Madison Children's Museum

by Julie Knutson

Overview

The Changing Spaces series tells the stories of abandoned and forgotten spaces and the people who reshape them into vibrant community centers. Each project showcases a range of 21st Century Skills-from Flexibility and Adaptation to Creativity and Innovation. The series also shows how moving away from a tear-down culture towards one of reuse helps tackle a host of critical challenges facing our planet and population, including climate change, affordable housing, and sustainable food systems. Thought-provoking questions and hands-on activities encourage the development of critical life skills and social emotional growth.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781534168992
Publisher:	Cherry Lake Publishing
Publication date:	08/01/2020
Series:	21st Century Skills Library: Changing Spaces
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.30(d)
Lexile:	1080L (what's this?)
Age Range:	10 - 11 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction Adaptive Reuse-More Than Meets the Eye 4

Chapter 1 A Site with Many Lives 8

Chapter 2 A Museum in Search of a Home 18

Chapter 3 A Place to Play, Imagine, Dream, and Build 24

Extend Your Learning 30

Glossary 31

Index 32

Editorial Reviews

11/01/2020

Gr 4–7—Readers learn about the inception of the space and how it was reborn (the Newbern Mercantile became the Newbern Library). Historical and current photographs are supplemented with a paragraph of information, which is sometimes accompanied by a highlighted fact. Each title also follows the history of the local people through time and examines the current needs of a community. For example, an abandoned K-Mart becomes a Cristo Rey school. Although the topic of adapting old spaces can be dense for some readers, it could inspire innovation and critical thinking. A glossary and an index are included. VERDICT A relevant series for larger libraries and STEAM learning.

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