THE BLACK EXPERIENCE
The topic is : compare the effects of American and British racism on the lives of blacks in the U.S. and those in Britain, specifically in terms of the various causes of death across life areas.
Make certain the focus is really U. S. African Americans.
GENERAL OBJECTIVES
To provide the student with the opportunity to sharpen his/her analytical skills;
To give the student the opportunity to enhance his/her knowledge about a
particular issue relating to the African American experience in the U. S.; and
To provide the student with the opportunity to practice his/her writing skills.
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PAPER
Be certain to include a cover sheet for your report; the cover sheet should show a title
for the report, your name, the class, and the semester/date.
At a minimum, the report should be 5 pages in length [double-spaced; typewritten],
not including cover and reference pages.
Published material cited in the text of the report should be accompanied by appropriate
reference information at the end of the report, i.e., a reference page. Thus,
reference information should be provided for cited material taken from books,
magazines, journals, DVDs/films or the internet. When doing so, please provide
author, title, date [year and volume #], publisher, and/or internet address.
Examples
Book
Hine, D. C., Hine, W. C., & Harrold, S. (2008). The African-American Odyssey.
4th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.
Journal Article
Benozio, A., & Diesendruck, G. (2015). From effort to value: Preschool childrens
alternative to effort justification. Psychological Science, 26, 1423-1429.
Magazine Article
Coates, T. (2015, October). The Black family in the age of mass incarceration.
The Atlantic, 316, 60-80, 82-84.
Internet Article
Glueckauf, R. L. et al. (1998, July). Videocounseling for families of rural teens with
epilepsy Project update. Telehealth News, 2(2). Retrieved June 6, 2000,
from http://www.telehealth.net/subscribe/newslettr_4a.html#1
YOUR REPORT SHOULD INCLUDE AT LEAST 6 REFERENCES NOT INLCUDING REFERENCING THE TEXTBOOK, AND AT LEAST HALF OF THESE REFERENCES SHOULD BE BOOK AND/OR RESEARCH JOURNAL REFERENCES!
SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF THE EXERCISE
This exercise is designed to provide the student with the opportunity to learn more
about the Black experience in the U. S.; and more importantly, to gain greater in-depth knowledge about a specific issue relating to the experiences of African Americans.
PROCEDURE
1) Decide upon a topic of interest for the exercise. This topic can be about any academic
issue covered in the textbook or an issue that is currently affecting African Americans;
2) Get some background information about the issue/topic. You can use a wide variety
of sources for such informationcourse materials, other published material as well as your own thoughts and observations.
3) Develop an argument or point of view about the issue.
4) Gather information about the issue from published sources, i.e., provide a review
of the issue
5) Evaluate or critically analyze this evidencedoes it provide support for your
argument? Are there shortcomings associated with this evidence? Does this
evidence comport with or conform with your own observations. If not, why not?
I. e., provide a thorough discussion of the issue, support or lack of support for it
based on published works; your assessment and evaluation of these works,
and whether or not this information is consistent with your own experiences
and observations. Also, provide some indication of what you see as future
developments concerning this issue.
6) Create an outline for the written report.
7) Write the report. Be certain to provide an indication of the research question
[i.e., what the issue is and your point of view as regards the issue] at the outset
of the report. In other words, give the purpose of the paper early on. And, after
reviewing the evidence for your argument [body of the paper], give an indication
of the appropriate conclusions to be drawn from your discussion of the issue. And,
make certain to include a reference page at the end of your report that shows the
sources you used for your citations and any quotes contained within the paper.
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8) Important Points to Remember
a) Make certain you include a cover page with your report [see above Technical
points];
b) Make certain to make use of at least 6 references for your report;
c) Make certain your report is 5 text pages in length [see above];
d) Submit your report via e-mail as a WORD attachment to Dr. Robinson
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