City Works

by Steinberg, Adria

• ISBN13: 9781565844162
• ISBN10: 1565844165
• Edition: Workbook
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-10-01
• Publisher: New Pr

Summary

City Works is an award-winning high school curriculum created at The Rindge School of Technical Arts in Cambridge, Massachusetts, one of the oldest public vocational high schools in the United States. City Works has attracted international attention from educators seeking to adapt it for their own communities around the world. The New Press publication of City Works makes the project accessible for the first time to teachers and students everywhere in the form of a workbook on understanding a community through its economic base, its industries, and demographics. City Works addresses the disjunction between school and "the real world, " challenging students to use their heads and hands to investigate the neighborhoods in which they live. Through interviews, research in local archives, and creating "artifacts" -- maps, photographs, tapes, oral histories and three-dimensional models -- young people document their city as it is, and develop new visions of what their city could be. City Works is a valuable resource for teachers, parents, community activists, youth agencies -- anyone interested in helping teens tap into the resources of their community and their own potential as citizens and change agents.

Author Biography

Adria Steinberg is program director at Jobs for the Future in Boston. An experienced teacher and education program designer, she is a former editor of The Harvard Education Letter. David Stephen is an architect, educator, and visual artist. He is program director at The Big Picture in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments	p. 6
The Community as Text: an Overview of the Cityworks Curriculum	p. 9
Notes to the Teacher: Maximizing Learning	p. 14
The Individual and the Community
Unit 1 at a Glance	p. 19
Unit Goals	p. 20
Introduction for the Teacher	p. 22
Introduction for the Student	p. 25
Communicating Well	p. 28
Working as a Team	p. 39
Producing High-Quality Work	p. 53
Using Math, Measurement, and the Fundamentals of Design	p. 63
Using Problem-Solving Skills	p. 73
Knowing Your Community's Resources and Needs	p. 101
Putting it All Together for Your CityWorks Portfolio	p. 112
WalkAbout the Community
Unit 2 at a Glance	p. 113
Introduction for the Teacher	p. 114
Introduction for the Student	p. 115
WalkAbout the Community	p. 115
Putting it All Together for Your CityWorks Portfolio	p. 145
Contributing to the Community
Unit 3 at a Glance	p. 146
Introduction for the Teacher	p. 147
Introduction for the Student	p. 149
Contributing to the Community	p. 149
Putting it All Together for Your CityWorks Portfolio	p. 170
Outline of Activities, Materials, Tools, and Suggested Time Allotment	p. 176
Sample Worklog Reflection, Portfolio Record, and Record of Accomplishment Forms	p. 184
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