Vacancy Collaborative Works to Solve Vacant Building Issues
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Grades: 3, 5 - 8
Video Description: The St. Louis Vacancy Initiative, a working collaborative of St. Louis residents, civic leaders, non-profit organizations and business leaders, was developed to address the chronic vacancy issue plaguing the city of St. Louis.
Type of Video: Story*
Unique Video ID: Sociology-6**
Quick Ideas for Using the Video:
- Have students use old census data, maps and area histories to chart whether vacancy rates in their town have risen, dropped or remain the same.
*Story videos employ a narrative form to highlight a topic, location, or practitioner in the area of study.
**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.
