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Explore Brooklyn's evolving urban transportation history, the importance of public transit, socioeconomics in city planning, pros and cons of transportation modes, and the significance of green innovation. Engage in debates, field trips, and social action projects to deepen understanding.
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Brooklyn Transportation By: Rachel Berg, Cassidy Brody, Lindsay Girden, Alexis Hernandez
Essential Questions: • How do cities transform over time? • Why do residents of a city need public transportation and how do they benefit from it? • How do socioeconomic statuses play a role in the jobs people choose/have? • Are there both benefits and downsides to the various modes of transportation? • Why is green innovation important today?
Enduring Understandings: • Brooklyn has transformed over time. • Transportation is necessary in an urban environment. • Students will understand how different socioeconomic statuses played a part in the construction of New York City transportation. • There are positives and negatives to every method of transportation. • Students will understand the importance of green innovation in today’s society.
Unit Subcategories: • Introduction to Brooklyn • Bridges • Subways • Debate: Should Mayor Bloomberg raise the subway fares or build tollbooths on the bridges to help solve the (fictional) budget crisis?
Key Standards: English Language Arts: • Standard 2: Language for Literary Response and Expression • Standard 3: Language for Critical Analysis and Evaluation • Standard 4: Language for Social Interaction Social Studies: • Standard 1:History of the United States and New York • Standard 3:Geography
Key Standards: Mathematics: • Standard 2: Information Systems • Standard 3: Mathematics • Standard 5: Technology The Arts: • Standard 1: Creating, Performing, and Participating in the Arts Science: • Science as Inquiry • Physical Science
Overall Unit Assessment • Encompass various learning styles (kinesthetic, visual, verbal, logical) • Integrate subjects (language arts, social studies, science, technology, visual arts, mathematics, social justice, field trips • Culmination: Digital portfolio
Overall Unit Differentiation • Differentiating content (modifying content according to students’ ability levels) • Heterogeneous groups (scaffolding) • One-on-one instruction • Small group work • Tiered lessons • Integrated subject areas (incorporating various learning styles)
Field Trips • Brooklyn Bridge • Manhattan Bridge • Williamsburg Bridge • Coney Island Subway Station • New York Transit Museum
Social Action & Social Justice • “Did You Know” Cards to hand out at the Brooklyn Bridge • Writing letters to Mayor Bloomberg to make our subway “green” • Debate • Socioeconomic statuses play a part in the roles people assume in transportation construction.