The classrooms, lunchroom, gym and playground are also a part of the community at a school. Everyone at the school uses the things in the community and depends on each other every day. While most people think of human communities, there are other kinds of communities. Animals live in communities, such as on a farm. The horses, cows, pigs, cats, and sheep live in a community with the farmer, barn, farmhouse, and fields.
Plants also live in communities, such as in the forest.
The plants in the forest depend on each other and to grow, eat, drink, and survive. Explain that for the rest of this lesson, students will be focusing on the communities at the city level and the network of communities in a county. Be sure students understand the concepts of city and county . Cities are formed when the people that live in an area agree to incorporate and elect a city government. Cities commonly have a city council, a police force, a fire department, and other city services.