Summary
City Island has to decide what to do with an empty lot, so everyone gathers at a town hall meeting. Different neighbors want different things, and the town uses a process to choose. Probably the single best three minutes on this list for teaching how group decisions get made.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Three quick questions to run after the short.
- What did different people want to do with the empty lot?
- How did the town decide instead of just arguing?
- How does our class decide when we do not all agree?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: town hall, meeting, vote.
Try it: Hold a two-minute class vote on a real choice and write down the result.