{"id":1310,"date":"2019-11-26T00:03:04","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T00:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getepic.com\/learn\/?p=1310"},"modified":"2020-07-14T21:55:09","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T21:55:09","slug":"mission-create-the-best-community-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getepic.com\/learn\/mission-create-the-best-community-possible\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission: Create the Best Community Possible"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Building Communities With Crosscutting Concepts&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few years ago I learned about the crosscutting concepts and how they can be used in multiple different science standards, as well as how they bridge into other subject areas such as social studies and ELA. 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For this project, required standards were met with guidance but student voice and choice was still evident and maximized.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Planning the Community<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To begin, students used Epic! to learn about different types of communities (rural, urban, suburban, etc.) and the people (producers and consumers) that live and work in them to meet our wants and needs by providing goods and services.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Together, the class brainstormed a list of businesses and producers that would be needed to begin our very own town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, students chose one community helper to research and share what goods and services or wants and needs those businesses and people\u00a0 would provide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Building Our Town<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In groups, they constructed mini 3D versions of buildings to go along with their research and then shared their information using <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/green-screen-by-do-ink\/id730091131\">Green Screen by DoInk<\/a> to create green screen videos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>After the videos were created, students began to learn about maps using more resources from Epic! and created drafts of possible maps for our town. 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Once they were completed, student pairs shared their drafts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1160\" height=\"652\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getepic.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/community-model-1160x652.png\" alt=\"Community model built with Buncee\" class=\"wp-image-1313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.getepic.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/community-model-1160x652.png 1160w, https:\/\/www.getepic.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/community-model-800x450.png 800w, https:\/\/www.getepic.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/community-model-320x180.png 320w, https:\/\/www.getepic.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/community-model-560x315.png 560w, https:\/\/www.getepic.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/community-model.png 1334w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\" \/><figcaption>A community map created via Buncee.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As a class we voted on which ones we liked the best and used them to collaboratively create a map of our mock community. Using the map, students then began to set up our mini 3D version of the community with the buildings they had created. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"748\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getepic.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/mock-community.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.getepic.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/mock-community.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.getepic.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/mock-community-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.getepic.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/mock-community-800x598.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.getepic.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/mock-community-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.getepic.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/mock-community-560x420.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>A student-created mock community.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>After students set their buildings out, I congratulated them on a job well done but then paused and asked, \u201cIs it done? Is this the very best community we can make or can we make it better?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Learning to Affect Positive Change<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Within seconds, I got resounding responses of, \u201cNo! It needs \u2026 We could \u2026 and I think \u2026 because \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I was so excited that students already had some ideas on how to improve upon our community! I wanted to get all of them on paper fast and add them to our community. So, of course we sat down and made a fast anchor chart of their requests for community improvements. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Once the chart was constructed, we used Epic! to learn a bit about what a citizen is, what city council is and what they each do for communities. Students were then challenged to petition city council (me) for positive changes using our previously learned opinion-writing format. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The big rule was, they had to have research-based examples or evidence from Epic! or another safe site in their letters to me to back up their requests and prove they were positive.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getepic.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/community-improvements.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.getepic.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/community-improvements.jpg 384w, https:\/\/www.getepic.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/community-improvements-320x427.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><figcaption>Requests for community improvements.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This met some of our science standards about how humans have an impact on our environment, and students quickly found out what positive and negative impacts people can have on the environment. They were so excited to begin! I have never seen my first-graders draft persuasive letters so fast and dig into nonfiction text so well. They were on a mission because if their letters were well written with solid text evidence, they were granted permission to construct their desired improvements and add them onto our mock mini 3D community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1160\" height=\"1547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getepic.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/opinion-writing-guidelines-1160x1547.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.getepic.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/opinion-writing-guidelines-1160x1547.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/www.getepic.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/opinion-writing-guidelines-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.getepic.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/opinion-writing-guidelines-320x427.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.getepic.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/opinion-writing-guidelines-560x747.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.getepic.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/opinion-writing-guidelines.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\" \/><figcaption>Guidelines for opinion writing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Going Beyond the Lesson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout the process I continued to apply crosscutting concepts, doing both science and social studies mini lessons about natural resources, conservation, preservation, pollution and how citizens can have a positive impact on their communities with various texts from Epic!. This helped students build their background knowledge, introduce important topics that their persuasive letters may not even have been about and find new connections and ideas for their requests. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of the entire unit, the community the students created was one that met needs, was environmentally friendly and was well planned out. They got to scan each other\u2019s Seesaw QR codes to hear each other\u2019s letters for all requests made and what text evidence was provided. It was truly a meaningful culmination to applicable learning for students.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>About the Author&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"wp-image-1316\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getepic.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/renee-white.jpg\" alt=\"Educator Renee White\" style=\"width: 300px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.getepic.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/renee-white.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.getepic.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/renee-white-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.getepic.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/renee-white-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.getepic.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/renee-white-90x90.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Renee White is a first-grade teacher at Herbert Akins Road Elementary School in Fuquay Varina, NC. 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