WHERE IS YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AT? WHAT IS IT DOING? WHERE DID IT COME FROM? WHERE IS IT GOING?
Neighborhood Study Assessment
How do you encourage change while preserving neighborhood character? What is best for neighborhoods and the people who live in them? These are questions that were raised by you in our unit on Gentrification, and they lie at the center of our Brooklyn history class. We have already begun to talk a little about these issues, but it is now time for you to use these questions to turn a critical eye to your own neighborhood (or one that you choose).
How to do this:
You will create a photo and text presentation with specific information about your neighborhood or the neighborhood you choose to study for this assignment. This presentation may take any of the following three forms. PLEASE CHOOSE A FORM with which you already feel comfortable and that you do not have to learn how to do. Most of the creation work for this project will be taking place at home, with emphasis on information gathering in class.
Neighborhood Booklet (for the artistic soul).
This will consist of pages of photos and labels interspersed with required text. The photos can be a combination of single-photos, doubles, or a collage, so long as the images are clear. You can add scrapbook elements as well. The purpose of the booklet is to tell the story of your neighborhood in a creative way, interspersed with historical facts, trends, and reflection.
Power Point (for the technology wiz).
This power point presentation will use your photographs and outside historical images as well as the required text to present your information. The purpose of the power point is to create a digital story of your neighborhood in a creative and technological way, interspersed with historical facts, trends, and reflection. If you know how to overlay your power point with an audio analysis you may do so as well.
Photo Essay (for the analytical thinker or the writer in you).
This will primarily be a written paper addressing the required topics with an appendix of photographs and labels. This is best for people who like a straightforward, more analytical approach to presentation, or for those who enjoy the writing process. The purpose of this essay is to provide an overview of the history and trends that have affected or are affecting your neighborhood, with images that illustrate your points.
Presentation Requirements:
ALL neighborhood study assessments will include the following:
Photos from your neighborhood walk with labels and/or descriptions of the photographs’ meanings
Historical research to contextualize how your neighborhood became what it is today
Description of neighborhood landmarks (recognized, community and personal)
Analysis of trends occurring in the neighborhood, and an evaluation of the sate of your neighborhood (is what is happening helpful or harmful? What is for the Greater Good?)
Predictions for the future of your neighborhood
Personal reflections on your neighborhood, your connection to it (or lack thereof), how you feel about it and how you feel about the changes occurring in it
Grading:
You presentation will be graded on the following:
Thoroughness of information and analysis
Accuracy
How well photographs are linked to your information
Clarity of presentation
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