Columbia University
Nasa: Sedac: Urbanization and Human Settlements
[Free Registration/Login Required] A collection of twenty data sets from SEDAC (Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center) that examine urbanization in major metropolitan areas of the United States in the late 20th and the early 21st...
US Geological Survey
Usgs: Water Science for Schools Effects of Urbanization
This U.S. Geological Survey website offers a short article then lists topics that are linked to brief articles that describe that particular topic's effect on water quality in urban areas. Click Home to access the site in Spanish.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Urban Heat: A New York City Exploration
In this activity, students use a graph to make a hypothesis about the difference between urban heat in New York City streets and in Central Park.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: What Is Urban Growth?
How were cities formed? This article explains the formation of cities starting from the neolithic revolution to current times. It addresses such topics as urbanization, suburban sprawl, and urban growth models.
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Demographic Brief: u.s. Urbanized Areas 1950 2000
Collection of sites that display statistics for a number of different characteristics for urban areas. Click on site of your choice.
Other
National Urban League Home Page
The homepage of the National Urban League, whose mission "is to enable African Americans to secure economic self-reliance, parity and power and civil rights."
Other
U.s. Department of Housing and Urban Development
This homepage for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development(HUD)contains news releases, information about home buying, and links to information for various citizens and groups who would benefit from HUD services.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Texas in Transition: Railroads, Oil, and the Rise of Urban Texas
A collection of lesson plans that explore the changes that have taken place in Texas as a result of the railroad and oil industries. There are case studies of the impact of urbanization on six Texas cities, as well as online exhibits on...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Natural and Urban "Stormwater" Water Cycle Models
Students apply their understanding of the natural water cycle and the urban stormwater water cycle, as well as the processes involved in both cycles to hypothesize how the flow of water is affected by altering precipitation.
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Urban Collaborative: Leading Equitable and Inclusive Education
The website is for an organization that works to improve outcomes for learning disabled students in urban schools. Networking, training, reporting on latest developments in the field, are just some of the services offered.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Natural and Urban Stormwater Water Cycles
Through an overview of the components of the hydrologic cycle and the important roles they play in the design of engineered systems, middle schoolers' awareness of the world's limited fresh water resources is heightened. The lesson lays...
Read Works
Read Works: How City Residents Use Urban Farms
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about people living in urban areas who are finding room to grow gardens on empty lots. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Urban Models in the Real World
By using Google Earth and city road maps, students will compare the layout of their city to one of the three North American urban models and see which one is the best fit.
PBS
Idaho Ptv: Dialogue for Kids: Urban Wildlife
A collection of facts and links on the topic of urban wildlife. The facts cover the types of animals in an urban area, urban habitats, what they eat, large wildlife, and how to get along with and enjoy urban wildlife. Includes a reading...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The Underside of Urban Life
Read about the plight of the urban poor in the rapidly growing cities. In addition to the modern skyscrapers, the cities also had tenement housing where the poor lived. Find a description of that housing and the problems this housing bred.
Other
Dept. Of Housing and Urban Dev. (Hud): Native Americans
A resource page for Native Americans in reference to land and/or homebuyers. Site is sponsored by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Urban's Speech at Council of Clermont
Fordham University provides an account of the speech given by Poper Urban II, in which he called for the First Crusade. Urban gave the speech at the Council of Clermont in 1095. This version of the speech is the recorded memory of the...
University of Chicago
University of Chicago Press: Chicago's Urban Nature: Architecture and Landscape
Offers an audio visual overview highlighting an excerpt from the book "Chicago's Urban Nature" by Sally A. Kitt Chappell. This book showcases and illustrates Chicago's architecture and landscape.
University of Chicago
University of Chicago Press: Chicago's Urban Nature: Architecture and Landscape
Offers an audio visual overview highlighting an excerpt from the book "Chicago's Urban Nature" by Sally A. Kitt Chappell. This book showcases and illustrates Chicago's architecture and landscape.
United Nations
United Nations Cyberschoolbus: Cities of Today, Cities of Tomorrow
The six teaching units of this site provide an overview of urbanization, its history, its potential, its problems. The site has lots of activities, and a game.
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Esc 20: How Did Texas Grow One City at a Time? Case Study: Dallas [Pdf]
An examination of the factors that led to the urbanization of Dallas, Texas, and the impact of the resulting changes.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: Illustration Planner [Pdf]
Students will read a piece of nonfiction and then use their own copy of this reproducible sheet to plan a text-based illustration.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Urban Stormwater Management
Through the two lessons in this unit, students are introduced to green infrastructure and low-impact development technologies. Student teams take on the role of stormwater engineers through five associated activities.
BBC
Bbc: History: Women and Urban Life in Victorian Britain
A six part article in which the various roles women played in Victorian England are discussed. The author explores the idea that women had a "mission" in Victorian life.
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