• Elementary School
  • JA Ourselves
  • JA Our Families
  • JA Our Community
  • JA Our City
  • JA Our Region
  • JA Our Nation
  • JA More than Money
  • Biz Kid$
  • JA BizTown
  • Junior Achievement $ave, USA Lessons
• Middle School
  • JA America Works
  • JA Economics for Success
  • JA Finance Park
  • JA Global Marketplace
  • JA It's My Business!
  • JA's Biz Kid$
  • Junior Achievement $ave, USA Lessons
• High School
  • JA Banks in Action
  • JA Be Entrepreneurial
  • JA Business Ethics
  • JA Careers with a Purpose
  • JA Company Program
  • JA Economics
  • JA Exploring Economics
  • JA Finance Park
  • JA Job Shadow
  • JA Personal Finance
  • JA Success Skills
  • JA Titan
  • Junior Achievement $ave, USA Lessons
  • Global JA Titan Challenge
• Scholarships
• Correlations
• Evaluations
• Supplements
  • Biz Kid$
  • Economic Investigations
  • Excellence through Ethics
  • JA Current Economic Climate
  • JA Travel and Tourism
  • Microsoft Unlimited Potential Technology Curriculum
  • JA Searching for Savings
• Student Events
• JA AfterSchool ®
  • Overview
  • JA More than Money™ (Grades 3-5)
  • JA It's My Business!™ (Grades 6-8)
  • JA Company Program™ (Grades 9-12)
  • Junior Achievement
    $ave USA™
 

Elementary School Programs :: JA Our Community™

What lies beyond your front door? Let’s explore it! JA volunteers display a poster of a typical community, and the students meet some of the people who live and work there. Through hands-on activities, the students learn about workers, the work they perform, why workers are paid, what taxes are and how they are used, and where to save money.

JA Our Community examines responsibilities and economic opportunities available within a community.

See the Scope and Sequence for a complete listing of program concepts and skills.

Be sure to visit the Resource Room for helpful links.

JA Our Community includes a CD used in Session Five: Money Moves. The song is available here as an MP3 file.

Program Summary

To learn more about receiving this program in your area contact your local JA office.