Basic 1 · History · Community History
How Communities Are Alike
In this topic you will compare communities. You will find things that are the same in different communities.
By the end of these notes you should be able to:
- Compare two communities
- Name things that are the same in many communities
- Use the word similar
What you already know
- My community
Copy everything that has a blue line on its left into your notebook. The other parts are for reading.
- Strand
- History as a Subject
- Sub-strand
- Community History
- Indicator
- B1.1.4.2.1 – State the similarities and differences between the communities where learners live
Introduction
Ama lives in a village. Kofi lives in a city. Both places have schools, markets and churches. Communities are alike in many ways.
1. Similar Things
Similar: Almost the same.
Things most communities have
- schools
- markets
- places of worship
- leaders, like chiefs or assembly members
- families
2. Why Communities Are Alike
- All people need food, so there are markets.
- All children need to learn, so there are schools.
- People worship, so there are churches and mosques.
New words
- similar
- Almost the same.
- compare
- To look at how things are alike or different.
- village
- A small community.
- city
- A very big community.
Summary
- Communities are alike in many ways.
- Most communities have schools, markets and places of worship.
- People in all communities have the same needs.
Class activity: Same and Same
- Look at photographs of two Ghanaian communities.
- Find three things that are the same.
- Share them with the class.
You need: Printed photographs of local Ghanaian communities, Sketch map of the local area, Exercise books
Exercises
Answer in your exercise book first, then check your answers.
1. Which do most communities have?
- A. Schools
- B. Castles
- C. Airports
- D. Zoos
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Answer: SchoolsChildren everywhere need to learn.2. "Similar" means…
- A. Almost the same
- B. Very different
- C. Very old
- D. Very new
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Answer: Almost the sameThat is the meaning of similar.3. Both villages and cities have markets.
- A. True
- B. False
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Answer: TruePeople everywhere buy and sell.4. Only cities have schools.
- A. True
- B. False
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Answer: FalseVillages have schools too.5. A small community is a ______.
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Answer: villageVillages are small.6. Write two things that are the same in a village and a city.
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Answer: Any two: schools, markets, places of worship, families.Both have these.
Homework
- Ask someone who lived in another town what was the same as your town.