1. Lesson #3 - The Pleasantest Place
LEQ - How does culture influence the character of places?
Background - This lesson will look at the variety of factors that people look for and expect in the places where they live and work
Copy the lesson objective question in your binder
Read the background
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Opener
Complete the Pleasantest Place Survey
PICK UP A COPY OF THE PLEASANTEST PLACE PREFERENTIAL SURVEY ACTIVITY
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Real Estate 19713
Use – Realtor.com Listings or newspaper and search for two places where the type of housing YOU chose on the personal preference survey would be available, and the price range of listings
WRITE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THE TWO PLACES ARE LOCATED IN YOUR BINDER
EXPLAIN WHY YOU SELECTED THESE PLACES IN YOUR BINDER
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COMPLETE IN BINDER
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Extending & Refining
Find a neighborhood with Grid Pattern
WRITE NAME IN BINDER
DESCRIBE WHY IT IS A GRID PATTERN
Find a neighborhood with Cul-de-sac
DESCRIBE WHY IT IS A CUL-DE-SAC
Why do you think the planners of the area might have chosen to use each of the basic street plans?
How do they effect the movement in the neighborhood?
Shape of house lots?
Use of space in neighborhood?
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USE SEARCH ENGINE
COMPLETE SLIDE IN BINDER
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Class work
GO BACK TO WEBSITE AND OPEN “GIVE ME SOME SPACE” FILE
READ AND TAKE NOTES
ANSWER ALL THINKING LIKE A GEOGRPAHER QUESTIONS IN BINDER
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Read - “Give Me Some Space- and Let Me Arrange It My Way!”
Answer questions

6. Public Space and Private Space
Create a chart in your BINDER with three headings – Public Space, Shared Private, and Private Space
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CREATE CHART IN BINDER
ANSWER QUESTION IN BINDER
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PUBLIC SPACE
SHARED PRIVATE
PRIVATE SPACE
UNDER EACH CATEGORY, CREATE A DEFINITION FOR EACH CATEGORY
WRITE AT LEAST TWO EXAMPLES FOR EACH CATEGORY IN YOUR CHART
What criteria did you use to differentiate between public and private space?

7. Public and Private Space
Planners for cities need to be conscious of and provide for a need for public, private and also shared private space.
Cultural needs for personal space and also family privacy vary around the world, and they impact the way the space feels and functions.
One important feature that impacts the urban sense of place is the pattern of the streets.
Some street patterns facilitate free movement through the city and easy access to parts of the city.
Other patterns, by design, tend to have the opposite effect.
Copy SLIDE OF NOTES INTO BINDER
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Class work
GO BACK TO WEBSITE AND OPEN “COMPARING STREET PATTERNS AROUND THE WORLD”
ANALYZE 2 OF THE 4 CITY PLANS
WRITE DOWN THE NAMES OF THE 2 CITIES THAT YOU SELECT AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN YOUR BINDER
Which of the cities that you selected would be the easiest for drivers?
Would the ranking be the same for pedestrians?
GO BACK TO WEBSITE AND OPEN “COMPARING STREET PATTERNS AROUND THE WORLD”
Follow directions on the slide
Answer questions in binder
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C4U
New immigrants from Arab countries moved into East Dearborn, MI and began to renovate and reclaim old residential and commercial neighborhoods for their own use. Based on what you have learned, what are some ways these residents might change the use of space in residential neighborhoods? You may use a diagram with labels, sketch a picture of the area, or answer in a well-constructed paragraph.
COMPLETE ON SEPARATE PIECE OF PAPER AND TURN IN FOR A GRADE
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