Socratic Seminar Questions:
1. Do the Puerto Rican homeowners in Humboldt Park have the
right to only sell or rent to Puerto Rican buyers or renters?
2. Do people who move to new cities in the U.S. today still need
support from an ethnic neighborhood to survive?
3. Is what is happening to the displaced community of Humboldt
Park immoral or is it okay for developers to bring in new residence
who can afford the higher rents/prices and cost living in the city?
4. Can a neighborhood survive if it only caters to a specific group?
C.R.A.F.T. Assignment – Pick one
1. You have just arrived in Chicago from Ellis Island, after a
long trip from Germany. After making your way to
Humboldt Park, a place where many Germans lived at the
time, write a letter home describing the neighborhood,
extended family or friends, living arrangements, job
opportunities, educational choices, and the social norms of
the day.
2. Write your own blog. After reading the blog about the
argument of whether or not it is discrimination to keep
Humboldt Park Puerto Rican, respond to one of the bloggers
and their comments.
3. Interview a resident of Humboldt Park. Brainstorm a list of
relevant questions.
4. Make up a board game about the different groups of people
that have lived in Humboldt Park or about migrating to any
town in America.
5. Pretend that you are over-seeing the building of parks in
Chicago and you want to ask Alexander Von Humboldt if
you can name a new park (H.P.) after him. Remember to
include reasons for why he would be the perfect person to
hold this honor.