Final BIG REVIEW Presentation DUE Monday 8.12

In lieu of an exam, we’re going to collectively compile an overview of the main topics covered in the course in one Big Review Presentation on the last day of class. Each of you will contribute a portion to this compilation.

So…how do we do this?!

1. Choose a topic: Each group (A-E) is assigned a topical week from the semester (see table below). Among your groupmates, decide who will cover which of the sub-topics listed (or you may do a topic not listed that we covered that week).
2. Prepare your topic material: Using a copy of the template here, each student will prepare slides to cover their sub-topic. You are free to use any of the content material available for that week to research your sub-topic. Slides should include enough text and visuals to provide enough information and detail to explain the key aspects of your topic. Each group has 16 minutes total, to cover the topics you picked from your assigned week. Please plan accordingly – I will have to cut folks off after time is up (sorry!)
   1. 250-word write up: Please provide one or two paragraphs that summarize your individual sub-topic. This is your chance to provide more context and details than you are able to convey in the presentation. Add this text to the first slide of your presentation in the speaker notes area. You will not be reading these write-ups during the presentation, but I will be reviewing them as part of your grade.
3. DUE 8/12 before class: Since we are using google slides, please be sure your group’s slides (including the write-up in the speaker notes) are inserted into the final deck of slides before the start of class (this is the same template link you copied to work on your slides).
4. Present!: In class on 8/12 each group will have 16 minutes to present your week’s topics as part of the Big Review (you won’t read your write up in the speaker notes, but I will😊).

 

The slides and your write up are worth 10 points.

Remember, if there was a topic covered that week and not listed below, but you really want to address it, feel free to do so in lieu of those listed.

Week 1: Neoliberalism & Growing Inequality   GROUP A	Topics to choose from (each member choose just 1): ·       income vs wealth and assets ·       meritocracy and economic mobility ·       general overview of neoliberalism ·       rise of neoliberalism ·       pay-gaps and wage stagnation ·       economic/social trends ·       perspectives on poverty
Week 2: Historical Development of North American Cities   GROUP B	Topics to choose from (each member choose just 1): ·       Federal Housing Administration (FHA) ·       urban renewal ·       redlining ·       restrictive covenants/blockbusting ·       context of Second Great Migration ·       non-enforcement of 1968 FHA
Week 3: Manufacturing Urban Crisis   GROUP C	Topics to choose from (each member choose just 1): ·       overview of globalization ·       deindustrialization of the Rustbelt ·       deunionization and wage decline ·       shifting tax burden and frayed safety nets ·       overview of fiscal crisis ·       fiscal crisis (critique of the solutions)
Week 4: Urban Restructuring: 1970s – Present   GROUP D	Topics to choose from (each member choose just 1): ·       shift to post-industrial cities ·       city as playground ·       history of welfare ·       AFDC vs TANF ·       problems with TANF ·       theories of gentrification ·       Mandatory Inclusionary Housing
Week 5: Criminal Injustice   GROUP E	Topics to choose from (each member choose just 1): ·       critiques of community policing ·       hyperincarceration in the US ·       prison abolition ·       poverty, race, gender and imprisonment ·       policies ·       racial bias and discrimination in the carceral system