Analyze Great Depression 1929-39 + New Deal: causes + FDR programs + Dust Bowl + multiple perspectives on government's role
Exercise Difficulty 4 ~12 min hist.g8.s.ex_13

Essay

MG-7 Diagram
MG-7 TWELVE-Question SOURCE CARD (8.5x11 laminated double-sided): Q1 Who made this? (sourcing); Q2 When + where? (contex

MG-7 TWELVE-Question SOURCE CARD (8.5x11 laminated double-sided): Q1 Who made this? (sourcing); Q2 When + where? (contextualization); Q3 What purpose? (sourcing); Q4 What evidence supports? (close reading); Q5 What other sources corroborate? (corroboration); Q6 What is omitted? (silences); Q7 Audience? (rhetorical context); Q8 What other voices must we seek? (G7 extension); Q9 Is this Lost Cause framing? (G8-Fall extension); Q10 Is the SURVIVOR own-voice centered or marginalized? (NEW); Q11 Have we checked MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES across nationality / class / race / gender / sexuality / ability / age? (NEW); Q12 What is the PRESENT-DAY connection — what does this source mean for our civic action now? (NEW). Sentence frames + bilingual transliteration in 8 languages.

Prompt

In 3-4 paragraphs apply MG-7 Q6 SILENCES + Q11 MULTI-PERSPECTIVE to the New Deal's racial exclusions. Cite Katznelson 2005 When Affirmative Action Was White. Specifically: SSA exclusion of domestic + agricultural workers (~65% of Black workforce); AAA paid landowners not tenants displacing ~200,000 Black sharecroppers; FHA redlining; HOLC red-line maps. Connect Q12 PRESENT-CONNECTION to racial wealth-gap today.

How it's presented
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Answer criteria
type essay rubric
criteria
  1. Cites Katznelson 2005
  2. Names SSA + AAA + FHA + HOLC racial exclusion mechanisms
  3. Identifies ~65% Black workforce excluded from SSA
  4. Applies Q6 SILENCES + Q11 + Q12
  5. Connects to contemporary racial wealth-gap
Hints
  1. Katznelson 2005 documents accommodations to Southern Democrats.
  2. Per Rothstein 2017 The Color of Law redlining persists.
Misconceptions to watch
  • Treating New Deal as racially neutral
  • Forgetting Indigenous Reorganization Act 1934