The document provides information about a potential assignment on analyzing two short stories, "A Jury of Her Peers" and "The Mayor Meets an American Princess." The assignment asks students to choose a character from each story and compare/contrast them within their settings by describing how the settings impact the characters' actions, how each character is defined by their gender role using textual evidence, and analyzing whether the characters break from traditional gender roles. It provides requirements for the essay such as developing a thesis, meeting formatting guidelines, and citing sources. Scoring criteria is also given to evaluate students' essays.

1. Due: Sunday by 11:59 pm at the end of Unit 2.
Vouchers to Pay Private School Tuition
Two conditions that justify government intervention in a market
are the presence of external
benefits and equity concerns. Both of these issues are present in
the case of primary and
secondary education in the United States. Think about what
education without government
education would look like. In the absence of government
intervention, all primary and secondary
education in the US would be private. Public school districts
would not exist. Parents would need
to pay private firms (schools) to educate their children.
External benefits
If all education were private, it’s likely that people would buy
too little education, from society’s

2. point of view. External benefits are one reason. When a child is
educated, he or she benefits and
we expect his or her parents to take those benefits into account
when they purchase education.
But there are additional benefits to society which parents may
ignore. As people become more
educated, they are less likely to be unemployed or be criminals
and are more likely to volunteer
and vote. The presence of these external benefits is an example
in support for the government
getting involved in education.
Equity
Many families in the United States have low incomes. Among
all children in first through twelfth
grades in 2001, 46% were from families with incomes below
$40,000. Since the cost of private
education would be an important share of these families’
incomes, most Americans would be
concerned about the fairness of relying on markets to decide
how much education children
receive. Current spending by these families on private education
provides some support for this

3. concern. Of all children in private school in 2001, only 25%
were from families with incomes
below $40,000. Therefore, equity concerns are another example
in support for government
getting involved in education.
Providing vs. producing education
Most economists think external benefits and equity concerns
justify government intervention in
education. But it is important to distinguish between
government production of education and
other forms of government intervention. At the level of
elementary and secondary education, K-
12 education, government intervention today mostly means
production of education by local
school districts. To benefit, children must attend public schools.
But this is not the only form
intervention could take.
ECO201 – Macroeconomics
Unit 2 Assignment: Vocher Viability
There are other markets where government intervention takes

4. the form of subsidizing people’s
access to products—think of financial aid to college students,
for example. Many people in the
US think that government should move from producing
education to subsidizing access.
One form that subsidy could take is government providing
vouchers to parents. Parents would
use the voucher to help pay for their child’s education in a
private school. After it receives the
voucher, the school would turn it in and be paid by a local or
state government.
Today there is a lively debate between people who think K-12
education should be delivered
publicly and people who think quality and efficiency would be
higher if government provided
vouchers and the education was delivered by private schools.
Some of these quality and
efficiency arguments can be based on material we covered this
week. Price competition between
private schools will pressure each one to produce efficiently.
Competition for students will lead
private schools to offer programs of interest to parents and their
children.

5. Answer the questions below and make use of the sources
supplied. Be sure to cite you sources in
your answers.
1. Explain whether a potential exit by students with vouchers
will lead to the improvement
of public schools.
2. Discuss whether the implementation of vouchers will lead the
best students to leave
public school, which could lead to a decline in education for the
students left behind in
the public schools.
3. Consider what might happen to the students who use
vouchers to leave public schools in
order to attend private schools. How might their academic
performance change as a result
of switching?
4. Finally, think about the impact of a voucher system on the
students in an urban setting.
Describe whether all families would have an equal opportunity
to access education.
Your final product will be a paper that:

6. The requirements for your assignment are:
1. Answer each question fully
2. Define the overall subject of each question.
3. Cite at least three (3) resources from this week’s materials.
Students: Be sure to read the criteria and review the grading
rubric on the next page, by
which your paper/project will be evaluated, before you write,
and again after you write.
Evaluation Rubric for Unit 2 Assignment
CRITERIA Deficient Proficient Exemplary Points
Earned
Complete
Answers
0-24 Points
Questions unanswered
and/or poorly

7. answered.
25-50 Points
All questions
answered with 1-2
sentence inputs.
51-75 Points
All questions
answered with
depth and clarity.
References to
Course
Materials
0-5 Points
Less than 3
references, no
assimilation to the
questions.
6-10 Points
3 references,

8. minimal assimilation
to the questions.
11-15 Points
3 or more
references and
assimilations
show depth and
clarity.
APA Format 0-1 Point
Format has errors that
impede professional
presentation; and/or
APA not followed,
reference page
missing.
2-3 Points
APA format and
reference page has
few errors that do

9. not impede
professional
presentation.
4-5 Points
APA format and
reference page is
clear,
professional, and
error free.
Writing
Quality
0-1 Point
More than 7 writing
errors, to include
spelling and
punctuation.
2-3 Points
More than 4 writing
errors, to include
spelling and

10. punctuation.
4-5 Points
No writing errors.
Total 100
ENG130 – Literature and Composition
Unit 2 Assignment
Essay for ENG 130:
Analyzing Setting and Character
Due: 11:59 PM EST Sunday of Unit 2.
Length and format: 2-3 pages. The title page and reference page
are also required, but they should
not be factored into the 2-3 page length of the essay. It should
also be double spaced, written in
Times New Roman, and in 12 point font. Essay should conform
to APA formatting and citation style.
Instructions:
Both “A Jury of Her Peers” and “The Mayor Meets an American

11. Princess” deal with assumptions
associated with traditional gender roles. Both stories look at
people’s perceptions of those roles.
Choose a character in each story and compare/contrast those
characters within their respective
settings. Create a thesis that includes your argument about the
similarities and differences of your
chosen characters.
The requirements for the essay are:
• Describe one character from each story
o How does the setting impact the characters’ actions in both
stories?
o How is each character defined by his or her gender role?
o Use textual evidence to back up your description.
• Analyze whether or not your chosen characters break out of
their traditional gender roles.
o In what ways have traditional gender roles changed since the
time depicted in “A Jury
of Her Peers” and in what ways have those roles remained the
same?
o How does “The Mayor Meets an American Princess” make a
modern comment on
those gender roles?
• Include an APA title page
• Use the objective voice, avoiding personal pronouns such as
“I,” “you,” “we,” etc.
• Use APA format for in-text citations and References when
using outside sources and textual
evidence.

