Spedwards
Job Fair Day

While learning about communities, the students found out that people are employed in different ways. They met and interviewed parents to find out about a variety of occupations.

Here is a real architect. He showed us how to design buildings. He shared maps of buildings and a model of a house. This architect has designed buildings for our community.
This is a real graphic artist. She loves to draw and use the computer. She designs many things for the community. She designs menus, brochures, and posters. She helps the community get information.

This is a real pilot. He works for our government. This helper keeps all communities safe.

This is a real musician. He plays the harp.The people in the community love to hear him play.

Here is a real policeman. He works for D.C. Harbor Police. This policeman is a scuba diver. He helps people to stay safe on the water. He keeps the community safe.

This is the policeman's vehicle. It helps him to go quickly when there is an emergency.

We liked the siren. It was very loud. It tells people to get out of the way.
After learning about many jobs. Students visited the library and checked our books about community helpers. They did some research and went to the computer lab armed with information. They imported their own pictures into KidPix and drew around their faces to create community helpers. Then they wrote several sentences about the helper using the information they found out from their research.
Spedwards Government
It was time to choose jobs for the community members. Many jobs were listed and some students chose to be elected officials. They found out that becoming a politician meant campaign posters, speeches and elections.
Check out the job application here.

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The members of the city took pride in their right to vote. Every vote counts! They filled out picture ballots and placed their vote in the ballot box.

Campaign posters were displayed in the classroom and candidates even videotaped their campaign speeches. These were played on the tv for all community members to see.



The people of the town of Spedwards voted for city officials. They voted for Mayor, Deputy Mayor, and City Council Members. Here are the town officials at City Hall.
Businesses
Everyone signed up to be involved in a business. They learned about creating goods or providing services. This was a good opportunity to introduce the economic concepts of goods and services, consumer and producer, and scarcity.

Here are the postal workers of the Spedwards Community. They sell stamps and envelopes to the customers. The mail is then sorted and placed in the mail boxes. We love to send letters to our friends.
This is the Bank of Spedwards.
Students earned money in the community by providing community services, working at the their business, selling products and being model citizens. Money could be taken away for "noise pollution", "speeding" and other nuisances. Students kept track of their money in their own money pouches.

Community members visit the bank daily to get change for a dollar. Certain businesses were open daily like the newsstand, grocery and library. Others were open only on special days.

The bank is a very busy place!

Workers could earn pay raises but could also have their pay docked for poor performance.

The workers and businesses also paid a "community assessment" (tax) to keep the community on firm financial ground.

Here is the library in the town of Spedwards. The librarian checks out books to the members of our community. We love to read!

This is the newstand in the town of Spedwards. It sells "Weekly Reader News" and the town newspaper "Spedwards Times Double Class Newspaper" produced by the community members. Reading the newspaper is part of our homework each week. Our community is very informed.

This is the grocery store. Community members must buy their snack each day. The grocery store workers must bag and sort the products to be sold to their customers. They charge .50 cents for each snack.

This is the plant nursery in the town of Spedwards. The horticulturist is busy helping the plants to grow.

The police of Spedwards help with the town laws. They give tickets for speeding and noise pollution.

On "production day" the businesses that were not open every day, went into production mode and created their own products to see at the bazaar.


Then it was time to film the commercials for each business. These ads would be shown prior to the grand opening of Spedwards so that consumers would know what was available for purchase.
Getting a Sense of How Spedwards Looks

Students created their own "dream" communities using Neighborhood MapMaking Machine. The Spedwards Town Planners created an actual Spedwards map.

Students also came to the computer lab and used Community Construction Kit to create a display of the "Future Town of Spedwards".

With the help of the art teacher, murals of the different buildings found in Spedwards lined the hall.
Grand Opening of Spedwards

The ribbon was cut to open the town of Spedwards. Mrs. Manney came from the Springfield Chamber of Commerce to officially open our town.

All community members got a Spedwards shirt that they wore with pride.
Mrs. Manney presented the mayor of Spedwards with a key to the town.

A speech was made by Mayor Rachel.

The key now hang in the center of the town.
Let the shopping begin!!

The town officially opens for business.


Each business had their own business card.

After a "production day" in which the business workers spent the day creating their products and ads, the businesses opened for customers. Shopkeepers took turns being the consumer and the producer.

Here, a shopkeeper makes change after customers buy bookmarks.

Another product that was sold was snowman cans.

Picture frames were also available.

The grocery store was a busy place because everyone wanted the fresh baked cookies that the grocers had baked.

Since it was close to Valentines Day, the card shop also did a brisk business.

Here's an eager customer making her purchase.

Some shops were extremely busy. At this one, you had to wait in line.

Beanie Babies and the poems that went with them were very popular.
When it was all over, it was time to count up the money and divide the profits evenly among the workers. The hard work paid off.
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March 29, 2002