Kids'Community
You and the members of this class have
been given 10,000 acres of land on which you are to design and build a community
for youth, with a maximum population of 1000 young people. You are to provide
for the community's needs and utilize strict conservation practices for
air, land, water, to include a community-wide recycling plan. This project
will be developed as a co-operative endeavor. This means that all members
of the community have equal ownership and responsibility for developing
and maintaining a productive community. Each member of the community will
begin with sufficient funds to purchase basic needs (housing, transportation,
etc), but must work to increase those funds for any "extras" (movies,
furnishings, groceries, recreation, etc.).
You are a member of one of seven groups:
Industrial, Recreation, Residential (Housing), Commercial, Educational,
Government, and Agricultural. The task within each group is to brainstorm
and develop a plan for your subcommunity, making sure that the personal
and conservation needs are met. Each committee must provide a plan for the
amount of acreage its subcommunity will require, where it will be located
and rationale for location, and a description of the role your subcommunity
will play in the overall community. You will be given an allotted time in
which to develop your plan before presenting it to the entire group for
community consensus and assignment of your plot of land. Once your plot
has been designated, you must work within your subcommunity to develop and
utilize nearby resources, always considering wise conservation practices
with recycling as an integral part of your plan. Be sure to take into consideration
such things as transportation, landscaping, waste disposal, and noise factors
when developing your plan.
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Upon completion of all tasks, the learners should acquire
a much more thorough understanding of forming and expanding community life.
Conservation of resources is an important facet of community life in this
time of diminishing resources. A better understanding of the importance
of sound conservation practices will provide better citizens in tomorrow's
communities.
This webquest was written by Pat Mathews. Last updated 1/29/98
