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What if you could add your fingerprint to the school or the space around it? In this project, you are going to work on a renovation to make some small — but important — changes in order to create a more welcoming place to be. Let’s get started!
Learning
path
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Needs assessment
Needs assessment
First, you need to look around and see what really needs change, in your opinion, and if everybody would benefit from your idea of renovation.
Design
Design
The place was chosen, now it is time to start designing things, which means to plan your project. In this step, you will form groups and each group will be responsible for executing a design stage.
Renovation
Renovation
After a lot of discussion and consideration, you are probably ready to really start working. In this step, you are going to evaluate if everything is prepared and then finally renovate the space.
Big opening
Big opening
After working so hard, you should show your contributions to the people, don’t you think? In the final step you will get to know a few ideas on how this could be done.
STEP 1:
Needs assessment
Can you remember places at your school or in its neighborhood that could be cleaner, more beautiful or more organized? This is the first task of the project: look for places that could look better. However, it is not only your opinion and your classmates’ that count in a renovation project — after all, it may impact many people. So, before hands-on practice, there are many things to consider: community needs, resources, time, authorizations, etc. Click on the infographic to learn more and let’s begin!
TASKS:
Observe potential places to renovate and ask for people’s opinions, then pick just one and write a project to justify the renovation.
SKILLS:
You will work on critical thinking and social awareness skills.
!Critical thinking is a skill that allows you to analyze things properly and make good decisions. Developing social awareness will help you practice empathy and amplify your world view.
Glossary
- allow: permitir.
- assessment: avaliação.
- available: disponível.
- awareness: consciência.
- city hall: prefeitura.
- hack away: remover.
- HDB flat: moradia popular da Housing and Development Board (HDB), organização responsável pelo assunto em Singapura.
- nearby: perto; próximo.
- one-time event: evento pontual, único.
- principal: diretor.
- rift: fratura; ruptura.
- stand out: destacar-se.
- survey: enquete; pesquisa.
- viability: viabilidade.
STEP 2:
Design
Test your knowledge about the
previous step to move forward.
TAKE THE QUIZ
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previous step to move forward.
What do you need to do first?
Decide which part of the school needs renovating.
Who do you have to listen to before you decide on the renovation ideas?
To the people that will be impacted.
What could help you get approval for you project?
Giving the school principal as many details as possible about the project.
Think about the questions below, then share your experience on Students for PEACE Social Media:
- Which place did you choose? Why?
- How can you contribute to this project? What are your strengths?
- What do you think is going to be your biggest challenge? Why?
Tags: peacebuilders; renovation; step1
Your project was approved! Now you must design it. “Design” means to think about many aspects of a project or, in other words, to conceive and plan it out. In this step you will form groups according to personal abilities and preferences, and each group will be responsible for executing a design stage. In the infographic you will check some basic tasks (you can add more) and tips to find out your strengths, so that you can choose a group. Click on it!
TASKS:
Form groups and execute the tasks related to the design of the project.
SKILLS:
You will develop self-knowledge and teamwork skills.
!Self-knowledge is fundamental. It demands effort, but if you don’t know yourself, how can you make the best choices for you personally and professionally? When you work in a team, you learn to share responsibilities, successes and failures, instead of keeping an individualistic attitude.
Glossary
- accomplish: realizar.
- collision: colisão.
- conceive: conceber.
- donation: doação.
- effort: esforço.
- ensure: garantir.
- failure: fracasso.
- instead of: em vez de.
- manage: gerenciar.
- snag: imprevisto.
- plan out: planejar em detalhes.
- proposal: proposta.
- strength: força.
- submit: submeter; apresentar.
- wish: desejar.
- worst-case scenario: pior das hipóteses.
STEP 3:
Renovation
Test your knowledge about the
previous step to move forward.
TAKE THE QUIZ
skip test
previous step to move forward.
Why is it important to do some research on similar projects?
To have references and adapt them according to the school’s context.
In this step, the production team will provide the group with…
…the resources.
Why is it important to think about the potential problems?
To know what to do if they happen.
Think about the questions below, then share your experience on Students for PEACE Social Media:
- What was your role in this step?
- What have you learned about yourself doing this project?
- Mention a strength you brought to this project. How was it useful?
Tags: peacebuilders; renovation; step2
Doing a renovation can be very fun or a complete disaster! The main difference between these two situations is the preparation. In this step you and your colleagues are going to analyze if everything is ready before you get down to business. The following activity can help you in this evaluation process.
