Mai Lesson
Design Your Community Hub
Social Studies · 30 min · Ages 12-15 · Middle school · You and your child together
This lesson challenges learners to think like community leaders, designing a shared space that serves diverse needs. They'll explore what makes a community thrive and use everyday materials to bring their vision to life.
What your child gets out of it
- Analyze diverse community needs for a shared public space.
- Develop a physical design for a community space using limited resources.
- Explain how design choices balance conflicting needs and promote community well-being.
What you need
- Paper — For sketching plans and creating model pieces.
- Scissors — Adult supervision for cutting materials.
- Glue Or Tape — To assemble parts of the model.
- Small Blocks — For representing buildings, features, or elements of the community hub. (or Bottle Caps, Legos, Building Bricks, Buttons)
- Small Blocks/Caps
How it runs
- Introduction · 5 min
- Explore & Plan · 8 min
- Discussion · 6 min
- Activity · 9 min
- Summary · 2 min
Why it matters
Community planners and urban designers use similar processes to create public spaces that serve millions of people.
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