Communities have stories. These stories make good dramas. The dramas can help us understand the communities.

Drama is like a story

A drama is like a story because they both have

• Characters - the pretend people who are in the story
  

  

• Settings – a place for things to happen
  

  

• Stories what the characters do. They have a problem that begins, has lots of things happen, and ends when the problem is solved – or not solved!

Communities are like stories and drama

Communities are like stories and dramas because they have

• Real People that can be like the characters in a story.
  
  
• Geography the place where the people live and the climate and landforms that are a part of that place.
  

  When geographers want to show a bird's eye view or a flat drawing of a place, they draw a map. Maps area good way to figure out where places are.

• what they learn and what they believe.

Your school is a community. Your classmates and teachers are part of the community. There are many other communities.

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