Community Characteristics
The community you live in will have certain characteristics that make it unique from other communities. For instance, a student from St. Cloud lives in a community that is very different from a student who is from Albany.
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How are these two communities different? List some of those differences below.
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This is an exercise to help you determine the obvious characteristics of your community. Print out and place a check mark next to each item that describes or can be found in your community.
| Civic Structure | Ecosystem | Natural Events | Education |
 rural |
oak savannah |
monsoons |
day care center |
| city |
prairie |
hurricanes |
elementary school |
| suburb |
hills |
tornadoes |
middle school |
| village |
tundra |
blizzards |
high school |
| home school |
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| parochial school |
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| university |
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| technical school |
| Social & Cultural | Law and Order | Business Structure | Natural Produce |
| park |
police station |
shopping center |
quarry |
| airport |
highway dept. |
skyscraper |
mine |
| hospital |
snowplow |
office tower |
fishing |
| theater |
fire station |
strip mall |
grain fields |
| stadium |
ranger station |
storefront business |
sheep station |
| arboretum |
ambulance |
home business |
logging |
| library |
park and recreation |
industrial park |
farm |
| church |
factory assembly line |
vineyard |
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| cemetery |
business dist. |
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| museum |
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| gym |
| Transportation | Convenience | Weather | Housing |
| subway |
fast food |
tropical |
single homes |
| passenger train |
super food store |
arid |
apartments |
| skyway |
video store |
temperate |
townhouse |
| bus |
neighborhood store |
rainy |
mobile home |
| taxi |
cold |
hotel/motel |
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| elevator |
senior citizen |
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| escalator |
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| moving walkway |
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| sidewalks |
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| dirt paths |
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Using the list above, how do these characteristics make your community unique? |
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Can you think of characteristics that are the same in all communities? |
Describe your community.
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A. Where is your community located in the state of Minnesota? |
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B. Does your community have an annual celebration?
If so, What is the name ot that that celebration ? What do you know about this celebration? |
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C. Why does your family choose to live in this community? |
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D. What do you like best about your community? |
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E. If there was one thing you could change about your community, what would it be? Why? |
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F. When you become an adult, will you choose to live in this community?
Why or why not? |
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G. Tell about one current community concern or issue that is making news in your community. |
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