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Making of the Ghetto Paper

Making of the Ghetto Paper

Q Using ONLY the sources associated with this class, namely the movie Pruitt-Igoe Myth and the lecture on the making of the ghetto, and without using ANY outside sources, explain how ANY/SEVERAL of the factors listed below contributed to the making of segregated and economically disadvantaged African American inner-city neighborhoods in the United States from 1940 to 1980. Organize your paper as an argument as to which structural causes were most important. • changes in the economy • federal government policy • public housing conditions • demographic trends • real estate markets • job markets • the creation of the suburbs • anti-Black racism • any other important factors you might identify Minimum Word Count=1500 Points=8 Rubric Making of the Ghetto paper Making of the Ghetto paper Criteria Ratings Pts This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeWord Count 2 pts 1500 words The paper is at least 1500 words long. 1 pts 1250 Words The paper is at least 1250 words long. 0.5 pts 1000 words The paper is at least 1000 words long. 2 pts This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeUse of Making of the Ghetto Lecture 2 pts Successfully Incorporates Lecture The student successfully incorporates key ideas from the Making of the Ghetto lecture into the paper. 1 pts Partially incorporates lecture The student has some success incorporating the ideas from the Making of the Ghetto lecture into the paper but also misses some key ideas. 0 pts No incorporation of lecture The student fails to incorporate the ideas from the Making of the Ghetto lecture into this paper. 2 pts This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeUse of Pruitt-Igoe Myth film 2 pts Successfully Uses Film The student successfully incorporates key ideas and details from the movie into the paper. 1 pts Partially uses film The student partially incorporates key ideas and details from the movie into the paper, but also misses some key ones. 0 pts Unsuccessful or no use of film The student fails to incorporate key ideas and details from the movie into the paper. 2 pts This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomePaper Is An Argument that is Written Carefully and Well-Organized 2 pts Argument/Reads well The paper is well-written and organized and makes an argument. 1 pts No Argument/Reads Well The paper is well-organized and well-written but doesn't make an argument. 0 pts Paper not well written or organized The paper does not read well and is not well organized compared to other papers submitted for this assignment. 2 pts Total Points: 8 PreviousNext

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From Chicago to Atlanta, social housing buildings in the United States slipped into substantial decrease only a few generations after WWII. Such projects, which were mostly conceived and implemented between the 1930s and 1950s, were supposed to be a contemporary, effective answer to the problems of urban violence and deprivation. The causes this did not turn out to be the situation were numerous—bad design, a lack of social mobility, systemic racism, government intrusion of these factors, and much more played a role in transforming numerous low-income settlements into social basket cases.