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
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