This engaging, age-appropriate set is designed to meet the early childhood social studies curriculum, where students learn about themselves and their community and what makes their community similar to and different from communities across the United States. By taking a kid-friendly Who's Who approach to different kinds of communities, these books teach students about the people who work to make each community a success. There are things that people need to survive and things that they want to make life enjoyable. This book explains the difference and shows how needs and wants may be met. From food, clothing, and shelter to museums, police officers, and swimming pools, kids will learn how people in communities work to make sure that everybody gets a share of what they need and want.
This workbook helps community groups, social service organizations, and government agencies collect, analyze, prioritize, and present local data in a way that will ensure that a community's needs are understood and met.
To help you implement the process in your own school, this insightful guide includes a downloadable community-matching worksheet.
This guide describes a systematic way of identifying the resources and needs of community residents by gathering data, soliciting the perspectives of residents and leaders, and surveying service providers and...
This book demystifies the process of planning a community intervention, using clear and simple language to aid students understanding .
Community Needs: Meeting Needs and Wants in the Community
"--Bob Kellemen, PhD, vice president and academic dean, Faith Bible Seminary; author of twenty books, including Gospel Conversations: How to Care Like Christ "If you're tired of running the church like a cruise ship and would love to equip ...
Part I, “Discovering What Your Community Needs,” focuses on the idea that the roles of libraries must change as they respond to changing community needs. It illustrates how to get started by looking at your library's role and mission, ...
Introduces readers to the differences between needs and wants in the context of economic activity.
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This document reports on a study of a model full-service community school and explains the kind of services provided, staffing considerations, ways of involving community partners, governance arrangements, and parent involvement.