Families...The+Heart+of+Our+Community

Families...The Heart of Our Community **Students will be broken up into collaborative learning groups. Each group will be given a family scenario listing the family structure, members of the family, careers, financial situation, and interests of the members. As students work through the activities they will be able to answer the essential questions listed. ** Essential Question 1: Do families have an impact on the economic development of an area? **Activity 1:** Click on the link below to read about community economic development. **Activity 2:** Discuss what you read and come up with your own definition of economic development. Using your definition and the information you read to brainstorm some ways that families impact the economic development of an area. Make a list of all of your ideas. Essential Question 2: Does the economic development of an area affect the way a family functions? **Activity 1: **Field Study on Main St. Rutherfordton; Students will take a field trip to Main St. Rutherfordton. While on Main St. students will make a list of the places that would be useful to a family and explain why that place would contribute to the functionality of the family and take pictures of those places. **Activity 2:** Students will review the list of places on Main St. Students should look at their family scenario and decide on 5 places that would best benefit their family. Once they have picked their 5 places, students will create a Bio-Cube containing the places they have chosen for their family. 
 * Community Economic Development
 * **Side One** - Family scenario and a picture of their family.
 * **Sides 2 through 6** - Places that were chosen from Main St. with a picture for each one and why they would benefit the family.