SS+Analysis+Project

The student project for this Academy is a culmination of the geography fieldwork from lessons in **__Fieldwork in the Geography Curriculum__**: by Gwenda Rice and Teresa Bulman.

= = =**Assessment of the project include the State Scoring Guides for LA and SS** = 
 * Week 1: learning** **techniques**
 * Fieldwork prep may include "Rosie's Walk" or "Landscape Observations" (lessons 1 and 4 respectively).
 * The class will learn observation, data collection techniques in the neighborhood around the school using any one of lessons 9-12.
 * The data collected by all class members will constitute a basis for comparison with another neighborhood, visited by the class in late Week 2 or early Week 3.
 * Students will begin a blog to describe the neighborhood near school.
 * At least 2 or 3 field experiences will be necessary for this work; for r**econnaissance**, also known as **scouting**, foray into the neighborhood to gain or collect information and data collection.
 * Week 2: Framing question**
 * Another 2 lessons (from 9 through 12), collecting data and beginning to ask questions.
 * Students and class will brainstorm and collect questions of student interest relating to an event, issue, place or problem encountered in fieldwork, visitors, debates or informative reading assignments.
 * The class should come to a consensus of another neighborhood to visit for comparison. For example, a class at Roosevelt may choose to compare Downtown Portland, Hollywood, Sylvan's Gulch or any of a number of neighborhoods in Portland as urban centers, transportation hubs, commerce centers or waterfront activity.
 * Each student will narrow an aspect of urban geography for comparison which they are personally interested or curious.
 * Students will add data, pictures, maps, discussions or reflections of interest and inquiry to their blogs.
 * At least 2 or 3 field experiences will be necessary for this work.
 * Week 3: Research**
 * Students will finalize their question and visit the comparison neighborhood.
 * Students will then, design a data collection system and travel with the class to collect data in the comparison neighborhood.
 * Students will make blog entries relating to all fieldwork, including reflections on process and documenting sources and references.
 * Week 4: Analysis and Justification**
 * Students will pull together resources, data, reflections, photographs and maps needed for their analysis.
 * Lesson 13 has many suggestions for how to bring observations, data and resources together to support thesis
 * Week 5: Presentations**
 * Students will present to classmates
 * School sites may want to organize varied forums for student presentations such as an auditorium, skype, visitors to the classroom and/or WebEx.

Social Science Analysis [|socscianalystdntguidehs_0809.pdf]