Create a Graphic Organizer

Each student (or pair of students) should select a different place in the neighborhood as a focus topic. Over the next few weeks you will have students explore their assigned place. For example:

• Have them read books about that place (fiction and nonfiction)
• Who are the people that work there?
• What are the things you can find there?
• Why is the place important to our community?

Have them create a graphic organizer like the one below. (A full sized version of this is in your project plan). This will help them when they are ready to begin building their PowerPoint.

You might also want to take a walking tour around the neighborhood. Plan to visit the places your students have picked for their projects. You can bring a digital camera and take pictures for the project. You can have students "interview" the people who work there.