Explains the value of Sanborn maps in urban land use studies, particularly because of their detailed portrayal of street patterns lot lines, and the placement, size, shape, and use of buildings. Shows how a Sanborn map can reconstruct a "geography of the past" of Boston's waterfront. (Author/DB)

Points out that new interest in Latin American history can be generated by focusing on urban growth. Describes the course content, themes, and issues used in the Latin American urban history course taught at the University of Pittsburgh. Concludes with a seven-page list of instructional resources. (JDH)

Teachers are responsible for delivering, selecting, and implementing learning activities for their classrooms. They must consider the best approaches to engage their students as well as to meet the school's standards in instruction. Here is a practical how-to book to supplement the social studies curriculum. It places at the teacher's disposal,…

Discusses the objectives, characteristics, and outcomes associated with a joint "sociology-urban studies, travel-study, minicourse program." Describes how students in a four-day, two-credit-hour course travel to cities such as Washington, DC and Toronto to be exposed to different cultures, organizational structures, and social arrangements.…

High school U.S. history students in New Jersey simulate city planning and construction. Students allocate available natural resources, designate population size, building types and locations, governmental structure, and future growth plans, and construct a scale model of their imaginary city. (AM)

Describes high school social studies course in western civilization with an urban emphasis. Suggests that since 85 percent of the population lives in cities, few Americans can escape the reality of urban living or the influence of urban phenomena in their lives. (Author/KC)

By conducting a pedestrian survey, secondary or college level students answer the question "What is the best location for a new business requiring maximum pedestrian traffic?" They collect data on the number and types of people on streets in a commercial area of a city. (RM)

Describes an advanced college course dealing with urban public policy in the United States. It assumes previous student work in political science and urban life. (RM)

This guide presents seven units of study for secondary level social studies classes learning about New York City. The curriculum is designed to encourage students' active participation in, rather than passive observation of, their urban environment. Therefore, the various activities presented require students to investigate their own community's…

Describes a grade eight course which focused on the neighborhood surrounding an inner city school. The course's objectives were to have students identify architectural features and their relations to architectural styles; ascertain the dominant style and date of probable period of construction; and make a composite map of the area, showing…

Presents an eight-step process for developing and presenting a supplementary unit to help students in grades 5-12 understand in greater depth the story of America's cities. (RM)

Described is a visual aids facility created to enhance college classroom work in land use, planning, urban administration, local government, and real estate. The facility has two major features: mounted aerial photographs and a visual aids display case that houses a transparent overlay system. (RM)

A diagrammatic model that illustrates the nature of urban growth processes and their resultant physical form is presented. The model can be used to describe attributes of urban form in the preindustrial city or to provide a framework for studying contemporary patterns of development. (RM)

Using a tour of Detroit as a case study, this article explains how a well-designed urban tour can make large-scale processes visible to students. Information is presented on ways in which the Detroit tour helped students think analytically about large-scale processes and about how teachers can adapt the Detroit format to tours of other cities. (DB)

Presented is a three-week independent study unit in which secondary students analyze present urban conditions and then create their own images of the city of the future. (RM)