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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Progress Amidst Prejudice: Portraits of African Americans in Missouri, 1880-1920

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore and analyze a database of historical portraits of an African American family of the late 1800's. They trace the migration of one of the African Americans as he/she migrates toward urban areas.
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Article
Other

Hoover Institution: "Broken Cities" by Steven Hayward

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses the loss of population in urban centers. Its main focus is the policies of the 1960's.