White Furniture Company

White Furniture Company Order Description History 1050 Paper topic #2 [T]he story of the White Furniture Company is a study in miniature of work what it means when you have it, what it means when you don't." How did the experience of work and unemployment affect the way the employees at White thought about class? Some questions to consider in formulating an answer: Did the employees seem to think of themselves as working-class or middle-class? How do you know? After they lost their jobs, did the workers feel that their class status had changed? Did they feel upwardly mobile, downwardly mobile, or that their status stayed the same? Did their experience of unemployment make the workers more united or more divided amongst themselves? What role did art the photography show after the closing - play in uniting or dividing them? Who, if anyone, did the workers think was responsible for their economic difficulties? Do you sense an "us" vs. "them"? If not, why not? What, if anything, did the workers think should be done 7 to improve things? Using Bamberger and Davidson's Closing: The Life and Death of an American Factory, formulate a clear answer to the question. Be sure to provide evidence from the profiles of m of the five workers featured in chapters 2-6 of the book to substantiate your argument. Papers should be 3-4 pages in length, and they must not exceed four pages in length. Do not do outside research, but rather use course materials for this assignment. Cite all sources used with parenthetical citations; for example, (Closing, 41) and indicate quotations carefitlly with quotation marks. Of course, the words and ideas in the paper should be your own and you should write independently. This course uses SafeAssign. Upload your paper to SafeAssign through the course Blackboard site by the beginning of class on the due date. Papers are not considered turned in until both a hard copy is turned in and a copy has been uploaded to Safe Assign. Papers turned in without being uploaded to SafeAssign will receive a grade of zero. This assignment is worth 50 points. Staple the grading rubric on the back of this sheet, rubric side up, to the front of your paper. Papers are due at the beginning of class on Monday, 30 March 2015. Electronic or faxed papers will not be accepted. Late papers are subject to penalty or, if they are very late, may not be accepted at all. History 1050 Name: Does the paper offer a clear, comprehensive, and persuasive answer to the questiOn? 15 points possible r 4 For example, does it offer a clear thesis? Does it offer a balanced and thoughtful assessment of the evidence? Does the paper make effective use of the text, Closing? 20 points possible v Is the paper well organized? 5 points possible Does it have an effective intro, body, and conclusion? Does it have effective topic sentences within paragraphs? Does the paper use proper punctuation, spelling, grammar, and citations?k 5 points possible Style points: 4 points possible Is the paper stapled or clipped, with this rubric on top? 1 point possible 5 Total points Failure to cite properly, if serious or if evidence of possible plagiarism, may be grounds for a larger point deduction, failing the assignment, failing the course, and/or university judicial proceedings. This course uses SafeAssign. Upload your paper to SafeAssign through the course Blackboard site by thebeginning of class on the due date.