STAGE I: Neighborhood Research

Learning Goal

To practice 3 essential skills:

1. Mapping Key Features of a Place
2. Making Careful Observations about a Place
3. Researching a Place

Task

1. Map your neighborhood: indicate your perception of your neighborhood boundaries.
   • Mark key institutions, landmarks, shopping areas, gathering points for the community
   • Indicate name for neighborhood and adjacent communities
   • Use a GIS online tool (OASISNYC) to represent the types of land uses found within your neighborhood (Follow this link or see resource link below)
2. Using phone and camera, document observations of what you consider the main social gathering point or landmark
   1. Use voice memos to record what you see, what you observe
   2. Use photos and videos to document different types of social interaction
   3. Use photos and videos to  illustrate the nature of the place
3. Find a historic document/book/article/map that speaks about the history of the place you select as a focus and/or the overall neighborhood
4. Using this historic document and your documentation, create a five-minute multi-media presentation (for example, PowerPoint or Prezi embedded with video, voice and images) that will give the class an understanding of your neighborhood and the place you selected

MAPPING RESOURCES:

General Mapping:

https://www.google.com/maps

http://maps.nyc.gov/doitt/nycitymap

https://earth.google.com/web

GIS Resource Link:

http://www.oasisnyc.net/map.aspx

Other GIS Map Tools:

https://www1.nyc.gov/nyc-resources/nyc-maps.page

http://maps.nyc.gov/doitt/nycitymap

GIS Resource Link:

http://www.oasisnyc.net/map.aspx

Free historic images, photos, maps, and more:
NYPL Digital Collections

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