Changing Our Community

Ben Nussbaum

Description

Learn how streets are fixed, sidewalks get added, and new schools are built with this nonfiction book. Perfect for young readers, the book includes a fiction story related to the topic, a glossary, an additional project, useful text features, and engaging sidebars. This 28-page full-color book describes the many ways individuals can make changes in their communities. It also covers essential civics topics such as leadership and voting, and includes an extension activity for grade 2. Perfect for the classroom, at-home learning, or homeschool, to explore voting, local government, and being an informed citizen.

Sujets

• Sociologie, société et politique

Informations

• Publié par: Teacher Created Materials
• Date de parution: 07 septembre 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781087628622
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Re ad an d R espo nd
1. Wh at a re so me w ay s p eo pl e c an
he lp m ak e c ha ng e?
2. Wh y is v ot in g so i mp or ta nt?
3. Wh at is a p ro bl em in y ou r
com mu ni ty t ha t y ou c an h el p f ix ?
 

Ben Nussbaum
C h an g in g Our C h an g in g Our
Com m un i t y Com m un i t y
 

Reader C
onsultan
ts
Jennifer M. Lopez, M.S.E d. , NBCT
Se nior Coordinator—Hist or y/Social Studies
Nor fo lk Public Schools
Ti na Ristau, M.A., SLMS
Te acher Librarian
Wa te rl oo Community School Distr ict
iCivics Consultants
Emma Humphries, Ph.D .
Chief Education Officer
Ta ylor Davis, M.T .
Di re ct or of Curriculum and Content
Natacha S co tt, MA T
Di re ct or of Educator Engagement
Pu blishing C re dits
Ra chelle Cracchiolo , M.S.E d. , Pu blisher
Emily R. Smith, M.A.E d. , VP of Content Development
Vé ro nique Bos, Creativ e Direc tor
Do na Her we ck R ic e, Se nior Content Manager
Dani Neiley , As sociate Content Specialist
Fa biola Sepulveda, Se ries Designer
Image C re dits: p10 vewfinder/Shutterstock; p12 stock_photo_world/
Shutterstock; p13 Vi neStar/Shutterstock; p14 Flickr/KOMUnews;
pp.16  17, 25 US
De partment of Education; p24 milehightr ave ler/iStock; all other images from
iStock and/or Shutterstock
Library of Congress C at aloging-in-Public at ion Data
Names: Nussbaum, Ben, 1975- author .
Ti tle: Changing our community / Ben Nussbaum.
De scription: Huntington Beach, CA : Te acher Crea te d M at erials, [2021] |
Includes index. | Audience: Grades 2-3 | Summar y: "Communities ar e
alw ay s changing. Streets get fix ed. Sidewalks get added. New schools get
built. But how does it all happen?"-- P ro vided by publisher .
Identifiers: L CC N 2020043566 (print) | L CC N 2020043567 (ebook) | ISBN
9781087604985 (paperback) | ISBN 9781087620008 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Social change--Juvenile liter at ur e. | Political
participation--Juvenile liter at ur e. | Civic impr ov emen t- -J uvenile liter at ur e.
Classification: L CC HM831 .N87 2021 (print) | L CC HM831 (ebook) | DDC
303.4--dc23
LC rec ord a va ilable at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020043566
LC ebook rec ord a va ilable at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020043567
Th is book may not be reproduced or distributed in an y
wa y without prior written consent from the publisher .
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ISBN 978-1-0876-2
862 -2
 

Ta bl e of C on te nt s
Ch an gi ng A ll t he T im e .............. 4
Ju mp i nt o F ic ti on:
S pe ak in g U p ........................... 6
A L ot to T hi nk A bo ut .............. 10
A B ig C ha ng e ........................... 14
Wh at N ow ? .............................. 20
He lp M ak e C ha ng e .................. 24
Gl os sa ry ................................... 26
In dex ........................................ 27
Civ ic s i n A ct io n ........................ 28
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