Community Construction Kit

This easy-to-use tool enables students to design buildings on the computer and then turn them into 3-D paper cutouts. Students design scaled-down versions of communities from different historical periods or recreate their own towns.

Community Construction Kit meets New York State and National Standards.

Design, print, and build 3D models of homes and buildings from around the world and throughout history. Cut by hand OR send to the Silhouette digital fabricator to automatically fabricate cut & fold lines!

Your students will:

• Develop 21st Century Skills including creativity,
• collaboration and research
• Work with simple and complex geometric shapes
• Learn about contemporary and historical culturesand communities
• Develop 2D and 3D visualization skills that supportthe STEM curriculum
• Communicate an understanding of history in visual form
• Learn about cultures from different historical period.
• Examine the interaction of humans and their physical environment
• Understand why artistic creation is a cultural expression
• Identify and use various sources for reconstructing the past
• Communicate their understanding of history in visual form
• Develop skill with spatial relationships

PRODUCT FEATURES

• Hundreds of historically accurate architectural elements to create original buildings
• Over 30 ready-made buildings, printable in multiple sizes
• Narrated images of Native American, Medieval, Colonial, and Contemporary buildings
• Dozens of printable characters in historical costumes to add to your community.