GENDER RACE AND CLASS – Final Paper & Reflection: From Personal to Political Part A)
Write a 3 page paper about how gender, race, and/or class (you must discuss at least two) played a role in a historical event from your lifetime and/or the response to the event.
Your paper must include the following things:
• an argumentative thesis that is comprehensive, on-topic, and provable • a strong organization (sections with sub-topics, all proving a different aspect of your thesis)
• at least three to four academic sources and two popular sources you use to prove your thesis. (See here for info on identifying academic sources).
• Properly formatted citations APA , MLA, or Chicago), both in text and in references See rubric on page 3 for more information on paper expectations. Part B)
Reflection
Write a one-page personal position statement discussing the following questions.
This does not need to be formatted as an essay but should use complete sentences. 2 a.
What is your relationship to this event and the people affected by it? Were you personally affected by it, directly or indirectly? Do you belong to (racial, ethnic, gender, class) groups who were personally affected by it? b.
What was your initial awareness or perception of this event? Did you learn about it as it unfolded, or after the fact, and how?c.
Did your perception of the event change over time, and/or in the process of writing this paper? How so?
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