INDIVIDUAL READING ANALYSIS Due on February 28 The assignment is to prepare a brief summary of your book along with a written personal reflection. Choose one of this readings: -No Shame in My Game by Newman, ISBN 9780375703799 -Sidewalk by Duneier, ISBN 9780374527259 -$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America by Edin and Shaefer ISBN 9780544811959 -Evicted: Poverty and profit in the American City by Desmond ISBN-10:0553447459 This will be about 5-6 pages of content + title page and citation page(s). Questions to address in the written summary with personal reflection: 1. Include an APA formatted title page. (5pts) 2. What are the main concepts and/or themes emerging throughout the book? Be specific, this is where you demonstrate that you read the book and understood the content as applied to our class. Apply these themes to your textbook or another reading we have addressed in class (cite as needed). (25 pts) 3. Describe at least one policy the US has in place to address these issues? Do you feel they are sufficient or is reform needed? How is CA policy the same or different? Explain. (20pts) 4. What types of services and organizations exist to address these issues? You may discuss a federal, state, or local governmental service agency or a non-profit or private agency. Give analysis: what is the agency; what do they do; and is it effective, why or why not? (20pts) 5. How has this reading changed your own personal view of poverty? In what ways to you believe it will impact your future work with clients? Apply what you learned to the NASW Code of Ethics (10pts) 6. Prepare 3 bullet points that describe the three most important points from the book that you think your classmates should know. These should be specific to your book. (10 pts) 7. Include a reference page. Be sure to use in-text citation when you quote or reference your book. To fully answer the prompts above you will likely need to do additional research. Be sure to cite appropriately.
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