As students give you ideas as to the difference between their community and others that they have visited or have knowledge about, write the idea down on a Post-it Note. Use a marker to write with so the students can read what ideas have already been given. Once an idea has been given, write it down and post it under the corresponding circle. If time allows, read aloud an article about Amish communities. Discuss how these communities are different from most other communities.
Closure Ask the students to give some characteristics of different communities.
The students should complete an exit slip, describing what they learned in the lesson. What they write about is up to them as long as they tell me about three things they learned from the lesson. However, it does need to pertain to the lesson. However, to accommodate for those children who are above or below the average of the class, I will group the students in a wide variety of skill levels. For example, group two average students with one above average and one below average student.