The “Our Neighborhood” project introduces youth to structured ways of thinking and expressing ideas about the people, places and things that matter most to them. The lessons build on the information and experiences that the children and the instructors already have about the culture around them.
The project is broken into eight sessions and designed for designed for 6- to 8-year-olds. This project will introduce collaborative reading, writing and group work processes, such as brainstorming, labeling, mapping and storyboarding.