🌍 Social StudiesGrade 3Lesson 1
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Roles of Community Leaders

How to use: Print the PDF before you call your child. Read the lesson once together and talk it through, then the exercises on paper. Correct together with the answer key and the Parent checklist. The next day, your child redoes this lesson here on screen (about 10 minutes) to review it and save progress.

Learning Objectives

  • 1Name the main community leaders in a city and school
  • 2Explain how each leader serves the people in a community
  • 3Match each leader to the service they provide
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Mini Lesson

A community is a group of people who live and work together in the same place — and every community needs leaders to keep things running smoothly.

What is a community leader?

  • A community leader is someone with a special role that helps others.
  • Example: A mayor makes decisions for an entire city or town.
  • Leaders provide services — things that help people stay safe, healthy, and informed.

Leaders at the city level

  • The mayor leads the city council and signs new laws.
  • The police officer protects people and makes sure laws are followed.
  • The firefighter responds to emergencies and rescues people in danger.

Leaders in our everyday lives

  • The principal leads the school and makes sure every student is safe.
  • The librarian helps people find books and information to keep learning.
  • The doctor keeps the community healthy and treats illness.
Six community leader cardsSix labeled cards show Mayor, Police Officer, Firefighter, Principal, Librarian, and Doctor arranged in a two-row grid.Community LeadersMayorPoliceFirefighterPrincipalLibrarianDoctorEvery leader has a special rolethat helps keep the community safe,healthy, and running smoothly.
Six community leaders — Mayor, Police, Firefighter, Principal, Librarian, Doctor.
Leader to service chartA two-column chart matching each community leader on the left to their key service on the right.Leader to ServiceLeaderHow they helpMayorMakes city decisionsPolice OfficerProtects and enforces lawsFirefighterFights fires and rescuesPrincipalLeads the schoolLibrarianHelps people find booksDoctorKeeps community healthy
Each community leader matched to the service they provide.
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Ask yourself: "Who is the leader of my city? Who runs my local library? Which leader would I call in an emergency?"

Vocabulary
Community
A group of people who live and work together in the same placee.g. Our community has a park, a library, and a fire station.
Leader
A person with a special role who helps and guides otherse.g. The mayor is the leader of our city.
Role
The special job or part a person plays in helping a communitye.g. A police officer's role is to protect people and enforce laws.
Service
Work that helps and benefits the people of a communitye.g. A doctor provides a service by keeping people healthy.
Citizen
A person who belongs to and lives in a community or countrye.g. Every citizen can help make the community a better place.
Volunteer
A person who chooses to help others without being paide.g. Many volunteers help clean the park on weekends.
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Guided Practice

Pick a word from the Trace menu and look at the model. Use Copy mode to write it yourself on the lined pad, or switch to Trace if you want to pass over the ghost letters. Tap 🔍 Bigger for a fullscreen practice canvas.

Tracing Pad

Tip: Say each word aloud as you trace it to help remember what the leader does.

Now type any 3 different words from the Trace menu above. Look back if you need to — this is typing practice, not a memory test.
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Exercises

Tap a leader on the left, then tap the correct service on the right.

1. Who is the elected leader of a city or town?

2. What is the main job of a police officer?

3. Which community leader works as the head of a school?

4. What does a firefighter do to serve the community?

5. Which word describes a person who helps a community without being paid?

6. How does a librarian serve the community?

7. Which community leader is most responsible for keeping people healthy?

8. What is a community?

9. Why do communities need leaders?

10. What does it mean to "serve" a community?

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Parent Checklist

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