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How Radical Gardeners Took Back New York City
Provided by: Vox |Published on: April 27, 2021
Videos Grades 6-8, 9-12
Synopsis
- This video tells the stories of two influential women in New York, Hattie Carthan and Liz Christy, who worked tirelessly to improve their communities through gardening and greening abandoned urban areas.
- It provides the historical context for these events and the present-day benefits that remain for these urban communities.
Subjects: Science, History, Health
Authors: Vox
Region: North America, USA - Northeast, United States, New York, New York City
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- The interviews, maps, historical footage, and photographs make this video tangible and impactful.
- It highlights women, immigrant communities, communities of color, and low-income communities.
Additional Prerequisites
- There are ads before and during the video.
- The video content ends at 11 minutes, 53 seconds.
Differentiation
- Social studies, history, and civics classes could use this video when discussing redlining, the lack of trees and parks in low-income neighborhoods, and gentrification.
- Advanced students could explore this Google Earth resource about urban heat islands and come up with solutions that could be applied to the northeastern United States.
- To explore this topic further, consider using these StC lesson plans about redlining and green spaces and this video about the benefits of urban trees.
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