You have to reference the three atattched articles plus two more scholarly articles regarding the topic. All citations must be in Chicago author – date style. Please also include a citation page
The instructions are the following…
Assignment
Each student will write two short research papers (3-4 double space pages in length, or
750-1000 words apiece) during the term. These essays will bring in library research (at least
two external scholarly sources per paper) and also incorporate reference to class themes and
topics by referring to at least three class readings.
Each essay will require that students choose a domesticated plant or animal and do a
small amount of guided library research about that food. For either of these essays, students
might choose wheat, corn, barley, rice, soybeans, potatoes, taro, cows, pigs, sheep, goats,
chickens, mangoes, chilies, chocolate, melons, apples, grapes, or (with instructor approval)
another domesticated plant or animal.
In Week 4, students will be asked to choose a food to focus on for an essay due in Week 5
on the domestication of plants and animals. In Week 8, students will be asked to choose a food
(either the same food or a different one) to focus on for an essay due in Week 9 on the
Columbian exchange, industrial foods, GMOs, and/or food sovereignty.
Elements of a research paper
A research paper should include the following elements
• A title for the essay that tells the reader what it’s about
• A thesis statement that tells the reader the ‘so what?’ of the essay. What’s the key
point, and why is it important?
• A theme from the course
o The first essay should deal with the domestication of the chosen plant or
animal
o The second essay should deal with the global movement of food during the
colonial period, industrial foods, GMOs, or food sovereignty
• Topic and summary sentences for every paragraph in the body of the essay
• A conclusion
• In-text citations and an end-of-text bibliography, formatted in Chicago Author-Date
Style
o All course materials are formatted in Chicago Author-Date reference style on
the syllabus.
o For single-author books, leave out the [material in brackets] on the syllabus
that indicates which chapter of the book we are reading for class.
o Note: when quoting from a source that has pages, provide in the citation the
page number from which the quoted material is drawn.
o For a chapter in an edited volume, the entry needs to include the name of
the author, the title of the chapter, the title of the book, the name of the
editor(s), the page range on which the chapter appears, as well as the date
and place of publication and the name of the press.
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• The essay should be 750-1000 words in length (3-4 double-spaced pages of text).
The bibliography is not included in the length or word count.
• The essay should include at least 3 readings from the syllabus; these readings should
not be selected from the “short takes” options listed at the start of some weeks’
reading lists, but should be longer articles instead.
• The essay should include at least 2 peer-reviewed, scholarly sources that you find
through the library
