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Download full textCenter for Understanding the Built Environment, Prairie Village, KS. – 2002
This curriculum packet contains two teacher-developed lesson plans, for use in the upper elementary grades, which focus on urban life. The first lesson plan, "Connecting Downtown" (Michael Gray), studies how engineering and design can make cities more efficient places. It provides a brief discussion on how people travel within large…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Built Environment, Engineering, Intermediate Grades
Center for Understanding the Built Environment, Prairie Village, KS. – 2002
This curriculum packet contains two lesson plans about cities and architecture intended for use with students in upper elementary grades and middle schools. The first lesson plan, "City People, City Stories" (Jan Ham), states that understanding architecture and cities must begin with an understanding of the people of the city. The children create…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Architecture, Built Environment, Community Characteristics
Center for Understanding the Built Environment, Prairie Village, KS. – 2002
This curriculum packet contains two teacher-developed lesson plans for upper elementary students focusing on the built environment. The first lesson plan, "The Built Environment--An Integrating Theme" (Liesa Schroeder), offers suggestions for developing a walking tour around the school neighborhood, a historic area, or a city square. It…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Built Environment, Community Characteristics, Experiential Learning
