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Download full textDanzer, Gerald A. – 2001
Community studies and an urban focus are returning to the social studies. This digest reviews urban studies from a historical perspective. The first section discusses the value of studying cities, noting that city living is becoming fashionable again, and a movement called the New Urbanism has brought a new appreciation for the social, cultural,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Secondary Education, Social Studies, Urban Areas
Peer reviewedDanzer, Gerald A. – Social Education, 1998
Presents a lesson that focuses on specific places in Chicago's Black Metropolis and examines the process by which buildings become historic structures. Explains that the lesson is based on the National Register of Historic Places registration file, "Black Metropolis Thematic Nomination," and could be used in a unit on 20th-century urban…
Descriptors: Black History, Buildings, Community Influence, Community Problems
