Students will be required to write a 6-8 page critical analysis research paper that expands on a historical content area(For example: Black Suffrage, Immigration, Reconstruction/Reconstruction Amendments, The Poor Laws, Progressive Era policies, Women’s Suffrage Movements, Lesbian/Gay rights, Children’s rights, etc.) by critically analyzing a specific policy developed to address a past social problem. Students will also need to relate the historical social problem and policy to current events. The paper should be in APA format, and checked for spelling, grammar, punctuation, and syntax.. Assignment meets Core Competencies: 2, 3, 4, 5.
Your policy research paper should include all of the following parts:
Part I: Thesis paragraph with a clear and concise thesis statement: What is your thesis statement – what is your argument and what do you want your reader to know when they are done reading the paper?
Part II: Social Problem/Issue: What is the social problem or social issue?
Part III: Describe and critically analyze the policy and/or intervention that was developed in relationship to the social problem. Example questions to consider:
When and how did the policy originate (e.g., law, court decision, executive order, etc.)?
How was the policy supposed to address the social problem? How was the policy intended to work?
Did the policy accomplish its goals? How or how not? Why or why not?
Who advocated for, supported, the policy?
Who opposed the policy?
Who benefited from the policy? How?
Part VI: What were the economic and political issues related to the Social Problem and Social Policy?
Part IV: What Societal Values (i.e., Democratic Egalitarianism, Protestant Work Ethic, Charity Values, Social Darwinism, White Privilege, Patriarchy, etc.) were involved in the Social Problem and Social Policy? What Values were most important? Whose values and interestsseemed to be significant?
Part V: Social Work Values: How did the social problem and policy specifically relate to all of the core values of Social Work novel (i.e., Service, Social Justice, Dignity and worth of the person, Importance of human relationships, Integrity, and Competence)?
Part VII: Current state of this historical social problem and policy (i.e., does this problem still exist? How is it the same and/or different?)
Part VIII: How do you see your research and the knowledge you’ve gained through this paper helping you as a social worker?
SEE THE ATTACHED FILES
It is my previously submitted annotate bibliography and my thesis statement. In addition, to my references you must include 2 more peer- reviewed journal articles, I need a total of four and the attached only has two.
