Marxist Class Analysis of the Flint Water Crisis
Please educate yourself about the Flint, Michigan lead Water
Crisis that occurred in 2014 (look up an article or two) and present a Marxist
class analysis of the water crisis. Your paper should have three main parts:
(1) explain the issue with the water crisis first, perhaps adding information
about the demographics of Flint, Michigan; (2) explain Marxist’s two-class
analysis (hint: bourgeoisie & proletariat); and (3) present an analysis of
the Flint Water Crisis from a Marxist class perspective.
Use at least two academic sources from our readings or our
library in addition to the Flint Water Crisis articles, which may be retrieved
from any news source on the Internet.
Your paper should be in APA format, in 11 point font, with
1” margins. Your paper should be 4-6 pages of text, not counting any title
page, abstract page, or references. Be sure to reference the articles you use
for the Flint Water Crisis too. All references should be in APA format.
My favorite APA formatting guide – Purdue Owl:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
Note: This course has “Resubmission” status enabled to help
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This Assignment meets the following course objective:
Describe Marx’s two-class analysis.
Assignment Grading Rubric:
Points
Exemplary
100%
Accomplished
85%
Developing
75%
Beginning
65%
Not Participating
Purpose and thesis
15 %
Detailed, strong thesis clearly provides the purpose of the
work
Thesis clearly provides the purpose of the work
Thesis provides the purpose of the work, may need some
clarification and elaboration
Thesis is attempted but unclear or not relevant to the paper
topic
No attempt to include a thesis
Content
40 %
Uses appropriate, relevant, and compelling content to
illustrate mastery of the subject, conveying the writer’s understanding, and
shaping the whole work
Uses appropriate, relevant, and compelling content to
explore ideas within the context of the discpline and shape the whole work
Uses appropriate and relevant content to develop and explore
ideas through most of the work
Uses appropriate and relevant content to develop simple
ideas in some parts of the work
No appropriate or relevant content to shape the work
Application of research
25 %
Clearly applied detailed findings from required number of
sources. Sources are scholarly
Clearly applied findings from required number of sources.
Additional elaboration and detail was needed. Sources are scholarly
Clearly applied findings from required number of sources.
Some sources are scholarly, some are not scholarly
Clearly applied findings from required number of sources.
Additional elaboration and detail was needed. Some sources are scholarly, some
are not scholarly
Sources are included but none are scholarly or no sources
are included
Writing expectation; APA format
10 %
Follows writing expectations. Includes a title page.
Included APA formatted in-text citations and full references for all
paraphrased and quoted work from other sources
Some writing expectations may have been missed. Minor errors
in APA formatting of citations
Writing expectations somewhat followed. Multiple errors in
APA formatting of citations
Writing expectations not followed; little use of APA format
Writing expectations not met. APA formatting not attempted
Grammar & Spelling
10 %
Author makes no errors in spelling or grammar that distract
the reader from the content.
Author makes a couple errors in grammar or spelling that
distract the reader from the content.
Author makes a few errors in grammar or spelling that
distract the reader from the content.
Author makes multiple errors in grammar or spelling that
distract the reader from the content.
Author makes many errors in grammar and spelling such that
the intent of the paper cannot be understood.
