Fall
2013
The Heart of the City: Learning about Urban Studies
Social Science Sleuths
October 28 The
Natural City: What kinds of natural
areas are in the city
BRING
YOUR PICTURES
What kinds of things have discovered about the natural world at your site? We’ll talk about the questions you answered
and more questions that you may have now that you’ve been there.
Getting ready for next time:
The Built City:
features considered are parks, cemeteries, tenements,
suburbs, zoos, skyscrapers, department stores, supermarkets,
and amusement parks.
These are all things that people build. They are ways we our environment to be
useful, or to entertain us, or to make our economy work, or say something about
our city and ourselves.
Fort Wayne does have all these things (or has had them) and
they help us know about the people who live in a certain city. What time frames were these things built in?
What were they like when they were new?
What are they like now? Pick two of
these things and go visit examples of them. Look online for information about
what they were like in earlier times.
Here’s an example about Robison Park, an amusement park that once existed on the north side of Fort Wayne:
If you go the area now, all you will see with the Robison
Park name is an electrical substation on Clinton St near I-469. But if you had
gone 100 years ago you would have found the Cedar Point of Fort Wayne!
Categories to choose from:
·
parks
·
cemeteries
·
suburbs
·
zoos
·
skyscrapers
·
department stores
·
supermarkets
·
apartments
When you have chosen your two categories go visit at least
one example of each kind. If you have
the time it would be better to visit two of each thing so you can compare them
to each other.
First place you
picked:_____________________________________________
Where is you place?
What is around it?
Can you find a date of when it was built?
Who is at this place?
Describe some of the people you see there.
If you visited at a different time of day do you think you
would see a different variety of people?
Why do you suppose people go visit this place? Name several reasons.
Second place you
picked:_____________________________________________
Where is you place?
What is around it?
Can you find a date of when it was built?
Who is at this place?
Describe some of the people you see there.
If you visited at a different time of day do you think you
would see a different variety of people?
Why do you suppose people go visit this place? Name several reasons.
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