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Cityscape: Designing the Future of Cities

Unlock the secrets of cities and design the future: Join our exciting six-week world geography course to create your own city.
Jamie Maples
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Class

What's included

6 live meetings
6 in-class hours
Homework
Students will work individually or in groups to create a city that slowly develops over the six classes. Time will be given to work on these projects during the class time, but if the students choose to work on their projects outside of class, they are more than welcome too!
Assessment
The learners progress is assessed through the use of learning rubrics. Students can demonstrate mastery over the concepts in a variety of ways, discussion, written communication, or within their projects.

Class Experience

US Grade 8 - 11
In this six-week course, students will dive into the fascinating world of city geography. Through interactive lessons and activities, students will explore the physical and human geography of cities, including physical landscapes, city design, and city models. The course will culminate in an end-of-course challenge, where students will use their knowledge to design cities that can adapt to future challenges.

Class Syllabus:

Week 1: Introduction to City Geography

What is city geography?
Physical geography of cities (climate, weather, landforms)
Human geography of cities (population, demographics, culture)

Week 2: City Design and Development
Urban sprawl and new urbanism
Smart growth and sustainable development

Week 3: Urban Planning and Infrastructure
Christaller's model and central place theory
Highways and transportation

Week 4: Suburbs and Exurbs
Suburbanization and exurbanization
The impact of suburbs on cities and regions
The future of suburbs and exurbs

Week 5: Future Challenges for Cities
Autonomous vehicles and transportation
Population booms and urbanization

Week 6: End-of-Course Challenge
Students will use their knowledge of city geography to see if their designed cities can adapt to future challenges in this EOC challenge.
Learning Goals
Students will be able to learn and apply human geography vocabulary, including; central place theory, suburbanization, urbanization, Central Business District, urban sprawl, and smart growth. 
Students will be able to use longitude and latitude to determine the types of climate, vegetation, animals and weather a city may experience and how to adapt to those nuances. 
Students will be able to distinguish between urban sprawl and new urbanism and then design a city based on that concept. 
Students will able to identify the basic infrastructure needed in cities and describe how models explain the creation. 
Students will be able to examine historical trends in city/rural movement and analyze what current city landscape can do to maintain their population. 
Students will be able to apply their knowledge in order for their cities to adapt when a future challenge is describe.
learning goal

Other Details

Parental Guidance
The projects will be shared through google and Formative.com.
Language of Instruction
English
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Joined March, 2023
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Texas Teaching Certificate in Social Studies/History
I taught AP Human Geography for 5 years and World Geography for 7 years. 

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$20

weekly or $120 for 6 classes
1x per week, 6 weeks
60 min

Completed by 2 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 13-17
6-12 learners per class

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