Minds On

What do you notice?

Explore the following images. What do you notice about the people in the pictures?

As you work through this learning activity, you can record your ideas in many ways.

Listen to the following audio recording to learn more about how to record your ideas.

How to Record Your Ideas

Action

I belong to a community

A group of people enjoying their community park. They are flying kites, having picnics, reading, biking and walking their dogs.

In Minds On, you explored images of people in different parts of their community.

A community is a group of people that live, play, and work together.

A community may include different places, such as:

  • homes
  • schools
  • parks
  • swimming pools
  • cultural centres
  • community gardens
  • libraries
  • fire stations
  • hospitals

Let’s explore a few places that might be in a community. Have you heard of or visited these places before?

Use the arrow keys to navigate between cards.

Communities in action

Let’s explore some communities!

Meet Pahquis

Pahquis is 8 years old. He's Ojibwe and lives in Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory in Ontario.

Check out the following TVOkids video to learn more about Pahquis and his school community.

Meet Jacob

Jacob is a 10-year-old Cree and Ojibwe boy. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Check out the following TVOkids video to learn more about Jacob and his neighbourhood community.

Meet Ansen

Ansen is a ten-year-old boy from the Tsuut'ina Nation just outside of Calgary, Alberta.

Explore the following video where Ansen shares his family community. What do you notice about Ansen’s community?

Great work exploring people from all kinds of diverse communities!

A family hugging. A group of friends playing a game. Neighbours saying hello.
  • What did you notice about the communities that each child shared?
  • Did you notice any similarities or differences between each community?

Pause and Reflect

Thinking about our community

  • What do you do together?
  • What is important to you as a group?

Record your thoughts.

Consolidation

Being helpful in our communities

Learners playing together in a play house with toys.

We can belong to many different types of communities, and we can help the people in our communities in different ways.

What is one way that you help others in your communities?

Hint: This may be a family community, neighborhood community, school community, cultural community, library community etc.

Mehar and her family work on plants at their community garden.

One way I help is going to the community garden with my family and planting peppers! We share this with the people in our neighbourhood.

Reflection

How do you feel about what you have learned in this activity? Press the button next to the sentence that matches how you feel.

I feel...