Important due dates:Topic/research question due: October 22Article about topic due: October 24includes questions.Initial Bibliography due: October 31Peer Editing: November 7 and 9Revisions due (if students were present for peer editing and turned in all steps of the process): November 28 in BlackboardNote taking log: to be turned in during class on November 14For this essay your argument should be a proposalthat is, you will research a problem AND suggest a solution or plan of action. Problem can be defined broadly. That is, you might decide that Americans lack of knowledge of other countries and their cultures is a problem and that a possible solution is to urge students to study for a year abroad. The problem can also be a deeper social problem, like problems with inner-city public education. You should then read a number of solutions suggested in current articles and choose one to argue for in your essay.Your issue needs to be developed from Coates book. We will read and discuss it in class. Investigate your issue. Once we have finished reading the book, the majority of your other reading in this unit should come from your research. You will also need to use all the conventions associated with an MLA research paper: in-text source citation, a Works Cited page, properly formatted essay. Return to some of the information provided early in the semester to review these conventions.This essay is worth more than other assignments, and there are steps to complete before the essay is due. To qualify for the revision, you need to submit all steps of the process on time, including the peer editing. The initial bibliography is due October 31 and represents an important step in a research process. You begin by finding out what is available on the topic. You should read all the items that appear on your bibliography, but you may not end up using and citing all of them in your final essay. You should begin any research project with more potential sources than you might need. List eight sources on your bibliography (MLA form). In the final essay, you need to cite only five. Use the sandwich quotation format for quoting or paraphrasing all the sources. At least two sources must be from the Howard University Library databases. The citation should reflect that database!I have enabled Safe Assign in the Essay 3 area to allow at least 3 submissions. The purpose is for you to check the originality reports generated by Safe Assign. You should submit your drafts before the due date, wait a few minutes, and then return and look at the originality report. If problems are indicated, check them carefully. Dont immediately panic if the report says a certain amount is plagiarized. It could be picking up your citations. It might also be finding a section that you intended to paraphrase but simply did not paraphrase enough. Use the report as a way to revise before I look at your final essays. Because checking for plagiarism is so important, I will not accept essays not submitted in Blackboard. You must submit there and check the Safe Assign report. There will be a five point deduction from the final grade for failure to submit on time in Blackboard.All essays must include a minimum of two direct quotations (properly set up and cited) and paraphrased material from all three sources (again, properly set up and cited). A properly formatted MLA Works Cited page is required. Nothing may be listed on the Works Cited if it is not clearly cited in the body of the essay! You are not limited to these questions, but the topic needs to show a connection to Coates.Possible topics:1. Research the case of Prince Jones. Explain what happened. How is this case an example of the problem of police brutality against young African-Americans? What is a possible solution?2. While Coates loved his time at The Mecca, he seems less enthused about Howard University. What does he mean by that difference? Are there problems with the current structure of college education as a bridge to a career? What is an alternative type of college education? (You might begin by looking at colleges like Evergreen College). 3. Coates obviously loved the time he spent abroad.
Much of Coates younger experience in school was shaped by his fear of encountering violence. Is violence in school increasing today or decreasing? How can the problem of violence in schools be addressed?4. Coates notes that most of elementary, middle, and high school seemed useless to him. If you agree with his assessment, research alternative forms of education. Should there be more charter schools, more Sudbury and Waldorf schools available?5. Coates writes a great deal about history and obviously considers the study of black history and history in general important. Do students know too little history? How can the teaching of history be improved?6. Coates experience with the Baltimore City Public Schools was one of fear and distraction. He felt his intellectual curiosity was stifled. Is that feeling common in large public schools systems? Why? How can it be addressed?
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