Answer any two of the following four prompts. Your answer to each prompt must be 1.5 pages (double-spaced, with 1-inch margins in Times New Roman, 12-point font). Your total response must be no more than three pages, not including your list of references/bibliography. You must clearly specify which prompt you are responding to and your final must consist of two separate responses, each 1.5-pages long. The essay is worth 30 points. You may use AXES as a guide to structure your essays.
1. What does the policy of “redlining” refer to? What are the ways in which redlining produces urban segregation? Cite at least 1 reading and 1 lecture.
2. How does the case of Hurricane Katrina demonstrate that there is “no such thing as a natural disaster”? In your answer, please discuss how Hurricane Katrina reinforced existing race, class, and gender inequalities in New Orleans. Cite at least 1 lecture and 1 reading.
3. What does the concept “migration as reparations” mean? In your answer, please discuss the concept “migration as reparations” within the context of histories of US imperialism and climate change-induced droughts in Central America. Cite at least 1 lecture and 1 reading.
4. How does David Harvey define the concept of “the right to the city”? In your answer, please discuss the ways in which the Green New Deal does (or does not) exemplify this concept. Cite at least 1 lecture and 1 reading.
General Requirements
No more than three full pages, double-spaced, with 1-inch margins (not inclusive of bibliography/citations).
Times New Roman 12-point font
Students will be expected to submit completed essays on Canvas no later than Monday March 18th at 11:59pm.
You must clearly specify which prompt you are responding to and your final must consist of two separate responses, each 1.5-pages long.
You must use either a current edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association or the summarized and abstracted version by Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab (OWL): https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ [Abstracts are not necessary]
Lectures can be cited in brackets. E.g. (Kumar, Lecture 1)
Your essays will be graded according to the following rubric:
Rubric
A
B
C
D/F
Thesis Statement
The purpose of the essay is clearly identifiable and the thesis is argumentative.
The purpose of the essay is identifiable and the thesis is somewhat argumentative.
The purpose of the essay is unclear and the thesis is not argumentative.
There is no purpose nor thesis present in the introduction.
Use of course articles and lectures
Supporting evidence is analyzed thoroughly. Ability to distinguish between summary and analysis.
Supporting evidence lacks analytical details.
Lack of engagement with readings.
Supporting evidence is absent.
Structure and Transitions
The structure supports a clear progression of ideas. Transitions are present.
The structure somewhat progresses ideas. Transitions are somewhat present.
The structure hinders the argument. Transitions are mostly absent.
The structure is nearly indiscernible. Transitions are absent.
Style
Sentences are coherent and vary in structure.
Sentences are somewhat clear.
Sentences are mostly unclear. Little variance.
Sentences are unclear. No variance.
Late Essays:
Extensions will be granted only in cases of verified emergencies, such as illness. Late papers will suffer a drop in grade by a “notch” per day (from an A to an A-, for example, or from a B+ to a B).
