Background information Overtown is a historically African-American community in the City of Miami. As Miami, was developing around 1910, the city’s black residents were allowed to purchase land only in one designated quarter of Miami’s municipal limits, which became known as Colored Town. The name Overtown came from people referring that they were going town” to this “over neighborhood. Materials in America” “Urbanization Golden Side of the Tracks” “The K-W-L Chart: Jigsaw worksheet Activity Sequence Introduction (3 minutes) Discuss the factors contributing to urbanization in the United States during the late nineteenth century. And how those factors lead to problems in Miami’s Colored town. (You may want to reference the link below titled Urbanization in America” “Understanding Ask students what do they know about Town Miami”?(1 minute) “Colored Ask students to complete the first two sections of the K-W-L chart. (1 minute) Activity (10 minutes) Students will read Golden Side of The Tracks” to get an understanding of the history of Overtown. (3 minutes) “The The teacher will the reading into sections for the purpose of the Jigsaw activity. Students will fill in the Jigsaw while using the reading to help guide them. (3 minutes)
Background information Overtown is a historically African-American community in the City of Miami. As Miami, was developing around 1910, the city’s black residents were allowed to purchase land only in one designated quarter of Miami’s municipal limits, which became known as Colored Town. The name Overtown came from people referring that they were going “over town” to this neighborhood. Materials “Urbanization in America” “The Golden Side of the Tracks” K-W-L Chart: Jigsaw worksheet Activity Sequence Introduction (3 minutes) Discuss the factors contributing to urbanization in the United States during the late nineteenth century. And how those factors lead to problems in Miami’s Colored town. (You may want to reference the link below titled “Understanding Urbanization in America” Ask students what do they know about “Colored Town Miami”?(1 minute) Ask students to complete the first two sections of the K-W-L chart. (1 minute) Activity (10 minutes) Students will read “The Golden Side of The Tracks” to get an understanding of the history of Overtown. (3 minutes) The teacher will the reading into sections for the purpose of the Jigsaw activity. Students will fill in the Jigsaw while using the reading to help guide them. (3 minutes)