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Unit One: People
Enduring Understanding:
People make cities like Baltimore come alive.
Contents:
Population, Census, Population Growth, Refugees and Immigrants in Baltimore, Spotlight on Soccer Without Borders, Diversity, Desegregating Poly, Read’s Drugstore
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Unit Two: Housing
Enduring Understanding:
All cities need to provide shelter for the people who live in them. Different cities have different kinds of housing available for residents.
Contents:
Formstone, Lead Poisoning, Vacants to Value, City vs. Suburb, Redlining, Blockbusting, Gentrification
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Unit Three: Development
Enduring Understanding:
City planners and developers design cities and decide what gets built.
Contents:
Lessons from James Rouse, The Tourist Bubble, Be a Developer!, Zoning, Made in Baltimore, Why is Baltimore on the Water?, Historic Preservation
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Unit Four: Health and Safety
Enduring Understanding
Cities should be places that help people live healthy and safe lives.
Contents:
Blue Lights, Baltimore Uprising, Baltimore Ceasefire, Recycling in the City, Chesapeake Bay, Mr. Trash Wheel, Trash in the Street Pollutes What You Eat!, Tree Baltimore, Lessons from Mr. Ross, Fresh Food in Baltimore, Community Farming, Spotlight on Strength To Love II Farm, Arabbers, Black Girls Cook, Baltimore Green Map, Climate Maryland, Energy Saver Checklist
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Unit Five: Transportation
Enruding Understanding:
Transportation is the way people move from one place to another in cities.
Contents:
Public Transportation, Bikes, Streetcars, Stop the Road!
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Unit Six: Government
Enruding Understanding:
A government helps keep people safe and healthy by creating laws and providing services for cities.
Contents:
Know Your leaders!, City Departments, City Council, Speak Up!, Spotlight on Baltimore Beyond Plastic, Write a Letter to the Mayor
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Action Plan
Enruding Understanding:
An action plan is a way to take ideas and make them happen.
Contents:
Where I Live, Brainstorming, Ideas to Action, Project Checklist
