Neighborhood/Block Conjecture Assignment - Due 10/28

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT:  (Will be written in class tomorrow 10/28)

Making conjectures based on your neighborhood data:

Step One:  Go to the Brooklyn block-by-block website and look back at the streets you walked for the ages of the buildings (10pts)

CHOICE:

Option 1:  Sketch out a map of your neighborhood walk.  Name the streets.  Add building ages to the streets.

Option 2:  Write a list of the streets that you walked.  List the building ages.

Step Two:  Read the timeline notes for the eras of your buildings.    Highlight or star any information in the timeline notes that suggest reasons for building growth in your neighborhood from those time periods (This is the beginning of how you make conjectures!) (5pts)

Step Three:  Go back to your neighborhood reading and read it again, looking for information that talks about when and why buildings were built in your neighborhood.  Highlight or star that information.  (5pts)

Step Four:  Writing your conjecture (Due by the end of class tomorrow!)

Using the information you gathered from your inventory, block research, timeline, and neighborhood reading, in paragraph form, write your educated guess as to why the buildings you observed on your walk were built.  Reference specific evidence from your research, timeline, or reading to support your ideas.  Minimum three quarters of a page handwritten.  (Summative)

When you are ready to write your Block Conjecture below are some sentence starters you should be sure to include:

I noticed this…

This made me think/wonder….

My timeline said….

My neighborhood reading said….