This assignment focuses on Marxist (class). First, students will educate themselves on the Flint, Michigan lead Water Crisis that occurred in 2014 (look up an article or two; no more than two) and present a Marxist class analysis of the water crisis.
Your Presentation must do the following:
Explain the issue with the water crisis, including the demographics of Flint, Michigan (bullet points). Apply at least one social concept.
Explain Marxist’s two-class analysis (hint: bourgeoisie & proletariat) and apply at least two social concepts in relation to the crisis. Also include at least two peer-reviewed journal articles no more than five years old to validate your arguments, thoughts, and opinions.
Present an analysis of the Flint Water Crisis from a Marxist class perspective. Apply at least one social theory.
For this assignment, you will put together a presentation. It is suggested that you use Prezi as it is a great way to integrate text, images, and video in a moving, spatially organized format. Go to Prezi.com and set up a new account (it is totally free).
Next, go to this page to view instructions on how to create a Prezi.
You may also view some example Prezis.
You may also use PowerPoint or use another presentation program. Please attach, embed, or provide a link to your presentation to submit it for grading.
Do not use unverifiable, secondary sites such as Wikipedia, about.com, ask.com, and similar. Use our course material and peer-reviewed journal articles.
Your 10-12 slide presentation should utilize sound critical thought and it should include appropriate APA in-text citations (bottom of the slides) and full APA references at the end (reference slide). Please note, the title and reference slides do not count toward the requirements.
The structure of the Presentation must include the following:
— TITLE SLIDE
— BODY OF PRESENTATION WITH SUBHEADINGS TO IDENTIFY EACH SECTION/TOPIC
— REFERENCE SLIDE
General requirements:
Submissions should be typed, double-spaced, 1″ margins, times new roman 12 pt font, and saved as .doc, .docx, .pdf.
Use APA format for citations and references
View the grading rubric so you understand how you will be assessed on this Assignment.
Disclaimer- Originality of attachments will be verified by Turnitin. Both you and your instructor will receive the results.
