Seussopolis: our box city

Monday and Wednesday of last week, we worked on creating our Box City.  There were 2 different councils: the Zoning Council and City Council.  The Zoning Council had a job of naming the city, streets, and creating zones for the government buildings, commercial buildings and green space.  The City Council listed what buildings and businesses our city needed.  We ended up naming our city Seussopolis and going with a Dr. Seuss theme for the streets and buildings.  This activity was fun and very engaging.  I learned that we could use this for government, economics, and many other social studies standards.  This is a great idea to use in the classroom.