12. Students: Be sure to read the criteria, by which your
paper/project will be evaluated,
before you write, and again after you write.
Analyzing Setting and Character Rubric
0-4 5-10 11-15 16-20
Meets
Assignment
Requirements
Few
assignment
requirements
are met.
Some
assignment
requirements
are met.
Most assignment
requirements are
met.
Many to all
assignment
requirements are
fully met.

13. Thesis
Statement
(Controlling
Idea)
Thesis is
confusing,
vague or
unclear.
Thesis is
loosely related
to the paper or
not present.
Thesis is
attempted with
little relation to
the overall
topic. Some
supporting
details
missing.
Thesis is present
and relates to the
majority of the
paper.
Thesis is
organized and
focused on the
paper. It includes
all main points and
uses active voice

14. to state the
position.
Introduction Background
details are a
random
collection of
information,
unclear, or not
related to the
topic. There
may be no
clear
introduction
and
background
details.
Introduction
attempted
explains the
background,
but may lack
detail.
Introduction
explains the
background,
including an
overview of the
essay’s main
points.
Introduction uses
interesting
anecdotes,

15. questions, or other
information to
build interest.
Many to all main
points are logically
related and
developed.
Conclusion Conclusion is
unclear or only
loosely related
to content.
May not
summarize
main points.
Conclusion is
recognizable
and re-states
the thesis and
main points.
Conclusion is clear
and flows from the
body of the paper
and the thesis
statement.
Effectively re-
states thesis and
main points and
may move toward
potential, related
concepts.

16. Conclusion is
effective, clear,
and organized.
Draws information
presented in the
body and presents
a new perspective,
or potential
solutions to the
problems being
discussed.
Organization,
Structure, and
Transitions
Many details
are not in a
logical or
expected order.
The writing is
Writing may
have some
discernable
organization,
but may lack
Writing is
organized. Details
are placed in a
logical order, and
some transitions
Writing is effective,

17. purposeful, and
well-organized.
Main points are
covered in detail.
weak or
inconsistent.
Transitions
between
sentences or
paragraphs
may be missing
or unclear.
transitions
between
sentences or
paragraphs.
Some details
are not in a
logical or
expected
order.
are present at both
sentence and
paragraph levels.
Many to all
transitions are
designed to move
the paper forward

18. from thesis to
conclusion.
Content,
Setting/
Character,
and Purpose
The settings/
characters in
the short
stories are not
analyzed.
Discussion of
the characters
and/or settings
is missing.
The settings/
characters are
analyzed but
some parts of
the analysis
are missing
information or
are unclear.
The analysis of the
settings/characters
is clear and
organized. Some
examples from the
text are used.
The analysis of the
settings/characters

19. is clear, organized,
and features
effective examples
from the text.
Textual
Support and
Integration of
Information
Very little
textual support
is given and
integrated
properly.
Textual support
may not relate
to the thesis
statement.
Some textual
support is
given and
integrated
properly.
Topics are
somewhat
related to the
thesis
statement, but
may lack
evidence to
support them.
At least three main

20. points are present,
although may not
always relate to
the thesis. Some
integration of
information is
present.
Main points are
well-developed,
detailed, and
directly related to
the thesis.
Thoroughly
integrated
information with a
logical and
consistent flow
between ideas.
APA
Format
Few APA
conventions
are followed,
and may be
incorrectly
formatted.
Some APA
conventions
are followed,
although not
always

21. correctly.
APA conventions
followed with
some errors
evident
throughout.
Free of many to all
errors in APA
conventions.
Grammar and
Mechanics
Grammar,
spelling,
punctuation,
and mechanics
errors occur
throughout
document.
Word choices
are seldom
academic.
Several errors
in grammar,
punctuation,
spelling and
mechanics
present. Word
choice reveals
some
understanding

22. of academic
Some spelling,
grammar,
punctuation and
mechanical errors
are evident.
Academic
language is
upheld. The
sentence structure
is often logical and
Free of
punctuation,
spelling, grammar,
and other
mechanical errors.
Consistent use of
academic word
choices.
Sentence structure
is mostly logical
Sentence
structure may
be illogical or
unclear.
language
requirements.
Many
sentence

23. structure
issues exist.
clear so that
relationships
among ideas are
established.
and clear.
Tone, Point of
View, and
Audience
Writing does
not address the
appropriate
audience, may
contain clichés,
tense issues, or
inconsistencies
in tone and/or
point of view.
Writing may be
inconsistent in
tone, tense,
and point of
view. Paper
makes some
attempts to
address
appropriate
audience.
Writing shows

24. some
understanding of
tone, tense, point
of view. Audience
is usually
appropriately
addressed.
The writing
demonstrates a
command of tone,
tense, and point of
view. Appropriate
audience is
addressed.
*A zero can be earned if the above criteria are not met.
*Plagiarism will result in a zero.