K-3 students should be able to:
identify nongovernmental groups in the students' own community and describe those groups' functions.

1. Identify and describe household life now and in the recent past in the students' own community; compare this with household life in at least one other historical era in the same locale. 

2. Identify and describe nongovernmental groups and organizations in which the students take
part; identify and describe what the groups do and why/if they are important to the students and community life. (examples: 4-H, Girl and Boy Scouts)

3. Ask family, household members, or neighbors what community groups they belong to and Find out why they belong.

4. Invite an officer or member from a community service group to visit the class and explain what that group does. Discuss how the group's activities affect the students.

5. Contact a local service group to find out how the class can help with a local civic project. Invite an officer of the group to class to help make a cooperative plan of action and a timetable of activities for class participation. Take photographs, put them in an album, and label them as the class and group members carry out the project. Post in-progress reports in a public place for the community to see. Evaluate the project when completed and make a public presentation reporting the results.