The Neighborhood Project
High Tech Middle is a public charter school in San Diego. Students, selected through a lottery system, come from every zip code in the city. Our 6th grade used photography & writing to explore the wonderfully diverse neighborhoods that make up our school and town....
For this project, students will:
For this project, students will:
- Explore their neighborhood in order to contribute to a travel guide that conveys the diversity of San Diego represented at our school
- Take photos in their neighborhood interview people in their neighborhood research the history of their neighborhood and various statistics associated with neighborhood
- Read, respond to, discuss various texts related to the ideas of neighborhoods create a series of written vignettes using various perspectives and genres, inspired by their neighborhood
- Use Photoshop to create an art piece that will be displayed in the travel guide, making up all of the neighborhoods of San Diego