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Used as part of our Urbanization unit for Grade 6 Social Studies. After examining some of the causes & impacts of urbanization, students need to collaboratively design a sustainable city of the future. Students love this project as it has such real-world application! Completed across 3 weeks, this is best run in groups of four (although I have done a simplified version as an individual project in the past). "Your sustainable city must include plans to produce energy, provide inhabitants with

You are now an urban planner. Based on your knowledge of how cities have developed in the past and the present, how will you plan for the future? We used this assignment to wrap up our unit on urbanization. Can be completed individually or in partners (see Social Studies City of the Future Project (Urbanization) for group option). Can be used as a distance learning assignment, or in class. Students have to design a map of their city, write a paragraph explaining how their city with grow ( & s