To answer this question correctly, students must explain how the employment of African American women in the defense industry during World War II is connected to the Great Migration and the Civil Rights Movement. Students must explain that defense industry jobs during the war were a major draw of African Americans from Southern states to Northern and Western cities in the Great Migration. Students may connect the employment of African Americans in the defense industry to the Civil Rights Movement in multiple ways. The higher pay of defense industry jobs (relative to agricultural and domestic labor) helped fund civil rights organizations. Students may also point to the March on Washington Movement (1941-1946) to ban discrimination in the defense industry and desegregate the US military as a major inspiration to future civil rights leaders and a precursor to the 1963 March on Washington.
Level: Proficient
Question 1: Student identifies and explains a relevant connection between the Great Migration and the employment of African Americans in the defense industry during World War II.
Question 2: Student identifies and explains a relevant connection between the Civil Rights Movement and the employment of African Americans in the defense industry.
Level: Emergent
Question 1: Student identifies and explains a relevant connection between the Great Migration and the employment of African Americans in the defense industry but does not provide a complete explanation of that connection.
Question 2: Student identifies and explains a relevant connection between the Civil Rights Movement and the employment of African Americans in the defense industry but does not provide a complete explanation of that connection.
Level: Basic
Question 1: Student does not provide a reasonable explanation for how the Great Migration is connected to the employment of African Americans in the defense industry.
Question 2: Student does not provide a reasonable explanation for how the Civil Rights Movement is connected to the employment of African Americans in the defense industry.
