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Unit 3 Assignment Forum: Environmental Injustice Impeding Health and Happiness In this assignment, you will examine an example of Environmental Injustice and discuss how ethnicity and socioeconomic status are factors in this injustice.By the Friday deadl

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Unit 3 Assignment Forum: Environmental Injustice Impeding Health and Happiness

In this assignment, you will examine an example of Environmental Injustice and discuss how ethnicity and socioeconomic status are factors in this injustice.By the Friday deadline, share your example with the class in this Unit 3 Assignment Forum.  By the Sunday deadline, review your classmates’ work and provide at least one reply. 

• By Friday of Unit 3, 11:59 p.m. EST – Post assignment to the forum.
• By Sunday of Unit 3, 11:59 p.m. EST – Respond to a classmate.

Points: 100

In this assignment, you will examine an example of Environmental Injustice and discuss how ethnicity
and socioeconomic status are factors in this injustice.

• Research and find a recently published article or an accredited website (.org, .edu) that
describes a current environmental injustice. Describe how particular minority groups or people
of lower socioeconomic status are affected by this environmental injustice.

• Find an additional resource that describes three (3) negative consequences of the
environmental injustice or further proves there is a considerable problem negatively affecting
the health and well-being of local citizens. Describe the lasting or long term consequences of
the health concerns caused by exposure to degraded environmental conditions. Prove that
this particular injustice is a concern by providing cases, statistics, or case studies
demonstrating this is an ongoing concern in the United States or a specific country.

• Provide multiple pieces of supporting evidence in your claims, using at least two (2) scholarly
resources formatted in APA.

• Provide at least one (1) peer response that elaborates on your classmate’s ideas with further
comment or observation, presents a relevant new idea or viewpoint for consideration, and
raises a question, or politely offers an alternative perspective.

• Post the assignment and your response to the Assignment Forum by the due dates listed
above.

Be sure to read the criteria below by which your work will be evaluated before you write and
again after you write.

ENV110 – Exploring Environmental Issues

Unit 3 Assignment Forum – Environmental Injustice Impeding Health and Happiness

Evaluation Rubric for Environmental Injustice Assignment Forum

CRITERIA Deficient Development Needed Satisfactory Proficient

Example of
Environmental
Injustice and
Those Impacted

(0-20 Points) (21-27 Points) (28-31 Points) (32-35 Points)

Environmental
problems are
discussed, but an
example of injustice
is not presented,
and high-risk groups
are not identified.

Environmental
Injustice is
discussed, but high-
risk groups are
unclear.

Environmental
Injustice is
discussed as well as
a general idea of
whom is most likely
affected.

Environmental
Injustice is
thoroughly
discussed, as well
as the demographics
where ethnicity and
socioeconomics are
identifying high-risk
groups.

Proof of
Consequences
From Exposure
to Poor
Environmental
Conditions

(0-20 Points) (21-27 Points) (28-31 Points) (32-35 Points)

Additional article
was not included, or
the additional article
did not provide
relevant cases and
statistics. Does not
discuss evidence
linking the
consequences of an
environmental
problem to a high-
risk population.

Included an
additional article that
provides either
statistical evidence
or a case study.
Somewhat
discusses the
evidence linking the
consequences of an
environmental
problem to a high-
risk population.

Included an
additional article that
provides statistical
evidence and a case
study. Discusses
the evidence linking
the consequences of
an environmental
problem to a high-
risk population, but
may be missing key
details.

Included an
additional article that
provides statistical
evidence and a case
study. Thoroughly
discusses the
evidence linking the
consequences of an
environmental
problem to a high-
risk population.

Reference
Citations in APA
Formatting

(0-5 Points) (6-7 Points) (8 Points) (9-10 Points)

Reference citations
were not present,
and/or APA style
formatting has
significant errors.

Some scholarly
citations were
missing, and/or
citations have some
issues with APA
style formatting.

At least two
scholarly
resources were used
and included, but
citations have minor
errors in APA style
formatting.

At least two
scholarly
resources were used
and included,
correctly formatted
in APA style.

Peer Response

(0 Points) (6 Points) (8 Points) (10 Points)

No response post
made to a
classmate’s post.

Peer response
provided, though
minimal and lacking
depth by restating or
summarizing what
was already
expressed, details,
and new ideas
missing or lacking.

Peer response
elaborates on
classmate’s ideas
with further
comment but does
not raise a question
or offer an
alternative
perspective.

Peer response
elaborates on
classmate’s ideas
with further
comment or
observation;
presents a relevant
new idea or
viewpoint for
consideration; raises
a question or politely

CRITERIA Deficient Development Needed Satisfactory Proficient

offers an alternative
perspective.

Posting Due
Dates

(0 Points) (5 Points) (10 Points)

The assignment and
response were not posted
by the due dates of the unit.

Either the assignment or the
response was not posted by
the due date of the unit.

Both the assignment and
response were posted by
the due dates of the unit.

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