Cities: Then & Now Class Discussion

Cities:Yesterday & Today

Extension Activity

1. For your assigned region, identify the key cities we discussed

in class.

1. Using both political and physical maps, study the geographic

features in and around your key cities.

2. Make a list of the important geographic features for each key

city.

3. Explain how each feature might have contributed to the city’s

growth and development.

4. What feature(s) do all of your cities have in common? Why

would that feature(s) be important?

GROUP ACTIVITY: 7 groups

MATERIALS: Atlas, Paper, Pencil, (iPad)

TIME: 20 minutes + class sharing

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The Rise

and Fall of

Detroit

Auto Industry

• General Motors

• Ford Motors

Note: All are used images are for educational purposes only

A Case Study:

http://www.historicdetroit.org/galleries/david-whitney-building-old

Brush Park

http://clickamericana.com/eras/1900s/beautif

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Detroit in Ruins…photoshttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2011/jan/02/photography-detroit

Detroit’s Central Station – train station

United Artists Theater

Lee Plaza Hotelhttp://detroiturbex.com/content/downtown/leeplaza/index.html

Michigan Theater

Vanity Ballroom

Detroit Files for Bankruptcy

CNN Moneyhttp://money.cnn.com/2013/07/18/news/economy/detroit-bankruptcy/index.html

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