Extended Activities | The Power of Place: Cityscapes, Suburban Sprawl

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Keywords
earth scale maps place population urban rural North America Boston Massachusettes Chicago Illinois suburb sprawl United States diverse cultures ethnic mosaic inner city relative location central business district empowerment zone GIS Roxbury underemployed Geographic Information System south Boston Irish American revitalization metropolitan edge cities farmland non-renewable resource Sears Tower Schaumburg commuters family farm real estate development population density
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History-Social Science Geography
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Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 Post-Secondary
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Extended Activities | The Power of Place: Cityscapes, Suburban Sprawl

Ask students to explore these activities designed to extend their knowledge of the geographic tools and methods used to study urban areas. Students are also encouraged to consider the chain of immigration, inner city abandonment, and the development of edge cities.
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PBS Learning Media

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