Britney Pardue

Katie Thompson

20-minute CLT lesson based on North Carolina History

Theme: Urban Renewal or Urban Removal?
Grade Level: 8th
English Proficiency: Mixed
Time: 20 minutes

Activity Description of Activities Materials Time

Objectives Teachers will Introduce students to new unit on None 0 min

(Katie) Post-Civil War North Carolina. This class will
focus on the rise and fall of Durham’s Hayti
district.

Content Goals
1. Understand implications of post-civil
war/post-slavery North Carolina
2. Hayti was a strong civic, economic,
political, social, cultural center.
3. Hayti was affected by urban
renewal/removal.

Language Goals
1. Vocabulary (Segregation, Urban
Renewal, Urban Removal)
2. Authentic Discussion and Conversation,
Self-Reflection

Greeting Casual Conversation None 1 min

(Britney) Teacher asks students about their weekend.

Opening Activity Think-Pair-Share None 2 mins

(Britney) Students share about a place from their
childhood that was important to them that
changed after a renovation, demolition, etc.
READING Pre-Reading: What does urban renewal/removal Short, 8 mins
Pre- and Post- mean to you? What things/elements of Authentic
Communicative communities can be affected by these Text
Activities processes?
(Katie) “Urban renewal refers to the redevelopment or
rehabilitation of property in a city, usually as the
result of a cooperative effort by private
developers and local government.”

Reading: • Hayti became one of the most

unique and successful black communities in
America, where in the early 20th century some
of the largest Black-owned and operated
businesses existed. Hayti flourished from the
1880s to the 1940s and was recognized
by prominent national Black leaders as the
“The Black Capital of the South.” Durham was
the home of North Carolina Mutual Insurance
Company, Mechanics & Farmers’ Bank, Lincoln
Hospital, and over 200 other African American
businesses. In fact, one of the streets bordering
the Hayti community eventually became known
as “Black Wall Street.” Further, in 1910, Dr.
James E. Shepard founded what is now North
Carolina Central University, the nation’s first
publicly supported liberal arts college for
African-Americans.

Post-Reading: What would the Hayti community

feel like for POC during this time? What made
this successful? What threatened to tear it
down? Does anyone live or visited this
community? What are they doing now to foster
inclusion and empower the community?

Content Goals
1. Understand implications of post-civil
war/post-slavery North Carolina
2. Hayti was a strong civic, economic,
political, social center for Durham’s
African American Community
 Language Goals
1. Authentic Reading
2. Vocabulary

LISTENING Pre-Listening Short, Video 7 mins

Pre- and Post- We will preview the vocabulary words/concepts featuring
Communicative (urban renewal, urban removal, regurgitated, authentic
Activities odorous, folks) by having students hypothesize: speech
(Britney) What do you think ____ means?

Listening https://www.b
We will watch two minutes of a clip discussing ullcity150.org
Hayti and the placement of Highway 147. /portfolio_pag
e/hayti-and-hi
During the listening, students will think about: ghway-147-vi
1. Why do you think city leaders thought deo/
Hayti was in need of “renewal?”
2. What happened to housing in Hayti?
Was it ever replaced?
3. What economic, political, social, cultural,
personal impacts do you think the
placement of 147 had on the African
American community and individuals?

Post-Listening
In small groups, students will discuss the above
three questions. Then, we will share with the
class.

Social Studies Goal

1. Hayti was affected by urban
renewal/removal.
2. Analyze economic, political, social,
cultural, and personal impacts of political
decisions
3.
Language Goals
1. Authentic Speech and Listening
2. Critical Analysis and Discussion
3. Vocabulary (urban renewal, urban
 removal, regurgitated, odorous)

Homework Next class, we will role-play city leaders and Internet, 20

Assignment activists who are serving on Durham’s Paper & mins
(Britney) Redevelopment Commision in 1958. We will Pencil at
argue for or against the urban renewal plan. home

Homework: Write a short, opinion essay with an

introduction, conclusion, and three arguments
either for or against the proposal. You can also
discuss alternatives or other solutions/research.

Closing Activity One thing I want to learn more about is _____. 2 mins
(Katie)