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Design Your Own Suburb

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Students view and discuss urban and suburban scenes; and list the features of their ideal town and discuss whether these features can be found in cities and suburbs. They draw mental maps of a city and a suburb and brainstorm and list the possible effects of sprawl on the environment, adult's daily lives, and kids' daily lives. Students design their own new suburbs, taking into account the things they have found out about sprawl.

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suburban communities, types of communities, urban environments

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suburban, urban, social studies
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Grade
4th - 8th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
1 day
Instructional Strategies
Project-Based Learning
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