Albuquerque's
Environmental StoryAlbuquerque's
Environmental Story
Compile a list of Albuquerque's major arterials, streets and avenues, not Interstates. Discuss your experiences, associations, and mental images connected with each of these thoroughfares. Focus on Central Avenue. Take a bus ride for a firsthand look.
Which of the arterials is the oldest?
Which is the longest?
Which services the most people? What kinds of services?
Which have the most individuality or color?
Which is part of famous Route 66?
Central Avenue is sometimes referred to as an Alpha Street. This term has been defined as, "the single street which unfolds for visitors the most knowledge about a city." Is this a valid term to use for Central Avenue?
What can you find out about the history of Central Avenue?
In what ways do different parts of Central Avenue supply a cross section view of Albuquerque's past, present, and future?
How would you describe the part of Central Avenue nearest your home and school?
What are some of the impressive Albuquerque landmarks which are still standing on Central Avenue?
Write
a "This is Your Life, Central Avenue" scenario. Present it other
classes or to parents at a PTA meeting.
In what ways would you like to see Central Avenue improved? How could your class go about making these ideas known?
Read to the first 31 pages of Virginia Burton's The Little House.
Write your
own ending to the story. Read Burton's ending and compare.
Which historic houses in Albuquerque might form the basis for a story?
How have some of Albuquerque's old houses been imaginatively used for new purposes?
Review some of the important components of design: like form, function, structure, line, color and scale. Design and build a 3-D model of the kind of room in which you would like to live. Use scrap materials creatively in making your model.
Which geometrical forms supply the best support, arches, circular columns, rectangular columns, triangles, or flat panes? Experiment to find out.
Which colors best express your personality and moods? How can textures be combined to give the most pleasing effect? Which of your needs and wants will your room supply?
(Up to Section II, Back to Eye Opener Worksheet 2B, On to Activities for the Senses and Sensibilities 2)