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Places and services in our community

Social Studies

Places and services in our community

An AR classroom game for Grade 1. Learners can aim with their hands at the camera or play by tapping the screen.

This set has 4 rounds in an interactive sorting activity.

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A look before you play

Sample questions

A few real prompts from the game to help you choose an activity for your class.

  1. Sort the places into groups.

    Sort into

    • government office
    • shop
    • state hospital
    • grocer's shop
    • district office
    • fresh market
    Read the explanation

    Government offices serve the public; shops sell goods.

  2. Sort the places into groups.

    Sort into

    • for learning
    • for treatment
    • a school
    • hospital
    • library
    • clinic
    Read the explanation

    Separate places you go to learn from places you go to be treated.

  3. Sort the people into groups.

    Sort into

    • provides a service
    • makes goods
    • doctor
    • rice farmer
    • teacher
    • baker
    Read the explanation

    Jobs that serve the community and jobs that make goods.

Before you play

Game teaching guide

What children will practise

Practises recognising community places and services: government offices versus shops, places to learn versus places to be treated, service jobs versus jobs that make goods, and shared versus personal things. Fits indicator ส 5.1 ป.1/1.

What's in the worksheet

4 rounds, sort 4 items into 2 groups - the state hospital and district office are government places; the grocery and fresh market are shops - school and library are for learning; hospital and clinic are for treatment - doctors and teachers provide services; rice farmers and bakers make goods - parks and roads are shared; your school bag and your pencil are personal

How to use it in class

Use after a walk around the school or looking at pictures of the community, about 6 minutes, in teams. Read place names aloud and ask whether your community has one. In the jobs round, let children share their parents' work and sort it together. After the shared-things round, talk about how to look after parks and roads. Play it linked to the class and the scores go into the gradebook.

Common sticking points

- District office: most Grade 1 children have never been, so they guess. Show a picture and mention it is where ID cards are made. - State hospital may be put with shops because people pay for medicine there. - Library: some hesitate because there is no teacher. Point out that reading there is learning.

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