Resources for Activity 2: Community Character

Overview:
In this activity, students explore community character and investigate the ways that communities, including their own, are responding to growth and development pressures.

Student Pages:
Character Search
Case Study - Gateway Communities in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Questions to Consider
Case Study - Local Land Use Issues
Case Study - Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative

Website Referenced in Activity 2:
Viewfinders (http://www.dunnfoundation.org/edu-vm.htm)

Earth & Sky Radio Correlations
This activity can be supplemented with related Earth & Sky radio shows that you can download for use in your classroom.
Learn about the PLT and Earth & Sky Initiative.

Additional Resources
"What Happened to Our Village Green?"  Article by C.E. Hunt, Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle

Place-Based Resource Database
Case Study Database

30 Questions to help Evaluate Your Awareness of the Greater Place in Which You Live

State Specific Resources
New England (and beyond) websites and other resources described in an article by Tim Rayworth, Massachusetts PLT State Coordinator