Introduction
- Introduce West Side Story
- State argument (“West Side Story brings awareness to the reality of the cultural and racial differences that prevented an easy adjustment for the Puerto Ricans that migrated to the mainland in the 1950’s.”)
Paragraph 1
- Provide a summary of the movie and its historical context that supports my argument
- Introduce one New York Times article (Big Issues Cited On Puerto Ricans, Jan 17,1960) and relate it back to the claim
Paragraph 2
- This paragraph will be specifically regarding that gang activity that was present in New York and how these gangs were organized
- Introduce another New York Times article (Few Gang Battles Laid to Race Bias, August 19, 1956)
- Analyze a specific scene in West Side Story and connect that back to the article
Paragraph 3
- Introduce and quote from my secondary source (Social Mobility of Puerto Ricans: Education, Occupation, and Income Among Children of Migrants, New York, 1950-1960)
- Relate that quote back to the movie and discuss the ideas about race and immigration in New York during that time period involving Puerto Ricans
Conclusion
- Reintroduce my main argument
- Summarize how the movie directly relates to my argument and how people can use this movie to learn about the historical context of that time period
