Programs and
Activities: Part 1. Boston and Denver
Getting
Ready 1 (15 minutes)
Local
Diversity
Please complete
this activity prior to watching Part 1 - Boston and Denver:
Mapping Urban Economic Development.
Site
Leader: Please divide participants into groups of three
to four for this activity and see that each group has a
set of seven maps. To print maps, click here.
In the upcoming
classroom segment, Denver teacher Rick Gindele has his students
determine the best location for federal enterprise zone funding.
Below are some of the maps he gives his students. As a group,
analyze these maps of Denver census data. With these maps as
your only reference, what conclusions can you draw about Denver's
development? Where are the wealthy areas? Where are the poorer
areas? What patterns of ethnicity do you see? How do transportation
routes affect what you see? How did you organize the maps in
order to facilitate your analysis? Where would you allocate
enterprise zone funding? Write your conclusions down.
Click
on a thumbnail to see a larger version of the map.
General
Map Transportation Routes
No
Vehicle Ownership
Median
Income
Hispanic
Population
College
Graduates
African
American Population
Children
Living in Poverty
General
Map of Denver showing major transportation Routes
