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Entry Ticket Activity:

1. Before beginning this lesson, be sure to have taught Part 1 and Part 2 of the collection, and remind students to keep all their handouts, notes and projects from Parts 1 and 2 readily available for this lesson.
2. If necessary, review what was covered in the previous parts of this lesson by asking students:
   • What is “de facto” segregation? How does it differ from “de jure” segregation?
   • What are some examples of practices associated with de facto segregation?
   • In what ways did the city of Asbury Park enact “de facto” segregation?
   • How did segregation contribute to the uprisings in Asbury Park in 1970?
   • What was the city government’s response to the uprisings in 1970?
   • What role did music play in Asbury Park in relation to the city’s practices of segregation?

Motivational Activity:

1. Tell students that in this lesson they will continue to be using the city of Asbury Park as a case study to examine practices of segregation in the United States.
2. Pass out Handout – Youth Voices on Asbury Park. Read the handout individually, in groups, or aloud as a class. Then ask students:
   • When did the interviews listed on the handout take place?
   • How would you describe some of the issues the people interviewed expressed?
   • How are the issues expressed in the handout similar or different than the issues that confronted Asbury Park in the past? (Encourage students to draw upon their notes from parts 1 and 2 of the Asbury Park lesson collection.)

Procedure:

1. Tell students that in this class they will be looking at the history of Asbury Park from the 1970s to today.
2. Play Clip 1, Asbury Park After 1970. After watching the clip, ask students:
   • According to the clip, did Asbury Park recover effectively after the uprisings in 1970? Why or why not?
   • According to the clip, what contributed to Asbury Park’s “downward spiral”?
   • According to former Mayor of Asbury Park, Ed Johnson, what factors “kept Asbury Park down”?
   • What specific examples does the clip give for the corruption that occurred in Asbury Park after 1970?
   • What might have Ed Johnson meant when he said “people dismantled this town and put it in their pockets at the expense of other people?”
3. Pass out Handout – Excerpts from Asbury Park: A Brief History. Ask students to read Excerpt 1 from  the handout individually, in groups, or aloud as a class. Then ask students:
   • According to the excerpt, what happened in Asbury Park in the 1980s and 1990s?
   • What attempts were there to revitalize the boardwalk area? What happened with these attempts?
   • How might the events described in the handout align with Ed Johnson’s assertion that “people dismantled this town and put it in their pockets at the expense of other people?”
4. Ask students to read Excerpt 2 from the handout individually, in groups, or aloud as a class. Then ask students:
   • By the 2000s, what was occurring on the Asbury Park boardwalk area?
   • List some of the businesses that began opening in this area, according to the excerpt. What types of people were these businesses seeking to attract? (Hint: consider the make of cars in the Moonstruck Parking lot in paragraph 2, and the description of Jodie and Philippe Lepine in paragraph 4).
   • In your own words, how would you describe the “revitalization” of Asbury Park in the 2000s. What happened?
   • Consider both excerpts you read. What areas of Asbury Park are being neglected in this narrative? Who in Asbury Park is being represented in these excerpts, and who isn’t?
5. Play Clip 2, Asbury Park Today. Then ask students:
   • How is the West Side of Asbury Park described in this clip, in comparison to the East Side?
   • In the clip, Bruce Springsteen states that the West Side isn’t receiving a share of the “prosperity that comes into the city.” Based on what you read in the handout, where might the “prosperity” that is arriving in Asbury Park be coming from?
   • How does Bruce Springsteen and Pastor Warren Hall describe Springwood avenue in the past? What occurred there?
   • According to Pastor Warren Hall, how could the West Side be revitalized?
6. Tell students they will now be split into groups, to investigate how contemporary activists and scholars describe the issues that continue to confront the Asbury Park today, and possible solutions to those issues.
7. Pass out to each student group Handout – Asbury Park Activist Profile Sheet. Tell students that each group will be watching an interview with a specific person working in Asbury Park today, while taking notes on the interview in the handout provided.
8. Split the class into groups, and assign each group a station (if there is time, students may switch between stations and fill out multiple Activist Profile Sheets):
   • Station 1: Rev. Nicolle D. Harris
   • Station 2: Diane Shelton
   • Station 3: Dr. Alicia Raia-Hawrylak
9. Reconvene the class, and have each student group share what they wrote down on the Activist Profile Sheet. After every group has shared, ask students:
   • Based on all the people profiled, what can you say are some of the major issues confronting Asbury Park today- especially for the people living on the West Side?
   • How are the people profiled in the interviews addressing these issues? Are they doing it in similar or different ways? If different, do you find one method to be more potentially effective than another? Why?