TASKS:
Define the final aspects about the project and renovate the space.
SKILLS:
You will develop organization, manual abilities and teamwork skills.
!Organization is a basic skill that allows you to develop personal and professional projects. It won’t guarantee that you will be successful, but without it, the chances of things go wrong are much higher.
Glossary
- compliment: elogio.
- disaster: desastre.
- drag: arrastar.
- get down to business: começar algo com seriedade ou algo que precisa ser feito.
- role: papel.
STEP 4:
Big opening
Test your knowledge about the
previous step to move forward.
TAKE THE QUIZ
skip test
previous step to move forward.
To start the renovation, you should…
…discuss with your classmates what each student is going to do.
Why is organization important in a renovation?
Because it can help avoid many types of problems throughout the process.
What sentence below is an example of the division of roles in a project?
Team A is in charge of the authorization, and team B will create the layout.
Think about the questions below, then share your experience on Students for PEACE Social Media:
- Were you happy with the role you were assigned? Explain.
- Choose a person in the group and give him/her a specific compliment about their work.
- How did you help others during this process?
Tags: peacebuilders; renovation; step3
It is now time to show the school community the outcome of so much hard work! Because this part of the project involves so many people, you need to be really organized. In this step, you will form groups again according to personal skills and preferences. A piece of advice: evaluate your role in your group in step 2, then reflect — do you feel like doing a similar activity or would you rather choose a different area? Click on the game to learn more about the teams and have fun!
TASKS:
Form groups and organize an event to show the renovation you worked on.
SKILLS:
You will develop organization, creativity, communication and teamwork skills.
!By this time, you have probably noticed that many activities required the help of different people, right? But that doesn’t happen only in school projects. During your life, you will face many personal, academic and professional challenges that you won’t be able to solve by yourself. So keep working on teamwork skills in order to achieve collaborative relationships and better results.
Glossary
- afterward: depois.
- budget: orçamento.
- by this time: a essa altura.
- carry out: conduzir; realizar.
- come up with: criar.
- communal: partilhado/a.
- die: dado.
- feel like: ter vontade de.
- host: apresentar; receber.
- outcome: resultado.
- promote: promover; fazer publicidade; fomentar.
- publicize: difundir; promover; divulgar.
- spokespeople: porta-voz.
- unviable: inviável.
Test your knowledge about
the previous step.
TAKE THE FINAL QUIZ
skip test
the previous step.
When do the planning and production teams work together?
When they define the resources for the event.
Which task below is not an attribution of the hosting team?
Setting a date for the event.
After the event, what should the production team do?
They should organize the cleaning with the help of all teams.
Congratulations!
You did a renovation.
Think about the questions below, then share your experience on Students for PEACE Social Media:
- What type of event did you choose to promote the renovation?
- What did you like the most about this experience?
- Do you think this project has helped you in different aspects of your life? How?
Tags: peacebuilders; renovation; step4
PEACE Builders
credits
- Publishing Director: Sandra Possas
- Multiplatform Editorial Manager: Adriana Pedro de Almeida
- Multiplatform Design and Production Coordinator: Raquel Buim
- Content: Mozar Filho
- Multiplatform Content Editor: Ana Paula Campos, Gabrielle Navarro (Teacher’s Guide)
- Proofreading Coordinator: Gislaine Caprioli
- Proofreaders: Letícia Della Giacoma de França, Rodney Daniel Cameron, Thais Giammarco
- Multiplatform Designers: Daniela Carrete, Frodo Almeida, Karina Vizeu Winkaler, Mateus Banti
- Multiplatform Photo Researcher: Sara Alencar
- Photos: Layout: invincible_bulldog/iStockphoto; grivina/iStockphoto; Si-Gal/iStockphoto; UnitoneVector/iStockphoto. Step 1: skynesher/iStockphoto; Ekely/iStockphoto; Wavebreakmedia/iStockphoto; northlightimages/iStockphoto; Inhabitant/iStockphoto; GeorgePeters/iStockphoto
- Video: Step 1: Excerpt from 5 tips for home renovation in Singapore. Published by CARPENTERS Interior Design Services in Singapore
- Programming: CPCi Produtora Digital, Daniela Carrete
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- Images Description: Ana Paula Campos
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