Examining Redlining- Historical Origins & Current Impacts

Abstract

This activity provides students with an opportunity to review redlining maps and consider the historical and present day impacts that this practice has had. Students select a city of their choice and access digitized copies of redlining maps through a publicly accessible website. After reviewing the area descriptions of two neighborhoods (one coded as...

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Subject Area(s):

Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems, Racial and Ethnic Relations, Urban Sociology

Resource Type(s):

Assignment, Class Activity

Class Level(s):

College 100

Class Size(s):

Any

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Learning Goals and Assessments

Learning Goal(s):

1. Describe how different neighborhoods were characterized when redlining maps were created in the 1930s and identify the role(s) that race/ethnicity and religion played within these characterizations.
2. Identify how redlining represents and relates to various course concepts, including prejudice, stereotype, discrimination, and de facto and de jure segregation.
3. Create a research plan using social science research method concepts.

Goal Assessment(s):

1. Students are asked to complete a low-stakes written class activity that focuses on redlining. They select two neighborhoods to focus on, and view redlining maps for these areas. They then review the written information provided for these areas and are asked to briefly summarize the physical condition of the neighborhood, as well as the racial/ethnic and...
2. The second question within the low-stakes written activity asks students if redlining is an example of prejudice, stereotype, and/or discrimination, and if the practice is more likely to represent de facto or de jure segregation. After completing this activity individually, students compare responses in a larger class discussion and note how many of these...
3. The third question within the low-stakes written activity asks students to create a research strategy that could be used to assess how the two neighborhoods that they selected have changed over time. Students are asked to refer to/use concepts that were taught earlier in the semester, which ensures that they know how to apply this knowledge to other...