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Module 07 · Citizen Potawatomi Nation

Seventh Fire

VR + AR Mini-Hackathon: Designing with Elders for the community

The Prophecy

Seventh Fire

“In the time of the Seventh Fire New People will emerge. They will retrace their steps to find what was left by the trail. Their steps will take them to the Elders who they will ask to guide them on their journey. But many of the Elders will have fallen asleep. They will awaken to this new time with nothing to offer. Some of the elders will be silent out of fear. Some of the Elders will be silent because no one will ask anything of them. The New People will have to be careful in how they approach the Elders. The task of the New People will not be easy.”

In the design studio

What students learn and do

Learning objectives

Students will be able to…

  1. Describe potential problems in their current environment that limit the space's potential.
  2. Collaboratively work on their proposed problems in consultation with a Tribal Elder.
  3. Develop prototypes using 3D modeling tools to demonstrate their design concepts.

STEM activities

This team-based event will look at a problem in the Tribal Nation and seek to provide a solution through the technologies introduced in the preceding modules. For this activity the students will modify the location of their afterschool program. They will select an area of the building and change it according to what they think will be useful. The Tribal Elders will participate in this process and will advise the students.

  • Collaboration
  • Prototyping
  • Community design

For teachers

Teaching resources

Handouts, slides and models for this module. Some activities use the free Quiver and SketchUp apps.

DOCXHackathon InstructionsTeam handoutDownload →SKP3D Model of the Afterschool CenterRequires SketchUp to open and viewDownload →PPTRecap PresentationFinal showcase slidesDownload →

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