20 Sep Select one of the following prompts to answer or develop your own

Students will write one short academic paper (5-7 pages) that makes an argument on immigration in the United States using the readings, podcasts, videos, and lectures from weeks five and six. Students may use one of the suggested prompts or develop their own prompt (requires Dr. Gudgeirssons approval).

Prompts:

Select one of the following prompts to answer or develop your own (with approval).

How did WWII and the Cold War impact immigration? You may narrow your focus to one particular immigrant/migrant group’s experience of this period of immigration history.
How did the civil rights movement impact ideas of race and immigration (in relation to each other)?
How has the US changed its ideas of immigration and migration at the second half of the 20th century and beginning of the 21st century?
How have immigrants experiences and immigration laws/policies become more complicated in the twentieth century? Why did this happen?
Purpose:

The paper will build upon the knowledge learned in this course by answering the above prompt.
Students must answer the prompt in thesis statements for each essay – underlined in the submission. The rest of the essay should serve to advance this thesis that answers the prompt.
Students must use assigned materials from all three categories in each essay.
Assigned reading
At least one primary source
At least one secondary source
Podcasts/Video
Video Lectures
Sources must be clearly cited using MLA (Links to an external site.) or Chicago Style (Links to an external site.) (the latter is required for History majors)
The citations should be specific as possible (for readings this includes the authors last name and page number, for multimedia the title of the podcast/video is sufficient, and for lecture it should include the date). Specific evidence includes brief quotes (no more than 3 lines).
Quoted, paraphrased, and summarized information from a specific source requires citation.
Works Cited/Bibliography is not required.
Avoid outside research this is meant to demonstrate what you have learned from assigned material. That said, if you want to use material you are already familiar with in addition to required sources you may do so.
To support your argument, provide analysis of the examples that provide explanation and connection to the thesis.
Strong essays will be organized chronologically and engage with multiple groups of people living in America that identify as immigrants or that native-born white Americans label as outsider or other. Strong essays will also make connections to ideas and concepts covered in the corresponding two weeks of the course.
The essay should not try to engage with every part of the course covered thus far. Rather it should reflect the ability to select the sections and examples most pertinent to the argument.
Objectives:

Students will use assigned material from the course to develop a clear historical argument.
Students will make connections of ideas, themes, and sources covered throughout the corresponding two weeks of the summer session.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of idea(s) of immigration, outsider, nativism, race, and/or ethnicity in the context of HIST 137.
Skills & Knowledge:

Upon completing this assignment, students will demonstrate an understanding how immigration has changed over periods of American history through an opportunity to develop written communication skills building an argument and using evidence and analysis that are applicable in both future academic and professional settings
Requirements:

5-7 pages, typed, double-spaced (font size 12pt, Times New Roman preferable), 1 inch margins, with page numbers
Answers prompt in a clear thesis (underlined).
See handout on writing a thesis    Actions
Advances the argument using evidence, analysis, and clear organization
See handout on writing a history essay Actions
Uses evidence from readings (primary and secondary), podcasts/video, and lecture.
Demonstrates command of course material and themes of civilization, city, and culture.
Carefully proofread
See handout on writing style Actions
All sources cited in MLA or Chicago Style
APA and other style formats are not acceptable options.
Works Cited/Bibliography only required if using non-assigned sources
See rubric Actions  and grading key Actions  for more information on grading and assignment expectations.

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