2. Defining Community
Complete the following work in your workbook:
◻ Look up and write a definition for Community
◻ Develop your own sentence that defines community in your own words
3. What is a community?
Write these notes in your work books ☺
◻ An identifiable group of people who interact on the basis of shared space and or
social organisation.
◻ Belonging to a community helps give individuals a sense of identity.
◻ All Australians belong to the Australian community as a whole.
◻ Australians can be part of many communities
◻ One way of understanding communities is by examining their Demographic
Characteristics
Examples of Communities
◻ People who belong to a sporting club
◻ People living in the same street
◻ People attending the same school
4. Your community involvement
◻ What are some communities you are involved in?
◻ Think about your:
⬜ Sporting Community
⬜ Church Community
⬜ Interest Group Community
⬜ Family Groups
⬜ Friendship Groups
⬜ Youth Group Community
⬜ Primary School Community
◻ What is your role in that community?
5. What TYPES of communities are there?
◻ Create a mind map that shows
the different types of
communities.
◻ Give an example of each type,
where you belong in each type
using a specific example from
your personal experience
