Community Helpers Web Quest

Introduction

This web quest will help you learn about community helpers.  You will meet different community helpers such as: 

Firefighter Letter Carrier Doctor

Police Officer Librarian Teacher

You will know how each job is helpful and tell many characteristics for each community helper.  This web quest will guide you through each community helper and allow you to learn about these six occupations with the help of an adult.  This web quest will meet Indiana Social Studies State Standards 2, 4, and 5.

Task

1. You will move through the web quest learning facts about each worker along the way. 

2. Once you have completed the Process, you will create a Memory Game. Get 12 index cards from your teacher. On 6 of the index cards, write the names of the 6 community helpers. The other 6 index cards are for you to describe the helpers job.

Ex.

1. When finished with the web quest you will use critical thinking skills and apply it to your own life by drawing a picture of what you want to be when you grow up. 

2. You will explain your drawing by writing a description about it. This description will be taken through the five steps of the writing process. 

Process

A teacher will guide you through this process.  You will read and click on each community helper to learn more.  Be sure to click on the BACK BUTTON after viewing each link! 

Let's get ready to learn!!  Are you ready 1st graders??  Let's discover some community helpers!

• First, let's learn about Firefighters: 

Click here to learn more about firefighters.
Take a tour of the Fire Department!

• Next, let's learn about Letter Carriers: 

Click here to learn more about Letter Carriers.

• See how much you know about Doctors: 

Click here to learn more about Doctors.
Click here to see Clark Memorial Hospital.

• Find out what a community Librarian does:

Click here to learn more about Librarians.

Click here to learn about the Jeffersonville Public Library

• Finally, let's see what a Police Officer does: 

Click here to learn more about Police Officers.
Let's look at some police cars!

Resources

http://www.geocities.com/policecarsite/

http://www.dos.state.ny.us/kidsroom/firesafe/trucks.html

http://teacher.scholastic.com/commclub/index.htm

http://www.usfa.fema.gov/kids/

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2/neighborhood/index.html

http://www.funsocialstudies.learninghaven.com/articles/chelp1.htm

http://comsewogue.k12.ny.us/~rstewart/k2001/Themes/community/helpers.htm#Poems%20&%20Songs

For additional resources try these:

Emergency by Gail Gibbons	Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathman
I'm Going to Be a Police Officer  by Edith I. Kunardt	Doctor DeSoto by William Steig
Building a House by Byron Barton	Little Nino's Pizzeria by Karen Barbour
Community Helpers from A to Z by Bobbie D. Kalman	Jobs People Do by Christopher Maynard
When I Grow Up by Peter Horn	Career Day by Anne F. Rockwell
Fire Fighters by Norma Simon	The Post Office Book by Gail Gibbons
Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry Allard	Walter the Baker by Eric Carle

Evaluation

Checklist for Evaluation:

· Was the writing taken through the five steps of the writing process successfully?

o Did you include capital letters, periods, details, correct spelling, and correct spacing?

· Was the writing and drawing neat and clear?

· Was the matching game properly put together? (Do the facts match up with the job?)

· Was the project turned in on time?

· Do you understand why each job is important?

· Is your name and date on the paper?

Conclusion

Wow! You did it! You now know what it takes to make a community work. Without each and every job, a community would fall apart. Thanks to everyone for the job that they do!

Questions to ponder:

??  What would happen if some jobs were not filled in a community?

??  Why is it important to learn about the different jobs in a community?

??  What were your favorite/least favorite parts of this assignment?