Options for Senior Brooklyn History, Friday 10.17

Option 1:

 Continue Neighborhood Research:

The work you did yesterday will be returned to you with comments from Ms. Krucoff and I. Many of you have started to identify the story of your neighborhood. Now what more do you need to know? Where are the holes in your story? See what you can find out!

·         Internet Research: (Only if Computers are available)

Check brooklynhistory413.blogspot.com for research links for your neighborhood. Take Notes.

·         Classroom Library: (Not a lending library, books must stay in the classroom)

Look in the “BKH To Be Filed” create at front of room for Research note taking sheets, or just use loose-leaf. Take notes on what you read/learn from the book about your neighborhood. Be sure to make note of the book title, author and year.

Option 2:       

Block Portrait Assignments:

Students need to take turns using the desktop on the left in the back of the room to print any photos. You must print to the Lexmark. Once photos are printed paste them together, Write the neighborhood and street at top, the addresses of the buildings and the years the buildings were built below. See Darrell’s on the big bulletin board for a good example. You should print your photos 5X7, 2 on a page.

Option 3:

Complete Marking Period 1 Work

Have you completed the Following:

• ·         My Brooklyn/NYC Essay
• ·         Conjecture Assignment
• ·         Gowanus Photo and Label Assignment

If not get to it!!!

Option 4:

Assignment 1 Marking Period 2:

Start drafting your Block Description, due Monday. See Krucoff’s model.

For work to be counted for MP1 it must be in the Class Inbox by the end of the day!!!

Building Inventory Research Assignment, Due Monday, October 6th

BUILDING INVENTORY

An inventory is list of things, usually a type of property, such as items in a store.  A building inventory is a list of the types of buildings in your neighborhood.  You will be doing a building inventory of your neighborhood as well as creating an accompanying photo document of one of your neighborhood’s blocks. 

I.  STEP ONE, IN CLASS:  How old are the buildings in my neighborhood?

1. Log on to the following link:

http://bklynr.com/block-by-block-brooklyns-past-and-present/

2. Find your neighborhood.  Look at the color of the buildings and compare that color to the date graph at the lower right hand corner. 

3.  Move your curser over the buildings in your neighborhood.  The address of the building and the date it was built will appear in the upper right-hand corner.

4.  Answer the following questions:

How old is your home?

How old are the buildings on your block?

What is the oldest building in your neighborhood? Where is it?

What is the newest building in your neighborhood? Where is it?

What is the age of most of the buildings in your neighborhood?

Now come up with 3 research questions about your neighborhood based on your data?

CONJECTURE:

Looking at our timeline, and using your prior knowledge of your neighborhood, can you make an educated guess as to why the oldest buildings might have been built when they were? As to why the newest buildings might have been built when they were?  About where they are located?

II. STEP TWO, IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD:  What kinds of building are in my neighborhood?

Choose a section of your neighborhood to investigate.  Or choose two sections!  That’s up to you, but each section must include at least a 5 x5 block area. 

Where did you walk? ________________________________________________________

INVENTORY OF RESIDENCES

Which types of residences are in your neighborhood?

res·i·dence n  the house, apartment, or other dwelling in which somebody lives

CIRCLE All THAT APPLY TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD

1.    ROW HOUSES:

FAÇADES (the Façade is the Face of the building):   

• Brownstone              (painted or unpainted)
• Brick               (painted and unpainted)
• Limestone
• Aluminum siding

Average # of floors:             _____________________

Stoops                                    Y                     N

Gates                                      Y                     N

Ornamentation?                  Y                     N

If yes, describe: 

2.  LARGE APARTMENT BUILDINGS:

• Brick
• Glass and steel

Average # of floors:  ___________________________

Ornamentation?

If yes, describe:

Were these apartments:

• Built to be apartments                                         Y                     N
• Renovated Industrial buildings                          Y                     N
• Renovated commercial buildings                       Y                     N
• Renovated municipal or religious bldgs           Y                     N

4.  INDIVIDUAL HOUSES

• Wood
• Brick
• Stone

Average # of floors ________________________________

Front yards?                       Y         N

Porches?                              Y         N

Steps?                                   Y         N

Gates?                                   Y         N

Ornamentation?                 Y         N

If yes, describe:

CONJECTURE:

Which types of residences are most prevalent (widely occurring) in your neighborhood? Looking at our timeline, and using your prior knowledge of your neighborhood, can you make an educated guess about why these building were built when they were? About where they are located?

COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS                   

COMMERICAL

• Where located?
• Mom-and-Pop                                   Y                     N
• Big Box Store                                   Y                     N

INDUSTRIAL

• Where located?
• In use as a factory today?              Y                     N

CONJECTURE

Why might these commercial and/or industrial buildings be located where they are in your neighborhood?  When was the average date the commercial and/or residential buildings were built?  Looking at our class timeline, can you make an educated guess as to why they were built at this time?