Project on Charlotte's History (to buy, YMCA, school)
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I have to complete a project (equivalent to a 8-12 page research paper) detailing how charlotte has changed since 1950. These are my requirements: explain how the economy has changed, how charlotte has changed socially, and how charlotte has changed politically. If anyone can assist, that would be great. This is due Monday, Nov. 1st!
I have to complete a project (equivalent to a 8-12 page research paper) detailing how charlotte has changed since 1950. These are my requirements: explain how the economy has changed, how charlotte has changed socially, and how charlotte has changed politically. If anyone can assist, that would be great. This is due Monday, Nov. 1st!
Dan Morrill is one of Charlotte's prominent historians - go buy his book:
FYI, most teachers will accept internet sources, but with restrictions. And, usually, a percentage of the total sources must be in print. Part of most curriculums is teaching students HOW to research and evaluate the validity of their sources. Going to city data for research doesn't cut it. Taking the advice post here already on where to go for real information is the best option. Also, this student probably knows to check the resourse links on the school media website for acceptable online sources.
There are a couple great photography books that display the history of Charlotte, and they are available at most bookstores - Barnes & Noble, Borders, Joseph Beth. One is called "Historic Photos of Charlotte" and the other is "Charlotte - Then and Now". They both display what the city was in the '50s and earlier. Uptown was a really happening spot, with a lot of retail and some pretty amazing architecture (the YMCA - torn down now). The streetcar systems are all documented and photographed, and after seeing the photos, it really affected me a bit watching the tracks that had been buried for years get ripped up along East Blvd. There is a small section of track that they raised to the surface and left as a monument while adding the medians on East this past year (near Paper Skyscraper). Anyway, I could look at the photos and commentary in these two books seemingly forever - they just fascinate me with what Charlotte was before I was born, and how uptown went into utter decline, and now I am seeing with my own eyes how it has been revitalized. But it still hasn't hit what those pictures from the '50s and earlier show as a thriving downtown. You probably wouldn't even realize that what you are looking at is Charlotte (the "Then and Now" book helps with that, though).
These are both $30+ books, but you may be able to see them at a Library or even sit at the coffee shop at Barnes and Noble and read them if you don't want to buy them. They are both a series - i.e. you can probably also find an "Atlanta - Then and Now". But for me, they are still worth the money...I'm just fascinated with the way Charlotte has changed, and changed again.
I was being sarcastic. Any student assigned a research project of that level should be smart enough to know that an online relocation forum isn't a valid source. That's a lot different from using school/teacher approved online sources.
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