Enacting Racial Pedagogical Content Knowledge Via Primary Sources:
A Study of Blockbusting in the United States
SOURCES Framework (SOURCES Framework Analysis Sheet)
Scrutinize the Fundamental Source(s)
Scrutinize the Fundamental Source(s)
- Essential Question - “In what ways did blockbusting impact a neighborhood and the individuals living there or moving there?”
- Fundamental Source:
- Did you hear What Happened to Joe Jitters When Negroes Moved in Across the Street?
- Whole-class discussion and pose questions through a polling application such as Poll Everywhere
- What is the demographic make-up of your neighborhood?
- In what ways have you seen your neighborhood’s (or the school’s neighborhoods) demographics change?
- To what extent does the race of the inhabitants of a neighborhood effect home values?
- BlackPast.org website
- Blockbusting in Baltimore - five-part investigative report by WJZ-TV's Christopher Gaul which originally aired in 1970
- Social Justice Books website
- Hidden Black History: From Juneteenth to Redlining (Fight for Black Rights) by Amanda Jackson Green
- South Side by Natalie Y. Moore
- Return to the Fundamental Source:
- Did you hear What Happened to Joe Jitters When Negroes Moved in Across the Street?
- Assessment piece - historical marker, web site, documentary, etc.
- Students are asked to critically examine the investigation process, what they learned, and what questions still exist