Urban Studies Institute: Columbus 2014
Session 1: Exploring the Significance of Place
Presenters: Dr. Hasan Jeffries, The Ohio State University and Michael Wilkos, The Columbus Foundation
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Download the PowerPoint Presentation: Dreams Deferred: Public Policy, Racial Discrimination, and Housing (Dr. Hasan Jeffries) 
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Columbus: Not What You Thought (Michael Wilkos) |
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TEACHING RESOURCES
- Make Your Place: A Guide to Facilitating Youth Civic Leadership
A 121-page guidebook to help empower youth to be leaders for positive change from Catlin Gabel's PLACE urban studies and leadership program.
- DBQ: Impact of the Development of the Federal Interstate Highway System
Document-Based Question Task: Assess the social, political, and economic impact of the development of the Federal Interstate Highway System from 1940 to the mid-1960s.
- America on the Move Classroom Activity Guide
Through documents and activities, students can build a deeper understanding of how transportation shaped American commerce, communities, landscapes, and population migrations.
- Cars and American Cities - A lecture on the impact of the automobile on urban life by Peter Norton at the University of Virginia.
- Columbus: A Closer Look at Our City!
Michael Wilkos of the Columbus Foundation provides an in-depth look at the demographics of Columbus based on the most recent data from the 2010 census.
- 1908 Columbus Plan
The 1908 Columbus Plan is a strong example of City Beautiful era urban plans that were created throughout the country.
- Getting Around Brown: Desegregation, Development, and the Columbus Public Schools by Gregory S. Jacobs
The first history of school desegregation in Columbus, Ohio, and the first case study to explore the interplay of desegregation, business, and urban development in America
- City of Columbus Area Commissions
The purpose of an area commission is to act as a liaison between neighborhood groups, property owners, residents, developers and city officials. - Historic Maps of Columbus
Township and County maps in the Teaching Columbus Historic Sites Archive