Name: _______________________
Hour: ________________________
NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT DIRECTIONS
Before you Begin
Look at the example project done by John Wood (teacher at Roosevelt)
Step 1
Open the PowerPoint Template to see where you are going!!!!!
http://washburn.mpls.k12.mn.us/Neighborhood_Project2.html
Save the PowerPoint template (FILE, SAVE AS) “YourNameNeighborhood”
Example: “RannowNeighborhood”
Step 2
Find your house. Type in your address and see your house the following ways:
Google Earth (Program in your Applications folder)
Save a copy of your neighborhood from Satellite (EDIT, COPY IMAGE)
Insert image into Page 5 of your PowerPoint (EDIT, PASTE)
Google Maps: www.google.com
Save your neighborhood street map (click PRINT, stop the print & click FILE, SAVE
AS, name it “Google Map” put into your documents folder)
Insert image into Page 4 of your PowerPoint (INSERT, PICTURE, FROM FILE, find
“Google Map” in your documents folder, OPEN)
Google Street View: www.google.com
Google Satellite: www.google.com
Oblique Arial Maps : http://gis.co.hennepin.mn.us/HCPropertyMap/
SAVE YOUR POWERPOINT BEFORE MOVING ON!!!!!! (FILE, SAVE)
Step 3
Find your neighborhood and learn about your neighborhood
Minneapolis Neighborhoods: http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/about/maps/neighborhoods.asp
Find your Neighborhood Name in “Citywide Neighborhood Boundaries” map
Fill out page 1 of your Power Point (Neighborhood Name, Your Name, & Date)
Move the Yellow Circle on page 2 of your Power Point to your neighborhood area
Go Back to “City Neighborhood Maps”, click on yours, & Save it as “Neighborhood
Map” in your documents folder using the Floppy Picture
Insert image of your neighborhood into Page 3 of Power Point (INSERT, PICTURE,
FROM FILE, find “Neighborhood Map” in your documents folder, OPEN)
Neighborhood Profiles: http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/neighborhoods/index.asp
Complete Page 3 information of your Power Point (neighborhood boundaries & name
origin)
Minneapolis Street Map: http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/about/maps/streets.pdf
SAVE YOUR POWERPOINT BEFORE MOVING ON!!!!!! (FILE, SAVE)
Step 4
Find out what's in your neighborhood by looking at the following websites
Property Map: http://gis.co.hennepin.mn.us/HCPropertyMap/ (Community Info)
Minneapolis Park Map: http://www.mpls.lib.mn.us/mplsmaps/mpparksp.pdf
Zoning Maps: http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/zoning/maps/
Minneapolis Land Use Map: http://www.mpls.lib.mn.us/mplsmaps/mpluse.pdf
School District Maps: http://www.mpls.k12.mn.us/Maps.html
Zip Code Map: http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/about/maps/Zipcodes_D.pdf
Complete the following notes using the above websites & insert data and conclusions into pages
6 & 7 of your Power Point
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FACTS ABOUT SERVICES FACTS ABOUT RECREATION
Step 5
Find out about crime and safety in your neighborhood
Crime Maps: http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/police/crime-statistics/codefor/index.asp
Shots Fired Maps: http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/police/crime-statistics/codefor/shotsfired.asp
Level Three Sex Offender Search by Zip Code: http://www.doc.state.mn.us/level3/search.asp
(see zip code map above if you forgot)
Pedestrian Crashes:
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/pedestrian/PAC_Ped_Traffic_Safety_2007_07_12.pdf
Alcohol-related traffic injuries and fatalities:
http://www.dps.state.mn.us/ots/enforcement_programs/NightCAP/2007Maps/Hennepin.pdf
Complete the following notes using the above websites & insert data and conclusions into page
8 of your Power Point
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FACTS ABOUT CRIME & SAFETY
Step 6
Find out how people get to and from your neighborhood and around it:
Minneapolis Bicycle Map: http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/bicycles/bikemap-sharedlanes.pdf
Metro Transit Map: http://www.metrotransit.org/serviceInfo/mapSystem.asp#
Minneapolis Street Map: http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/about/maps/streets.pdf
Metro Highway Map: http://www.dot.state.mn.us/statemap/pdf/cities/Metro_area.pdf
Complete the following notes using the above websites & insert data and conclusions into page
9 of your Power Point
SAVE YOUR POWERPOINT BEFORE MOVING ON!!!!!! (FILE, SAVE)
FACTS ABOUT TRANSPORTATION
Step 7
Find out about hazards in your neighborhood
MAC Flight Tracker and Airport Noise Map:
http://maps.macnoise.com/interactive/index.php?clientwidth=1024&clientheight=571
Pollution Control Agency Maps: http://pca-gis04.pca.state.mn.us/website/mes/mesfin/entry.htm
FEMA Flood Maps:
http://msc.fema.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/FemaWelcomeView?storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&
langId=-1
Air Emission Complaints in Minneapolis:
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/environment/AirQualityinMpls1.asp
Complete the following notes using the above websites & insert data and conclusions into page
10 of your Power Point
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FACTS ABOUT NUSANCES & DANGERS
Step 8
Find out who lives in your neighborhood and compare your neighborhood statistics to the city's statistics
Zip Code and City Demographics: http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en
Complete the following notes using the above website & insert data and conclusions into page
11 of your Power Point
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FACTS ABOUT PEOPLE
Step 9
Identify the five best places in your neighborhood and explain why they are the best.
Make a map of your neighborhood that shows those places.
Copy a Google Earth map & paste it into page 12 of your PowerPoint (see above)
Label & point to your 5 best places on the map
Describe and explain those places on pages 13-17 of the PowerPoint
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Step 10
Identify five ways to improve your neighborhood (see what you wrote for the state of the neighborhood) and tell
why an effort should be made to make those improvements.
Describe those improvements on pages 19-23 of the PowerPoint
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FINAL TOUCHES!!!
Insert picture of yourself or a place in your neighborhood
Find a picture on Google Images or an image you have & save the picture in your documents folder
Insert the picture into page 1 of your Power Point (INSERT, PICTURE, FROM FILE)
Take & insert digital photos to show the 5 best things and the 5 ways to improve your neighborhood
(Extra Credit for Hour 1 & 3)
SAVE YOUR POWERPOINT BEFORE MOVING ON!!!!!! (FILE, SAVE)
EXTRA CREDIT
Create a new voicethread, then upload your photos and your PowerPoint document to voicethread, and then put
all the pages and photos in order - see example at: http://voicethread.com/#u124638.b162396.i903269
Email your member of the city council and ask him/her to visit your voicethread and comment
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/council/
Email your state representative and ask him/her to visit your voicethread and comment
http://geo.commissions.leg.state.mn.us/districts/start.html
Email your state senator and ask him/her to visit your voicethread and comment
http://geo.commissions.leg.state.mn.us/districts/start.html
Email the mayor and ask him to visit your voicethread and comment rt@minneapolis.org
Email your neighborhood organization and ask them to visit your voicethread and comment
http://www.nrp.org/R2/Neighborhoods/Orgs/Organizations.html