COMPETENCIES
1026.1.5 : Describe effects of economic, political and social factors. The learner describes how economic, political, and social factors affect communities.
INTRODUCTION
In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, American laws and social life segregated Native Americans, Japanese Americans, and African Americans. American society and government policies like Jim Crow laws, identified certain people, often those with less power in society, as different and kept them apart or separate using the law, geography, violence, or other methods to enforce and perpetuate that segregation. The unique experiences of each segregated community illustrated how segregation transformed those communities and the United States. Now segregation is widely regarded as a major injustice in American history that has lasting effects in the present.
In this assessment, you will analyze the economic, political, and social impacts of segregation on different communities. Segregation (the act of separating, often through oppressive means, communities based on factors like race) has taken different forms in US history including reservations, internment camps, and Jim Crow laws. You will consider how discriminatory laws have affected Native Americans, Japanese Americans, and African Americans. Your response should capture the diverse and complex consequences of segregation among these three groups.
REQUIREMENTS
Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. The similarity report that is provided when you submit your task can be used as a guide.
You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.
Tasks may not be submitted as cloud links, such as links to Google Docs, Google Slides, OneDrive, etc., unless specified in the task requirements. All other submissions must be file types that are uploaded and submitted as attachments (e.g., .docx, .pdf, .ppt).
A. Analyze the economic, political, and social effects of reservation systems on Native Americans using specific details and supporting evidence by doing the following:
- Describe the development of segregation policies or practices regarding Native Americans, include two specific details as supporting evidence.
- Explain the impact of reservations or US policies on Native Americans, include two specific details as supporting evidence.
- Describe how Native Americans demonstrated resilience in response to reservations, include two specific details as supporting evidence.
B. Analyze the economic, political, and social effects of internment camps on Japanese Americans using specific details and supporting evidence by doing the following:
- Describe the development of segregation policies or practices regarding Japanese Americans, include two specific details as supporting evidence.
- Explain the impact of internment on Japanese Americans, include two specific details as supporting evidence.
- Describe how Japanese Americans demonstrated resilience in response to internment, include two specific details as supporting evidence.
C. Analyze the economic, political, and social effects of segregation on African Americans using specific details and supporting evidence by doing the following:
- Describe the development of segregation policies or practices regarding African Americans, include two specific details as supporting evidence.
- Explain the impact of segregation on African Americans, include two specific details as supporting evidence.
- Describe how African Americans demonstrated resilience in response to segregation, include two specific details as supporting evidence.
D. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
E. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.