Suburban, urban and rural living!

Introduction

There are so many places in the world to live. Each place will either be suburban, urban or rural living areas. Each will also have its own culture and community. Just like the story "The Twin Club" we read, people travel and live in different places. We get the privilege to read about these places to learn more about them.

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Task

Would you like to choose where you want to live?

Would you choose a place that has the same culture, ethnicity (where your family is from ex: Italian, Mexican, Irish), or community as yours or something different?

Since we have been talking about different communities, we are going to do a fun project with these communities. I will need to take notes on as piece of paper, and then use the notes and resources for you to write your paragraph on another piece of paper.

You can use the following questions to help you write your paper.

You are going to decide if you want to live in an urban, suburban, or rural area? and You will also explain the reason why you choose that community.

You will then pick the place you would like to live at and see if it is similar (the same) as yours or different than your culture.

Culture is the beliefs, customs, arts. etc., of a particular society, group, place or time.

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Process

Please use these resources for you to look up information

Articles

https://priceonomics.com/the-most-urbanized-states-in-america/

http://www.businessinsider.com/best-suburb-every-state-2016-7/#alabama-homewood-1

Pictures and maps

http://www.dailyyonder.com/united-states-rural-urban-and-exurban-counties/2009/03/17/2002/

http://mapblank.50state.us/united-states-map-printable/

Videos

Long but a good video below about a story of two people who live in different communities and their culture.

Evaluation

WebQuest Rubric

Suburban, Urban and Rural Living!

Student name: ____________________

	4	3	2	1
State the community (suburban, urban, or rural)	Explicitly state the community in the paper written to second grade standard.	Explicitly state the community in the paper.	State the community you want to live in but not explicitly stated.	No community stated in paper.
Explain why you choose that community	Explicitly state why you choose that particular community with reasons written to second grade standard.	Explicitly state why you choose that particular community with reasons.	State the reasons why you choose the particular community, but not explicitly stated.	Does not state the reason why you choose the particular community.
Explain two differences from the community/culture you live in	Explicitly state at least two differences in the paper written to second grade standard.	Explicitly state two differences in the paper.	State one difference in the paper.	No differences stated in the paper.
Explain two similarities from the community/culture you live in	Explicitly state at least two similarities in the paper to second grade standard.	Explicitly state two similarities in the paper.	State one similarity in the paper.	No similarities stated in the paper.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have done an amazing job at looking through the resources and finding out where you want to live and seeing if it would be the same or different culture than where you live now.

Now that you know where you want to live have a conversation about what you did and where you want to live with your family.

Credits

I would like to thank all the people who created the website articles and all the wonderful, talented youTubers for making their videos.

AP Archieve. (2015, Jul 23). Residential development challenges the concept of American suburban living. Retrieved from YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMM4-U659FI.

Bedtime story. (2014, Jun 20). The town mouse and the country mouse. Retrieved from YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kkw_uNmCUq4.

BuzzFeedVideo. (2015, Aug 12). Country vs. city. Retrieved from YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orqgsTFcoos

History-social science content standards for California public schools: Kindergarten through grade twelve. (2000). California Department of Education. http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/histsocscistnd.pdf

Ketelhut, J. (2014, Jul 27). Life of rural America. Retrieved from YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izJVqUMZrUM.

Lastvoiceschannel. (2012, Feb 13). Urban life in America. Retrieved from YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eZ4imXMqq8.

Martin, E. "The best suburb in every state." Business Insider. Business Insider, 8 July 2016, http://www.businessinsider.com/best-suburb-every-state-2016-7/#alabama-homewood-1

PearsonHomeschool. (2012, Jul 31). What makes a good community. Retrieved from YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIVVn6tFK7s.

Putman, A. (2016, Nov. 3). Second grade: Types of communities-urban, suburban, and rural. Retrieved from YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcEY8l8Ix2E.

The Most Urbanized States in America. (n.d.). Retrieved September 19, 2017, from https://priceonomics.com/the-most-urbanized-states-in-america/.

The United States: by rural, urban and exurban countries. (n.d.). Retrived September 14, 2017, from http://www.dailyyonder.com/united-states-rural-urban-and-exurban-counties/2009/03/17/2002/.

United States map printable. (n.d.). Retrieved September 20, 2017, from http://mapblank.50state.us/united-states-map-printable/

Teacher Page

By April Rivero. Lewis Elementary School

This Web Quest is designed for second grade students. In the second grade students in California are to learn numerous social studies standards. This Web Quest uses the standard 2.2 Students demonstrate map skills by describing the absolute and relative locations of people, places, and environments. Within this standard is compare and contrast basic land use in urban, suburban, and rural environments in California. This is a fun way for students to learn about these environments and culture.