2. Guiding Question Snellville is aging by 6 months every year. Millennials, young people ages 18-36, are not seeing Snellville as a viable community in which to live. Therefore, how can the city of Snellville be revitalized with a younger population? After researching various informational texts on the subject of urban revitalization and millennial living habits, develop a proposal in which you identify the problem and propose a solution through the lens of your academy. Support your position with evidence from your research.

3. Standards LA AKS: initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners on topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. SS AKS: Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation. SC AKS: Use valid critical assumptions and evidence to draw conclusions.

4. * Who Are The Millennials ? Quick Facts Range in age from 18 to 36 Relatively unattached to organized politics and religion Linked by social media, burdened by debt, distrustful of people, and in no rush to marry Optimistic about the future America’s most racially diverse generation Confident, self-expressive, liberal, and upbeat Less likely to be living independently of their families and establishing their own households Picture it- http://www.goldmansachs.com/our- thinking/pages/millennials/http://www.goldmansachs.com/our- thinking/pages/millennials/ *based primarily on data from Pew Research Center surveys

5. Task Gather research from various sources on the city of Snellville, urban revitalization, and millennial marketing strategies Determine how you would like to answer the guiding question through the lens of your academy Work with a group to create a presentation the depicts your answer to the guiding question Consider your audience- Snellville city leaders, local, state, and national business owners, GCPS staff and administrators

6. Group Norms Focus Collaborate Engage Discover