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2nd grade · Social Studies · Unit 6 of 10

Communities Compared

City, village, rural and urban

What your child practices

Comparing communities around the world: what they share (basic needs, school, play) and how they differ (size, climate, jobs, travel).

Arizona Academic Standards learning standard: 2.G2.2; 2.G2.3 · how people use and change their environments

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Urban communities are cities: many people, buildings and busy streets.
  2. Rural communities have more open space and fewer people.
  3. All communities need food, water, shelter and clothing.

Example: Which place is likely quieter and has more open space? Cities are busy and crowded. The countryside has fields and fewer people. Answer: a rural area

Communities Compared in Arizona

In the Arizona Academic Standards, this is unit 6 of 10 in 2nd grade Social Studies, after Trade Around the World and before Work, Saving & Resources.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Arizona Department of Education

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which place is likely quieter and has more open space?

    • a rural area
    • a downtown street
    • a busy train station

  2. Question 2

    What do people in all communities need to stay healthy?

    • a boat
    • video games
    • clean water and food

  3. Question 3

    A fishing village is by the sea. A farming town is in the plains. What is different?

    • the number of Suns
    • the color of the sky only
    • the main jobs

  4. Question 4

    In a small village, how might people travel?

    • only a subway
    • only an airplane
    • walking, bikes or a car

  5. Question 5

    Two communities can be different. How might they differ?

    • in size, climate and food
    • in nothing
    • in the number of Moons

  6. Question 6

    What do all communities need?

    • TV and toys only
    • snow
    • food, water, shelter and clothing

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