2008-2009+planning+notes

What do we want to accomplish in this unit this year?

 * planting the seeds for becoming social / community activists
 * building pride in where you live
 * clean-ups of neighborhoods / parks
 * students have an in-depth familiarity with several Boston neighborhoods (some familiar neighborhoods that represent where they live, so every student is represented, and some that are unfamiliar)
 * Jamaica Plain
 * Chinatown
 * South End (Villa Victoria)
 * Roxbury (Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative -- Haley House)
 * What needs to change in the city?
 * brainstorm areas of concern
 * affordable housing
 * mapping
 * bird's eye view, start small, get bigger
 * Google Earth
 * Prudential and look down
 * model room in the BRA in City Hall to see the model of Boston
 * Public speaking skills
 * what is a leader? / job exposure / visits from professionals of color
 * community leaders / activists of color
 * technology

Final project idea: make an atlas of our neighborhoods?

To do this year:

 * 1) Move learning targets and modify in rigorous timeline
 * 2) Check assessment section in timeline
 * 3) ID links between social studies and science
 * 4) ID new and realistic learning opportunities -- make sure timeline is realistic and do-able
 * 5) Have more speakers come in