Gangs of New York - Internet Resources

LESSON PLAN #2 - Gang Warfare: Then & Now


Gang Rule
This intense website focuses on the history of organized crime by offering a database of searchable records of organized crime families, biographies, and information on notable historic events. There is also a collection of rare photographs, charts, articles, and interviews. The suggested book and link list will be especially helpful for students.
Source:     Jon Black

Street Gangs
Los Angeles is one of the country’s most notorious locations for gangs and this site offers history and current events. Read about Blood, Crip, and Mexican gangs and even view gang maps of the city. Explore the outcomes with gang injunctions, homicides, California prisons, and today’s most recent headlines.
Source:     StreetGangs.com

Teenagers Politically Active
You'll find A Gang Threat Assessment from the perspective of today’s youth at this site. Read about the history of gangs, find out what constitutes a gang, why kids join gangs in the first place, barriers to address, and how to go about solving gang problems. Check out TPA’s annual reports and see what has succeeded and what has failed as far as past activism goes.
Source:     TPA

Chicago Gangs
This Chicago gang history project has a short review where you’ll learn how race shaped the history and contours of Chicago’s gangs. Also highlighted is the process by which gangs joined into the political and social turmoil of the times. Check out dozens of old and new maps and learn about the past 100 years of Chicago gangs.
Source:     University of Illinois at Chicago

Bad Hombres
You will encounter outlaws, gunmen, lawmen, and all sorts of bad hombres at this website. Learn through photos, bios, facts, and stories about some of the Old West’s most notorious and famous characters. Click on ‘The Bad Hombres Ring’ for more sites about outlaws, or ‘The Old West Ring’ for sites about the Old West.
Source:     Badhombres.com

Crime Library
From Court TV comes this look at criminal minds and their methods. Check out Mob Bosses, Crime Family Epics, Unique Gang Organizations, Outlaws, Cops, and other characters. Get the latest news or find out what’s up and coming by way of crime fiction.
Source:     Courtroom Television Network, LLC.

Newspaper Archive
Search over 7.1 million newspaper pages instantly! This is a great tool for students and teachers as well! You can get a day pass for only $4.95 to research a specific project, or a monthly pass for about $20. Free memberships include access to five different papers and images of all papers. If you don’t want to commit, try a demo!
Source:     Heritage Microfilm, Inc.