Public services: health center, school, library, police station, fire station, post office, cleaning service, bus service, train service. Jobs: doctor, teacher, librarian, police officer, firefighter, postal worker, garbage collector, gardener, bus driver, train driver. My province is Madrid. Autonomous communities.

1. Where I live

2. Where do you go in your town
when you don’t feel well?
I go to the health center.

3. Where do you go every day
to learn new things?
I go to school.

4. Where do you go
when you want to read many different books?
I go to the public library.

5. Where do you go
when you want to send a letter?
I go to a mailbox or
a post office

6. Many people work in public services
to help the community.
There are garbage collectors, police officers, firefighters,
doctors, teachers, postal workers, librarians, train drivers…

7. Draw in your notebook: Public Services.
Public services take care of you and your town.
SCHOOL

8. What's the role of public services?Public services take care of you and your town.

9. Who can use public services?
Men?
Women?
Children?
The elderly?

10. Poor
people?
Rich
people?

11. Who can use public services?Public services are for everyone to use.

12. Draw in your notebook: Public Services are for everyone to use.
SCHOOL

13. These are some public services:

14. A health center.

15. A school

16. A public library

17. A police station

18. A fire station

19. A post office.

20. The cleaning service.

21. The gardening service.

22. A bus and a train.

23. This is the town hall.
The mayor and local politicians organise the public services.

24. Many different people
work in public services to help you.

25. Who works at the health center?A doctor and a nurse
work at the health center.

26. Who works at the school?A teacher works at the school

27. Who works at the public library?A librarian works at the public library ?

28. Who works at the police station?A police officer works at the police station

29. Who works at the fire station?A firefighter works at the fire station

30. Who works at the post office?A postal worker works at the post office.

31. Who works at the cleaning service?A garbage collector works at the cleaning service.

32. Who works at the gardening service?A gardener works at the gardening service.

33. Who drives a bus and a train?A bus driver A train driver

34. Who works at the town hall?A mayor works at the town hall.

35. Draw in your notebook:
Many people work in public services to help you.
A doctor A librarian A police officer A firefighter
A postal worker A garbage collector A bus driver A train driver.

36. My Province.

37. What province is my town in?
Is it in Segovia?
Is it in Toledo?
Is it in Cuenca?
Is it in Madrid?

38. My town is in the province of Madrid.
Colmenar Viejo
Madrid

39. Take a look at the province of Madrid.
Click on the image.
Can you find your town?

40. Madrid is a province.

41. What is the capital of Madrid?The capital of Madrid is Madrid.

42. Do you know
how many provinces
are there in Spain?

43. There are 50 provinces in Spain.

44. Every province has a local government.
This is the City Hall of Madrid.

45. The mayor and local politicians
organise public services

46. We choose these politicians
by voting for them
in public elections.

47. Now, imagine you are the mayor of your town.
What would you propose to the citizens?

48. Do you know what language
do people
speak in Spain?

49. Although most people in Spain speak Spanish,
in some provinces they speak a different language
or dialect.

50. Have you been to other provinces?
Yes, I have been to…

52. Provinces are grouped into autonomous
communities.

53. Spain has 17 autonomous communities
and 2 autonomous cities: Ceuta and Melilla.

54. Each autonomous community has a capital city
and its own government.

55. Madrid is a province
and an autonomous community.
Its capital is Madrid.

56. Now, can you answer these questions?

57. Spain is a country.Is Spain a city or a country?

58. What´s the capital of Spain?

59. The capital of Spain is Madrid.
Madrid

60. What is the capital of Madrid?

61. The capital of the province of Madrid
is Madrid.

62. My town is …
I live in the province of…
I live in the autonomous community of…
The capital city is…
My country is…
The capital of Spain is…