In Chapter 9, Mask provides readers with a great deal of German history, including how street names were “the perfect propaganda tool” for Nazis. There is a wealth of historical and sociological information presented in this chapter, and for most of us, gives us a different insight into events that we have discussed in our history classes over the years.
Since you are learning how to locate and document sources using MLA style, let’s use this chapter to help practice incorporating information from research into our own writing.
For this lesson’s discussion in 150 – 250 words:
Research, Reflect, and Write:
1). Considering the meaning and associations of street names in Germany, particularly in the city of Berlin, and write a well-organized paragraph relating antisemitism in 1930s Germany to the increased number of anti-semitic violent attacks and rhetoric at the present time.
- Search in the Gale Academic One database using the term “rising antisemitism” and filter the time to the past two years and the category NEWS. You’ll find many interesting news articles. Choose one article and provide a short summary as well as a MLA citation.
2.) Next, write a second paragraph describing how the speculative community your collaborative team is constructing either works to control this type of oppression and violence or actively supports it. For instance, how will you name the streets and places in your community? What attitudes do they reflect toward prejudice and bias against certain groups of people? What types of services are you offering that would affect attitudes and conceptions of ethnic and religious differences?
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Evaluation: 100 pts. Correctly formatted and met all requirements: 75 pts. Errors in formatting or incomplete answers. 50 pts. Attempt made but does not meet requirements. 0 pts. Not attempted.
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Scaffolding: This writing assignment provides you with an opportunity to practice academic writing in a low-stakes environment (e.g., learning to locate research, identifying relevant research, and narrowing down a research focus). This chapter provides a model for the kind of exploration we’re producing in our collaborative project (e.g., considering how social, cultural, political, and economic contexts shape a place, weaving in research to tell the story about a place).
