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1st grade · Social Studies · Unit 6 of 10

Community Services

Helpers and who runs what

What your child practices

Jobs that serve the community (fire, health, sanitation, libraries, transit) and services the government or community provides for everyone.

Maine Learning Results learning standard: Global Connections · the work people do in a community and how it meets everyone's needs

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Community helpers do many jobs for us.
  2. Teachers teach. Vets care for pets. Road workers fix roads.
  3. Some services, like public schools and libraries, are run by the government.

Example: Where can everyone borrow books for free? It is a place full of books. It is open to everyone. Answer: the public library

Community Services in Maine

In the Maine Learning Results, this is unit 6 of 10 in 1st grade Social Studies, after Respect & Inclusion and before Earning, Saving & Sharing.

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: Maine 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

    Who puts out fires?

    • 🥖baker
    • 🧑‍🚒firefighter
    • 📚librarian

  2. Question 2

    Who teaches children at school?

    🧑‍🏫
    • a pilot
    • a teacher
    • a lifeguard

  3. Question 3

    Who brings letters to your home?

    📬
    • a firefighter
    • a mail carrier
    • a dentist

  4. Question 4

    Who drives an ambulance?

    🚑
    • a paramedic
    • a clown
    • a baker

  5. Question 5

    Which service is usually run by the city?

    • a shoe store
    • a toy shop
    • garbage pick-up

  6. Question 6

    Which service is usually run by the government?

    • a bakery
    • public schools
    • a movie theater

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