Community Gardens in the Bayview

Aim:
IWBAT describe how community activists transformed a rough median strip on Quesada Avenue into a community garden.

Tasks:
1. Do Now: Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement

• Practice Activity #1: click here
• Practice Activity #2: click here
• Practice Activity #3: click here
• Finished early?  Rags to Riches: click here 

2. Learn about the Quesada Gardens Initiative:

A) Watch a video:

B) Read an article from the San Francisco Chronicle: "A Little Bit of Eden in the Bayview"

C) Think and write: respond to some questions about the article here

D) Discuss the transformation of Quesada Avenue and the influence of the community gardens on area: Pomona / Harvard / UC Irvine

Quesada Gardens Initiative - Bayview ,San Francisco CA from Michael Patrick Perez on Vimeo.