COMMUNITIES

Background Information
Student Activities
Multimedia Items (Photo Galleries, Movies, Interviews)
Related WWW Links

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Background Information

• Pioneer Communities - Will enable the student to describe community facilities and the services they provided for pioneers.
• A complete listing of articles is available in Background Information.

Student Activities

• Scholastic Community Club - Early readers can learn more about community workers.
• Pioneer Communities - This drag and drop activity asks students to match up pioneer trades and shops to their respective tools and services.
• Making Compound Pioneer Words - These three activities allow students to drag and drop words on the screen to make compound words. Students can check their work to see how well they have done when they are finished. (Source: WDM Teacher's Guide)
  • Pioneer Compound Words #1
  • Pioneer Compound Words #2
  • Pioneer Compound Words #3

Multimedia Items (Photo Galleries, Interviews, Movies)

Communities- This 10 minute movie discusses how pioneer communities changed over time to meet the needs of the people who lived in them. It also discusses how the influx of people brought new services to communtities, making them more attractive to future residents. The impact of technology on the changes in a community are also presented.

Please check our photo galleries for images on this theme.

Related WWW Links

• Pioneer Kitchen - This handout contains information on the pioneer kitchen and a word search (from royalbcmuseum.bc.ca). It also has little write-ups about daily pioneer life (making butter, brooms, bath time, doing dishes, and sad irons).
• Communities - A Scholastic resource with ideas and resources for teaching about communities.
• Scholastic Community Club - Early readers can learn more about community workers.
• Genealogy - A lesson for 3rd and 4th Graders
• Narratives of Saskatoon - These narratives were either sent in to the University and the Historical Association or were prepared directly under the inspiration of the Association in the course of its efforts to preserve the early history of the settlement and of the City.
• Historical Saskatoon - An interactive tour of historical Saskatoon and teacher resources for teaching about Saskatoon. Many activities can be adapted for other communities.