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Community Helpers Do Jobs That Keep Us Going

with Justice

Justice stands in the middle of a busy neighborhood street wearing a bright sash, pointing excitedly at a firefighter rolling up a hose, a teacher reading aloud to children on a school step, a farmer carrying a basket of vegetables, and a grocery store worker stacking colorful fruit.

Identify at least three community helpers and name the job each one does.
Explain how a community helper's work meets a need that people depend on.
Compare two different helpers by describing how their tools and jobs are different.
Sort pictures of community helpers by the kind of need they meet (safety, learning, health, or food).

Key terms

community helper: A person whose job meets an important need for other people in a community.
need: Something people must have, like safety, food, learning, or health care.
role: The special job a person does as part of a group.
interdependence: When people depend on one another to get their needs met.
stethoscope: A tool doctors and nurses use to listen to your heart and lungs.

Jobs That Meet Needs

Every community helper does one job that meets a real need for someone else. Firefighters and police officers help meet the need for safety. Doctors, nurses, and the school nurse help meet the need for health. Teachers and librarians help meet the need for learning. Farmers and grocery store workers help meet the need for food. Each helper learns special skills and uses special tools to do their job well.

Why We Need Many Helpers

People do not have just one need; they need food, safety, learning, and health care all at the same time. That is why one helper cannot do everything. A town needs many different helpers, each focused on what they do best. When all these helpers work side by side, every kind of need in the community can be taken care of every single day.

Helpers Depend on Each Other

Community helpers do not only help us, they also help one another. A doctor needs farmers to grow food so everyone stays healthy. A firefighter needs a doctor if someone is hurt. A teacher needs a grocery worker to keep food on the shelves. When helpers depend on each other like this, we call it interdependence, and it is what makes a community strong.

Worked examples

Decide which helper meets a safety need.

A firefighter puts out fires and rescues people.
Putting out fires keeps people from getting hurt.
Keeping people from harm is a safety need.
So a firefighter meets a safety need.

Answer: A firefighter meets the need for safety.

Explain why a doctor and a farmer both matter.

A doctor helps sick people feel better, a health need.
A farmer grows food so people can eat, a food need.
People need both health care and food.
So both helpers are important and neither can do it all alone.

Answer: Both matter because people need health care and food at the same time.

Hi there! I am Justice, and I love learning about how people work together. A community is the neighborhood where people live, play, and work. In every community, people have different jobs called roles. Each helper does one job really well, and that job meets a need for someone else. Think about a firefighter. A firefighter uses a big hose and a ladder to put out fires and keep people safe. Without the firefighter, a fire could hurt many people. That is a need — staying safe. A police officer also helps keep people safe. Police officers watch over the neighborhood so everyone can feel protected. Now think about a doctor or nurse. They help people when a body feels sick or hurt. They use a special listening tool called a stethoscope to listen to your heart and lungs. Without them, sick people would not get better. A school nurse is at your school every day. If you fall and scrape your knee or feel sick at recess, the school nurse takes care of you right away. A teacher helps children learn to read, write, and think. Without teachers, it would be very hard to learn new things. A farmer grows fruits, vegetables, and grains so families have food to eat. A grocery store worker makes sure those foods are on the shelves so you can find them. Each helper needs the other helpers too! A doctor needs a farmer so there is food to keep helpers healthy. A firefighter needs a doctor if someone gets hurt. We all depend on each other. That is what makes a community strong!

Activity

Drag each community helper to the need they help meet — safety, learning, health, or food.

Practice

Name one community helper and the need that their job meets.

Explain why a community needs more than one kind of helper.

Common mistakes to avoid

Only people in uniforms are community helpers.Teachers, farmers, and librarians are helpers too, even though they do not wear uniforms.
One helper is the most important of all.Every helper meets a real need, and no single helper can meet every need by themselves.

Check your understanding

A firefighter's job is to keep people _____.

Mia feels sick at school. Which community helper is the best person to help her right now?

Why do people in a community need MORE than one kind of helper?

Tomas thinks only firefighters are community helpers because they are the most important. Is Tomas right?

Recap

Community helpers each do a job that meets a need, such as safety, learning, health, or food. People need many different helpers because we all have many needs, and the helpers depend on one another, which makes the whole community strong.

Reflect

Which community helper would you like to thank, and what need do they meet for you?