There are two articles the first one is Work Relief in the 1930s and the Origins of the Social Security Act. With four questions that follow:
1. Summarize Nancy Rose's essay in one to three sentences using your own words.
2. What is Rose's argument? In other words, what does she want you to come away from the essay thinking differently about?
3. How does Franklin Roosevelt's speech suggest a response to Rose's criticism of the Social Security Act?
4. How do you think this essay will be helpful to you in answering your research question?
The second article is Welfare Capitalism and the Social Security Act of 1935. With four questions that follow:
1. What are Jill Quadagno's credentials? In other words, in what genre or discipline is this article written?
2. Summarize Quadagno's essay in one to three sentences using your own words.
3. What is Quadagno's argument? In other words, what does she want you to come away from the essay thinking differently about?
4. How does Nancy Rose's characterization of business involvement in the making of the Social Security Act confirm or challenge Quadagno's argument?
Article
1. Work Relief in the 1930s and the Origins of the Social Security Act By Nancy E. Rose
2. WELFARE CAPITALISM AND THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT OF 1935 By JILL S. QUADAGNO