Public and private urban space

Abstract

This exercise with corresponding PowerPoint combines the application of concepts adopted from the now classic Jane Jacobs’ Death and Life of the Great American Cities with introductory urban sociological lessons. The key concepts for this session include: neighborhood, urban residential patterns, urban ecology, urbanization, private, semi-private, and...

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Details

Subject Area(s):

Urban Sociology

Resource Type(s):

PowerPoint

Class Level(s):

College 300

Class Size(s):

Medium

Usage Notes

On the assignment, I suggest the instructor ask students to document their own residential patterns – either from their youth (permanent address,) or present living situation. However, this should be assigned with alternatives – allow students to document other residential patterns that you identify. By implication, issues of social class will be revealed...

Learning Goals and Assessments

Learning Goal(s):

1. Goal 1: Students can identify "cultural relativity and private/public/semi-private space"
2. Goal 2: Students can define and identify – community, city, urban area, urban clusters, urbanized area, micropolitan statistical area (MicroSA), metropolitcan statistical area (MetroSA or MSA)

Goal Assessment(s):

1. Assessment 1: Students provide definitions orally in class and through graphic analysis in presentation form. They document a neighborhood and present it to the class.
2. Assessment 2: Students can apply the above concepts to an aerial views from ‘Google maps,’ and photographs. Students apply the terms to their presentations.