be sure to name the homework file you upload to blackboard:
last name_first two letters of first name_assignment number
(example: if Albert Einstein were submitting homework #4, his file name would be Einstein_al_4.docx)
This assignment consists of three parts: (1) reading a book chapter, (2) responding to some short answer questions on that reading, and (3) an in-class, open-note quiz on that reading. You’ll know you’ve reached the end of the assignment when you see “end of assignment”
Next class you will have a long-ish, mid-term quiz on this reading; the quiz will consist of a single essay question and a number of vocabulary terms from the reading.
It make sense to look up and learn the words that might appear on the quiz before doing the reading because knowing these words will help you understand the reading.
Likewise, doing the short-answer questions below carefully makes sense because it will prepare you for the quiz. So, don’t pretend to either yourself or me if you don’t know the answers.
If you can’t answer the question in your own words, then you likely don’t understand the reading yet. And the reading IS dense. But it’s certainly comprehensible. It just might take going over certain passages several to grasp them.
VOCAB WORDS FOR QUIZ
Demographic
Hemorrhage
Redundant
Flotsam
Bereft
Incarnation
Blight
Coexistence
Atavism
Abhor
Shareholder
polarization
QUIZ QUESTION:
Katz describes three types of transformations of the American city: demographic, economic, and spatial. Be prepared to describe in detail using your own words the (1) causes and (2) consequences of each transformation.
You will, however, be asked to describe only one transformation on the quiz.
Preparing for this quiz:
Notice that Katz has chunked the reading into three sections—one for each transformation (demographic, economic, spatial). As you read, when you encounter Katz discussing either a causes or consequences for a transformation, jot down the details in your notes.
You can bring these notes to the quiz as long as you follow these rules:
| RULES FOR USING NOTES ON THE MID-TERM QUIZ
A) You must use handwritten notes; typed notes and photocopied will not be allowed. B) You must use this sheet (downloads a ms-word file to your desktop) to take the notes. Notes taken on a different sheet will not be permitted. C) You may use Katz’s words when you take notes, but the quiz will require you to use your own words, so be sure you understand the text. |
Taking notes will help you organize your thinking about the reading.
Again, if a particular sentence or phrase confuses you, be sure to e-mail Prof. Umbach.
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
(notice that question 9 requires linking to a different page as is both longer and worth more (40%) than the other questions)
1) What happened in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s to the manufacturing jobs that had once been at the heart of many cities?
2) How do the jobs available to the poorly educated in the new corporate services sector of the economy compare to the jobs the older manufacturing sector once offered?
3) How does deindustrialization explain the simultaneous boom in downtown redevelopment (with new office buildings and retail stores) and the deterioration and abandonment of housing elsewhere in the city? (be sure your answer explains how deindustrialization led to both the boom and the deterioration)
4) How and why is unemployment among healthy, working-age adults different now than in the past?
5) The economy boomed throughout much of the 1990s, in part because productivity (the ability of the economy to produce goods) increased significantly. What, however, was different about the relationship between this increase in productivity and wages for workers compared to past economic boom times? What were the consequences of this difference?
6) For inner-city residents, what have been the consequences of the growth of suburbs (and the “suburbanization of employment”) and why?
7) Have American cities gotten more or less segregated in the 20th century? What forces drove this change?
8) What were the negative consequences of Congress’ insistence that public housing service the very poor rather than the working poor?
9) (worth 40% of the assignment) Go here to answer the image questions. Be sure to include the write-up to those questions with your answers to the above 8 questions. (The extra-credit portion is here too; be sure to include all materials–including the extra credit portion if you do it–in a single file for your blackboard hw submission)
