Headlines on Urban Neighborhoods
Data Story
In this Data Story, you’ll use the Urban Heat Islands dataset and sample graphs to think about how different types of questions call for different types of graphs to make a clear point. You’ll wrap it up with a good headline for your final graph choice.
As part of the New Deal in the 1930's, the Home Owner Loan Corporation (HOLC) created neighborhood maps with grades A through D to try to quantify loan risk. The grading became known as "redlining", as the "hazardous" grade D, based on a racially motivated perception of safety for investment, was colored red. While those living in the homes have changed several times since then, many traits of the neighborhoods behind these grades of the time have not changed. Much of the legacy of opportunity and lack of opportunity has persisted. In this Data Story, you’ll use the dataset and sample graphs to think about how different types of questions call for different types of graphs to make a clear point. You’ll wrap it up with a good headline for your final graph choice.
Topics and standards: Science, Social Studies, Social Justice, Earth Science, Grades 9-12, Grades 6-8, Headlines and Captions, Regional Development