Summary Activity:

1. Ask students to retrieve their handouts and notes from the previous Asbury Park lessons. Using these notes, combined with what they learned in class, ask them to write an essay examining how the issues affecting Asbury Park today are influenced by issues that have affected the city historically. Make sure students cite and discuss in their papers the speech Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered at Monmouth University.
   

   

2. Show Image 1, Townhall Activity. Split students into groups, have them follow the activity listed in the image, and report their three campaign promises to the rest of the class.

Extension Activities:

1. Peruse some recent articles on the issue of gentrification from The Guardian. Then, write a short summary outlining the contemporary issues surrounding gentrification.
2. Do research on Asbury Park’s Lakehouse Music Academy, and write a short essay considering how the academy is seeking to improve the quality of life for people in Asbury Park.

Handout – Excerpts from Asbury Park: A Brief History Handout – Youth Voices on Asbury Park

Common Core State Standards

College and Career Readiness Reading Anchor Standards for Grades 6-12 for English Language Arts

• Reading 1: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
• Reading 2: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
• Craft and Structure 4: Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
• Craft and Structure 5: Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.
• Craft and Structure 6: Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.
• Integration of Knowledge and Ideas 7: Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
• Integration of Knowledge and Ideas 9: Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.
• Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity 10: Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently.

College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing for Grades 6-12

• Text Types and Purposes 2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
• Text Types and Purposes 3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details and well-structured event sequences.
• Production and Distribution of Writing 4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
• Production and Distribution of Writing 5: Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
• Production and Distribution of Writing 6: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.
• Research to Build and Present Knowledge 7: Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
• Research to Build and Present Knowledge 8: Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism.
• Research to Build and Present Knowledge 9: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
• Range Writing 10: Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.

College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Speaking and Listening for Grades 6-12

• Comprehension & Collaboration 1: Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
• Comprehension & Collaboration 2: Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
• Presentation of Knowledge 4: Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Language for Grades 6-12

• Language 1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
• Language 2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
• Vocabulary Acquisition and Use 6: Acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when encountering an unknown term important to comprehension or expression.

Social Studies – National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)

• Theme 1: Culture
• Theme 2: Time, Continuity, and Change
• Theme 3: People, Place, and Environments
• Theme 4: Individual Development and Identity
• Theme 5: Individuals, Groups, and Institutions
• Theme 6: Power, Authority, and Governance
• Theme 10: Civic Ideals and Practices

National Standards for Music Education

Core Music Standard: Responding

• Select: Choose music appropriate for a specific purpose or context.
• Interpret: Support interpretations of musical works that reflect creators’ and/or performers’ expressive intent.
• Evaluate: Support evaluations of musical works and performances based on analysis, interpretation, and established criteria.

Core Music Standard: Connecting

• Connecting 10: Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make music.
• Connecting 11: Relate musical ideas and works to varied contexts and daily life to deepen understanding.

National Core Arts Standards

Responding

• Anchor Standard 7: Perceive and analyze artistic work.
• Anchor Standard 8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.
• Anchor Standard 9: Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Connecting

• Anchor Standard 10: Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.
• Anchor Standards 11: Relate artistic ideas and work with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding.