Basic 1 · History · Community History
My Community
In this topic you will learn about the community where you live.
By the end of these notes you should be able to:
- Name your community
- Name important places in your community
- Say what people in your community do
What you already know
- Past events in our 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
Yaw lives in a town with a market, a school, a clinic and a chief's palace. This is his community.
1. What is a Community?
Community: A place where people live together and share things.
2. Places in a Community
| Place | What happens there |
|---|---|
| market | people buy and sell |
| school | children learn |
| clinic | sick people are treated |
| chief's palace | the chief lives and meets people |
| church or mosque | people worship |
3. Work People Do
- farmers grow food
- traders sell goods
- teachers teach
- nurses care for the sick
New words
- community
- A place where people live together.
- market
- A place where people buy and sell.
- palace
- The home of a chief.
- trader
- A person who buys and sells.
Summary
- A community is a place where people live together.
- Communities have markets, schools, clinics and palaces.
- People in a community do different jobs.
Class activity: Community Map
- Look at the sketch map of your local area.
- Point to the school, the market and the clinic.
- Add one more place you know.
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. Where do people buy and sell?
- A. Market
- B. Clinic
- C. School
- D. Palace
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Answer: MarketTrading happens at the market.2. Where is a sick person treated?
- A. Clinic
- B. Market
- C. Farm
- D. Palace
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Answer: ClinicNurses and doctors work in clinics.3. A chief lives in a palace.
- A. True
- B. False
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Answer: TrueA palace is the chief's home.4. Farmers teach children in school.
- A. True
- B. False
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Answer: FalseTeachers teach in school.5. A place where people live together is a ______.
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Answer: communityThat is the meaning of community.6. Write the name of your community and one place in it.
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Answer: Answers will differ.Each learner names their own community.
Homework
- Write the names of three places in your community.