For this assignment you will be given five short articles/news reports to review.
Of these you will select two that you will respond to with an analysis of the issue, the rhetoric used to discuss Ethnic Studies and the issue, and how well the source approaches the issue and/or the key terms that we have discussed during the semester.
Each response will need to be at least 1.5 pages long. You will need to refer to sources that we have used this semester to support your argument.
Paper formatting instructions:
1.5 pages each essay
12 point Times New Roman font
Double Spaced
Last Name and Page # on top right of all pages.
Lesson Outcomes
Students will focus on gaining experience in various types of response writing, critical analysis, literary analysis, and using texts to support your claims and arguments. Assignments will focus on the following:
Students will be able to describe and analyze the author’s argument, claims, and rhetorical strategies (comparison and contrast).
Students will assess the strengths and weaknesses of texts and critically analyze conversations between texts and authors.
Students will be able to construct a clear argument, use research to support their claims, and find articles and other materials that will clarify, extend and complicate their argument and ideas.
Articles
California becomes first state to require ethnic studies for high school graduation
Just Sayin’: Understanding the fuss over ethnic studies
The Challenge to Ethnic Studies The strategies white parent activists used to challenge ethnic studies in California schools and why we need to understand how counter-curricular movements gain momentum and take hold.
