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Peer reviewedAbatemarco, Robert; Effenberger, Glen – Social Studies, 1982
High school U.S. history students in New Jersey simulate city planning and construction. Students allocate available natural resources, designate population size, building types and locations, governmental structure, and future growth plans, and construct a scale model of their imaginary city. (AM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, High Schools, Program Descriptions, Simulation
Peer reviewedBerger, Michael L. – Social Studies, 1974
The implications of a vertical city, of which the John Hancock Center in Chicago is a prototype, should be considered by teachers of urban studies. Questions clustering around nine discussion areas indicate the kinds of expanded, critical, and interdisciplinary thinking that planning and teaching for the future require. (JH)
Descriptors: Architecture, Building Design, Community Planning, Futures (of Society)
