Throughout the Neighborhood Development unit you will be working collaboratively with your group to plan, blueprint and build a neighborhood. This project will require you to draw on prior knowledge from our previous Neighborhood Study units, where we looked at Chicago neighborhoods. We will continue to work on answering the essential question of "What does a neighborhood need to thrive?"
Since we will be working both in class and online, it is important that we talk about group expectations when communicating. Working collaboratively can be very hard sometimes. It is important that you keep an open mind and are willing to make compromises along the way. When you working with your group and you start to feel like a conflict could arise, I want you to refer to our classroom peace talk:
1. Assume Positive Intent
“Did you notice_____?”
2. Advocate for Yourself
“When you ____, it makes me____.”
3. Let Everyone Tell Their Story
4. Get a Teacher If You Need To
In order to be successful in this project, you will need to be able to access this site and photograph your groups progress. It is suggested that you use an iPad throughout the course of this project.
Project Rubric