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2019-2020<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Introduction<\/h3>\nYou are a part of a global effort to increase access to education and empower students through \"open pedagogy.\"\u00a0 Open pedagogy is a \"free access\" educational practice that places you - the student - at the center of your own learning process in a more engaging, collaborative learning environment.\u00a0 The ultimate purpose of this effort is to achieve greater social justice in our community in which the work can be freely shared with the broader community.\u00a0 This is a renewable assignment that is designed to enable you to become an agent of change in your community through the framework of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).\u00a0 For this work, you will integrate the disciplines of Political Science and History to achieve SDG #11: Sustainable Cities and Communities.\u00a0 <strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n<h3>Learning Objectives<\/h3>\nYou will become a community development specialist.\n<h3>Purpose\/Rationale<\/h3>\nThis active learning practice is designed to improve your academic skills, increase community connections, and improve social justice for our community.\n<h3>Instructions<\/h3>\nYou will become a community development specialist.\u00a0 Choose a neighborhood in Maryland or the District of Columbia.\u00a0 Using US census data, property tax databases, and local historical archives, trace the economic and\/or cultural changes that have occurred over the past several decades.\u00a0 Try to find official demographic data related to variables such as education levels, income levels, ethnic identity, home ownership, etc.\u00a0 In addition, interview at least 5 individuals who have lived in the neighborhood for more than 10 years and at least 5 individuals who have lived in the neighborhood for less than 2 years.\u00a0 Use Google Earth along with photos you have taken and tables\/graphs you have created to produce a PowerPoint presentation to be given in class regarding the changes.\u00a0 Feel free to include video footage of your interviewees (with their permission).\u00a0 Discuss how the neighborhood \u201cdeveloped\u201d or changed during this time-frame.\u00a0 What are the costs\/benefits of these changes for various stakeholders in the community?\u00a0 To what degree is continued development sustainable or problematic?\u00a0 Finally, based on your analysis, make recommendations for sustainable development in this community.\u00a0 What institutions or continued changes would be optimal for this neighborhood and its current residents?\u00a0 What changes should be avoided?\u00a0 After your classroom PowerPoint presentation has been graded, you may be asked to present this at community or academic events (with your permission) to highlight the interconnection between academic research and sustainable communities.\n<h3>Format Requirements<\/h3>\nAdditional Expectations\n<ul>\n \t<li>A list of interviewees with a description of their 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by Nathan Zook, Montgomery College and James Furgol, Montgomery College under the <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox\">Cohort 2019-2020<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Introduction<\/h3>\n<p>You are a part of a global effort to increase access to education and empower students through &#8220;open pedagogy.&#8221;\u00a0 Open pedagogy is a &#8220;free access&#8221; educational practice that places you &#8211; the student &#8211; at the center of your own learning process in a more engaging, collaborative learning environment.\u00a0 The ultimate purpose of this effort is to achieve greater social justice in our community in which the work can be freely shared with the broader community.\u00a0 This is a renewable assignment that is designed to enable you to become an agent of change in your community through the framework of the United Nations 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