In its second year, the project expanded to include all five second-grade classrooms at E.K. Powe, taught by Cara Studnicki, Jolene Slonac, Treva Fitts, Robin Franklin, Sarah Meyers, and Cory Ruble. More than one hundred first- and second-graders participated.

Working in groups of four, the students took turns in the documentary roles of photographer, writer, map reader, and sketcher, as they explored each of the five neighborhoods in their school district: Old West Durham, Crest Street, West End, Walltown, and Watts-Hillandale. Each week parents, grandparents, ministers, and other community members visited the classrooms to talk with the children about their neighborhoods. Before and after each field trip, students participated in group storytelling, journal writing exercises, and personal narratives, thinking about such questions as How are neighborhoods alike and different? How do neighborhoods change? How do we define different locations in a neighborhood?

At the end of the project, parents, teachers, students, and community members gathered for a neighborhood potluck to celebrate its completion, the creation of a Neighborhoods Project booklet, and the opening of an exhibit of the work.

The Neighborhoods Project is now an ongoing element of the second-grade curriculum and will continue as an integral part of instruction at E.K. Powe Elementary School.