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History, Civics & Social Studies · Pre-K

Jobs and Shared Work

Children look at jobs in three places: classroom jobs that keep a room running, community workers who make things or help people, and big jobs that go faster when the work is shared. They sort workers who make things from workers who help people, an early step toward goods and services.

  • 3 lessons
  • About 25 minutes
  • Jobs check: 4 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, match pairs, share out one each and sort into groups
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What learners will discover

  • Name classroom and home jobs and say how each job helps the group.
  • Sort community workers into people who make or grow things and people who help or serve others.
  • Explain that sharing the work makes a big job easier and faster.

Lessons

  1. Jobs in our class 4 steps2 practiceabout 8 min
  2. Workers in our community 3 steps2 practiceabout 9 min
  3. Many hands help 4 steps2 practiceabout 8 min
  4. Jobs check 4 questions at the end

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