Community Helpers

How have community helpers changed and stayed the same over time?

We will explore a photograph of a man delivering ice to a schoolhouse around 1900 and investigate who community helpers are, and how they have changed over time.

The importance of community helpers is a building block of civics understanding.  In this episode, children investigate who community helpers are, and how they have changed over time through exploration of a rich photograph (from the Library of Congress) of a man delivering ice to a schoolhouse in 1899.

Children explore the photograph by revealing it in sections, observing the details they find (See), and working with in-game character Ella to figure out what jobs the helpers are doing. Children collect elements of the photograph to their journal, and use what they have collected to help them decide what the jobs are (Think), and then to connect those jobs with community helpers today (Wonder).

Recommended Citation: 
Berson, I. R., Berson, M. J., & Snow, B.  (2017). Community helpers [App]. Amesbury, MA: Muzzy Lane Software. Retrieved from KidCitizen, a Congress, Civic Participation, and Primary Sources Project from the Library of Congress, https://www.kidcitizen.net/