Activity one: Students will work on a KWL chart about the history of guerrilla gardening during the late 1960’s until present day. They will work on a second KWL chart based on modern day community gardens.
Once students have been given the opportunity to process the concepts and write down their own answers in regards to what they know, they will then be able to peer share and complete the section in regards to what they want to know. Images will be posted as stimuli so that they can create question in regards to what they want to know based on what they are seeing. pictures are helpful because they offer a focused starting point for students who may have no prior knowledge at all. Students will use the Depth of Knowledge question stems in order to create meaningful higher order questions. They will be required to use level 2 and 3 question prompts. Students will then peer edit each other’s work. Any closed questions will be made into open questions before they can begin research.
Activity two: Students will conduct research once they have formulated questions in regards to what they want to know about guerilla gardening and modern day community gardens. Students will then annotate their findings on the graphic organizer and set aside for future reference.
Activity three: Students will then view an array of videos where they will be able to hear an explanation and view images in regards to the two concepts being discussed. They will then add the new learning to the organizer. This step is to ensure that some of our struggling readers get the same information our more proficient readers have.
Activity four: After classroom discussions, peer sharing and questioning students will formulate an extended response to the following prompt: Now that you know the difference between guerrilla gardening and established community gardens, which approach do you think is most beneficial to our inner city communities? Use evidence to support your claim.
Suggested articles, images and videos for lesson one and further studies:
https:/arden/www.dreamgreen.earth/post/a-brief-history-of-guerrilla-gardening
https://nourishproject.ca/8-things-know-about-community-gardens
https://www.soils.org/about-soils/community-gardens/
https://www.naturespot.net/habitats/urban-gardens/12651-guerilla-gardening
https://youtu.be/FPAf vjOeyg
https://youtu.be/850fUGZjLBE
https://youtu,be/HICtQfVGwII
