructure.
Our Cities' Systems
Dig deeper into the systems that make our cities function and how they work.
Working Green
Consider how adding in more green spaces contributes to a healthy community.
Transportation Creates Growth
Look into the impact of transportation systems on a community.

Features of the natural environment often determine the location and organization of a community

How Are Cities Founded?
Explore the history of how ancient cities were founded, and move forward into recent history to consider why new cities are still being founded today.
How Town Planners Help the Environment
Consider how town planners might plan to create green space and help the environment.
Selecting Settlement Sites
Dig deeper into why people settle where they do with this lesson and resource set from NatGeo.
Why People Live Near Coasts
Dive deeper into why people live near coasts with this lesson and resource set from NatGeo.
Human Settlement
Explore more about why humans have settled where they have, including specifics about settling near rivers, harbours, forests, and even volcanoes.

Laws and rules help a community function

CBC Small Talk: Rules
Kids share their ideas on what rules are, why they are important, and how they help us.
Teachers might use this video as a provocation to thinking about rules and laws.
Law
A brief introduction to what laws are and where they come from (American perspective)

Researchers inquire into people, issues and events by seeking answers to their questions

Question Builder Frames
Use Question Builder Frames prior to case study research to help students develop questions to guide their inquiry and look for specific information in their research.
Dubai Research Mat
Students might engage with information about Dubai using this research mat during independent or group case studies.
Tokyo Research Mat
Students might engage with information about Tokyo using this research mat during independent or group case studies.
Istanbul Research Mat
Students might engage with information about Istsanbul using this research mat during independent or group case studies.
Seoul Research Mat
Students might engage with information about Seoul using this research mat during independent or group case studies.
Boxes and Bullets
One note taking template students might use to record data found in their inquiry. Students should record topics, ideas, or questions they are looking for answers to in the box, and then add bullet points under each when they find related information.