How can we make our community better for our citizens? by https://padlet.com/U3120306/7afnm9du1vd5 en-us 2018-10-02 05:13:12 UTC 2025-12-29 16:21:38 UTC hello@padlet.com Lesson 3 U3120306 https://padlet.com/U3120306/7afnm9du1vd5/wish/287945630 What can you do to make your community great? Brainstorm ideas about what you would like to do in your community and where you can make a difference in each of the areas below. Write your answers under each heading on the class Padlet and say what the outcome could be of those actions you propose to take. 

Examples could be Clean Up Australia Day, volunteering at a nursing home, doing a kind act for someone at home or participating in a school improvement project.



]]> 2018-10-02 05:32:33 UTC https://padlet.com/U3120306/7afnm9du1vd5/wish/287945630 In your community U3120306 https://padlet.com/U3120306/7afnm9du1vd5/wish/287945727 2018-10-02 05:33:32 UTC https://padlet.com/U3120306/7afnm9du1vd5/wish/287945727 At school U3120306 https://padlet.com/U3120306/7afnm9du1vd5/wish/287945760 2018-10-02 05:34:00 UTC https://padlet.com/U3120306/7afnm9du1vd5/wish/287945760 At home U3120306 https://padlet.com/U3120306/7afnm9du1vd5/wish/287945784 2018-10-02 05:34:15 UTC https://padlet.com/U3120306/7afnm9du1vd5/wish/287945784 The environment U3120306 https://padlet.com/U3120306/7afnm9du1vd5/wish/287945904 2018-10-02 05:35:31 UTC https://padlet.com/U3120306/7afnm9du1vd5/wish/287945904 'Social and Civic Capital' U3120306 https://padlet.com/U3120306/7afnm9du1vd5/wish/287947886 In both where we work and live, having people working together toward common goals with a sense of pride and purpose can make all the difference. That can manifest in different ways. In Chicago’s rough Englewood neighborhood, a group of mothers has taken a stand against the violence in their community and formed a sort of neighborhood watch/sit-in night after night. They’re making a tangible difference in their community. In smaller towns, it might be a group of parents helping keep a park clean and safe for kids to play. It might be a neighborhood babysitting co-op or a locally run food pantry. It might be neighbors using new online community-building tools like See-Click-Fix to inform government of livability concerns or to identify seniors who need help shoveling after a big storm.

It’s difficult to measure community and the level of engagement residents have, but several variables in our LivScore provide a good proxy. We use a variety of measures tied to our Livability Principles of access, affordability, choice and utilization. We look at voter participation rates and a composite score based on how often residents took part in a number of activities such as volunteering. This is also the category where crime rate gets factored in as well as the share of the population in Creative Class fields. That last measure is related to the human capital of the city, which like many measures in our ranking could fall into several different categories. The average score across all cities measured was 50.

A community is more than just a collection of people living in the same geographic space. A community is a group of people working together to make that space a better place.


]]> 2018-10-02 05:51:43 UTC https://padlet.com/U3120306/7afnm9du1vd5/wish/287947886 Lesson 1 U3120306 https://padlet.com/U3120306/7afnm9du1vd5/wish/287947983 Please remember back to where we left off last time when talking about communities and answer these questions: 

*What makes a good community?
*What factors do the happiest communities have?
* Why should I be responsible for my community? Why can't someone else do it?]]> 2018-10-02 05:52:20 UTC https://padlet.com/U3120306/7afnm9du1vd5/wish/287947983 HASS Rationale from the Australian Curriculum U3120306 https://padlet.com/U3120306/7afnm9du1vd5/wish/287949853 ''...value their belonging in a diverse and dynamic society; and positively contribute locally, nationally, regionally and globally. participate in and contribute to the wellbeing and sustainability of the environment, the economy and society.'']]> 2018-10-02 06:05:14 UTC https://padlet.com/U3120306/7afnm9du1vd5/wish/287949853 Year 4 HASS Australian Curriculum U3120306 https://padlet.com/U3120306/7afnm9du1vd5/wish/287950373 Reflect on learning to propose actions in response to an issue or challenge and consider possible effects of proposed actions

]]> 2018-10-02 06:08:49 UTC https://padlet.com/U3120306/7afnm9du1vd5/wish/287950373 Hello! Start here please. U3120306 https://padlet.com/U3120306/7afnm9du1vd5/wish/292510499 2018-10-14 10:04:01 UTC https://padlet.com/U3120306/7afnm9du1vd5/wish/292510499 Lesson 2 U3120306 https://padlet.com/U3120306/7afnm9du1vd5/wish/292512428 Read through these two excerpts then compare the similarities and differences between them. Has it got you thinking about what kind of citizen you want to be?]]> 2018-10-14 10:23:16 UTC https://padlet.com/U3120306/7afnm9du1vd5/wish/292512428 Lesson 4 U3120306 https://padlet.com/U3120306/7afnm9du1vd5/wish/292513591 Time to create a plan! Choose one area that you are interested in improving in your community. Write a detailed step by step plan of what would be involved, who's help you would need and what the intended outcome would be. Design a 3 minute presentation using Powtoon detailing your plan and what you help to achieve. You will be presenting these to the class. Make it as creative as you wish!]]> 2018-10-14 10:35:27 UTC https://padlet.com/U3120306/7afnm9du1vd5/wish/292513591