WEEKLY RESPONSES (6 @ 4pts + 1 freebie pt. = 25pts, 25% of grade)
Response Rubric (4pts)
| Points | |
| 4 | Writing clearly met the requirements, is well written and thoughtfully engages with the text. |
| 3 | Writing clearly met the requirements, is somewhat well written and somewhat engages with the text, but may be missing key arguments. |
| 2 | Writing doesn’t meet the requirements and/or is poorly written. |
| 0-1 | Did not do assignment or writing was insufficient. |
ALL RESPONSES WILL BE POSTED BELOW. REMEMBER YOU ONLY HAVE TO DO 6 OUT OF THE 9. YOU WILL NOT GET EXTRA CREDIT FOR DOING MORE RESPONES, I WILL GRADE THE FIRST 6.
#1 Weekly Response (4pts) DUE Mon. 9/11 by 5p
Undergraduates: Write a 250 word reflection on what you learned from Ch. 1 of In Defense of Housing.
Graduate Students: Write a 500 word reflection on what you learned from Chps. 1 & 2 of In Defense of Housing.
Please upload a word doc or PDF of your response to the appropriate place on Blackboard.
#2 Weekly Response (4pts) DUE Mon. 9/18 by 5p
Undergraduates: In about 250 words, describe the role of banks and the federal government in racial segregation in the three examples used in Rothstein ‘s Chapter 1.
Graduate Students: In about 500 words, write a summary of how the Brooklyn ghetto formed per Wilder.
Please upload a word doc or PDF of your response to the appropriate place on Blackboard.
#3 Weekly Response (4pts) DUE Mon. 10/2 by 5p
Undergraduates: In about 250 words, summarize what you learned from the Introduction to Taylor’s Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership.
Graduate Students: In about 500 words, summarize what you learned from the Chapter 2 of Taylor’s Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership.
Please upload a word doc or PDF of your response to the appropriate place on Blackboard.
#4 Weekly Response (4pts) DUE Tues. 10/10 by 5p
Undergraduates: In about 250 words, identify and describe two key takeaways from Holtzman’s article: “I Am Not Co-op!”: The Struggle over Middle-Class Housing in 1970s New York.
Graduate Students: In about 500 words, summarize what you learned from Kirchheimer’s Sheltering the Homeless in NYC and include any connections you find with Holtzman’s article.
Please upload a word doc or PDF of your response to the appropriate place on Blackboard.
#5 Weekly Response (4pts) DUE Mon. 10/16 by 5p
Undergraduates: Referring to the Rotramel (2021) article, in about 250 words, describe how public housing became stigmatized in the mid-20th century and what impact this has on single-mothers.
Graduate Students: Drawing on Sink & Ceh (2011) in about 500 words, what has been the impact of Hope VI and public housing demolition on patterns of racial segregation?
Please upload a word doc or PDF of your response to the appropriate place on Blackboard.
#6 Weekly Response (4pts) DUE Mon. 11/6 by 5p
Undergraduates: Drawing on Ch. 1 of Zoned Out! and your other readings for this week, in about 250 words, describe some of the factors that inhibit the creation of truly affordable housing in NYC.
Graduate Students: Drawing on Elmedni (2018) and other readings for this week, in about 500 words, describe some of the factors that inhibit the creation of truly affordable housing in NYC.
Please upload a word doc or PDF of your response to the appropriate place on Blackboard.
#7 Weekly Response (4pts) DUE Mon. 11/13 by 5p
Undergraduates: In about 250 words, provide a brief summary the displacement pressures and resistance to gentrification in Danley and Weaver’s article, “They’re Not Building It for Us”.
Graduate Students: Provide a brief summary of key ….
Please upload a word doc or PDF of your response to the appropriate place on Blackboard.
#8 Weekly Response (4pts) DUE Mon. 11/20 by 5p
Undergraduates: In about 250 words, provide a brief summary of how gentrification has been contested and created displacement pressures in Danley and Weaver’s article, “They’re Not Building It for Us”.
Graduate Students: In about 500 words, provide a brief summary of Opillard’s article “Resisting the Politics of Displacement in the San Francisco Bay Area”.
Please upload a word doc or PDF of your response to the appropriate place on Blackboard.
#9 Weekly Response (4pts) DUE Mon. 11/27 by 5p
Graduate & Undergraduates: In about 250 words, write your key take-aways and reactions to Starecheski’s article.
Please upload a word doc or PDF of your response to the appropriate place on Blackboard.
