Learn how different economic classes in urban centers spent their leisure time in the late 19th century. Includes a good discussion of machine politics and the role it played in the lives of the lower classes, as well as its negative...

Learn about some of the problems created by urbanization and some potential solutions to them.

A thorough site that examines urban population in developed and developing countries, answers the question whey is the urban population increasing so fast, and delves into the problems associated with rapid urban growth.

From the "Journey to Planet Earth" series, PBS takes a look at the world's exploding urban population. Includes video clips and educational resources.

Describe the environmental problems created by rapid development of urban areas, and identify solutions for dealing with problems caused by uncontrolled urbanization. Explain the importance of urban development plans for dealing with...

Find out the effect that hard, dark surfaces like streets, parking lots and rooftops that trap and hold heat have on cities and urban areas.

This lesson presents the scale of recent urbanization in different global regions and the diverse roles that migrants play in contributing to urbanization. The following graph, map, video, and news report provide a general overview of...

Students use a simple model to explore how roof colors can impact the temperature of an urban area.

Find out how urban heat fit into the NGSS science standards.

This article contains interesting facts and information about Urbanization in America in the late 1800s which was fueled by the Industrial Revolution and Industrialization.

This website uses graphics to explain the effects of family displacements through urban renewal resulting in renewing inequality.

This site provides extensive information regarding the history of U.S. urban transportation planning.

A comprehensive learning module on types of communities that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks, maps, and images, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered include characteristics of...

Learning resource using primary sources in which students study de facto segregation in the North following the Civil War and examine how African-Americans responded to segregation and racism compared to the South.

This article provides comprehensive information on just about every aspect of immigration. Topics range from the number and origin of immigrants to laws and policies at all levels of the United States government. (Published in 1994)

This is a report of the analysis of national survey data to gauge the well-being of immigrant children compared with children in native-born families. The authors examine different areas, including family income and environment, child...

A brief report on the life of Pope Urban II.

In this 1998 FRONTLINE interview, Harvard sociologist Dr. William Julius Wilson explains why, despite an overall increase in the standard of living among African Americans, a segment of the population is falling farther and farther behind.

Gives a description of political machines and their three parts that make up the machines. Also discusses what these political machines did and talks of their decline in the 20th century.

A glowing tribute to Andrew Carnegie as a philanthropist. Links are provided to related subjects including Carnegie's writings.

Provides an extensive amount of information on the population of urban areas around the U.S. To skip the written summaries just click on the tables for statistical data.

Russia's geography reveals great disparity and lends itself to a variety of cultures and relationships across its six and a half million square miles. A video investigates two urban developments in Russia, St. Petersburg and Dagestan,...

For a quarter-century, the federal government provided funding for cities large and small to raze "blighted" or "slum" neighborhoods. Through these programs, cities displaced hundreds of thousands of families from their homes and...

This extensive learning module examines the impact of the Gilded Age upon new cultural and intellectual movements, expansion of foreign trade, and political debates over economic and social policies, as well as the impact of the rise of...