Investigating Where We Live

Investigating Where We Live (IWWL) is a summer outreach program at the National Building Museum, designed for students aged 12-16 from the D.C. metropolitan area. Participants learn to use creative writing and photography as a means of understanding and describing D.C. neighborhoods. At the end of the program, participants will share what they have learned by creating a public exhibition. In 2010, students will focus on the neighborhoods of Petworth, Southwest Waterfront, and Trinidad.

Friday, July 9, 2010

Keana: What is Community

Keana wrote:

To me a community is a group of people, working together to make their neighborhood a nicer place. If and when a community works together they can all be aware of events, news, and other things. The people of a community help each other out, just like one big family.

The students of IWWL made collages illustrating what their own communities are like. They were all hung up in the classroom to make one giant community collage. Here is a photo of that collage-

2 comments:

Jme_NBMJuly 13, 2010 at 5:11 PM
Hi Keana-

Great definition of community! Do you think IWWL could be a community also??
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Lauren G.July 13, 2010 at 11:20 PM
Keana, your definition of community is spot on. I'm happy to have you as a part of our SW Waterfront and IWWL community this summer!
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