Learning Goals
Students will be able to analyze HOLC redlining maps, property records, census data, and neighborhood investment data to identify patterns of housing access, wealth building, and disinvestment in a specific city.
Students will be able to interpret and corroborate primary and secondary sources to build evidence-based claims about how redlining shaped neighborhood outcomes over time.
Students will be able to evaluate the limitations, biases, and scope of claims about redlining using source provenance, context, and data quality.
Products
Redlining Investigation Notebook
A research notebook that documents the student's question development, source notes, evidence table, analytic memos, and revision log. It shows how the student moved from initial observations to a defensible individual interpretation grounded in mapped, textual, and quantitative evidence.
Annotated Redlining Gallery Panel Set and Oral Defense
A team-created mini-gallery of annotated maps and archive excerpts comparing redlined and non-redlined neighborhoods, paired with a short live defense by each student. The presentation synthesizes individual evidence into a shared claim, addresses conflicting or anomalous findings, and explains how feedback changed the final interpretation.
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