The Fire Next Time Lesson Plan

Redlining: Segregated By Design

Kind of Activity:

Research

Objective:

Students will be able to understand the history of redlining and how it shaped housing segregation in New York City

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.11-12.6

Structure:

Introduction (15 minutes)
1. Provide students with an overview on redlining. Define the term for students and provide example cities that have been impacted by the policy. Display images of relined maps as a visual aid.

Redlining- systematic housing segregation and discrimination facilitated by the Federal Housing Association (FHA), National Housing Act of 1934, realtors, bankers, and loan underwriters. The process of...