Discussion/City Responsibility
Almost every activity will generate all kinds of questions involving higher
level thinking skills. This may be the time to begin to pull some of those
ideas together into a cohesive thought pattern which will eventually evolve
into a personal philosophy toward and about the built environment.
Ownership
Who owns the land? Your home? Your school?
Who owns your neighborhood? Your city?
Are you responsible for someone else's land? Your neighborhood? Your city?
How far does that responsibility go?
When do you say "my" neighborhood? When do you say "their"
neighborhood?
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at the corner?
when you step outside your house?
across the street?
a few blocks away? |
Services
What services or needs do people in a neighborhood or city share- police,
fire, landfill?
Where are these places located? In your neighborhood? In your city?
Where should they be? Who decides where these will be? Do you want to live
near them?
How do you get from one neighborhood to another? From one place in the
city to another?
Which ways are the quickest? Why? Should there be more of these routes?
If so, where will these go? What changes will need to be made in order
for this to happen? What will be the positive effects? What will be the
negative effects? If you were asked to move from your home to make way
for highway construction, would you? Why or why not?
Green Space
What are green spaces? Are there green spaces in your neighborhood? In
your city? Why? Where?
Who takes care of the "green spaces?" Should there be more green
spaces? Who should pay?
Making it a Better Place
What things can you do to make your home a better place? Your school? Your
neighborhood? Your city? |
