Please upload your paper to Moodle using this link. Instructions are below.
All the information you need to write the paper can be found in your textbook. You don’t need to use any other sources. If you do use other sources and do not use and cite the textbook, that will be counted against your score.
The paper should use standard notation. Every time you quote from the textbook or use information from the textbook, you have to use quotation marks and give the page number where the quote can be found. Failure to cite your sources will be counted against your score.
You should also follow standard expository composition format. You should have a short (not more than one paragraph in a paper this length) introduction and a short conclusion. You should spend most of your paper laying out your points and supporting them with evidence drawn from the textbook.
Here are a few other hints/instructions that will be helpful…
Never turn in a paper without your name on it. Otherwise you may not get credit.
Always keep a backup of all your work. Sometimes technology lets you down.
Make sure your paper is converted to either MS Word (.doc or .docx) or Rich Text Format (.rtf). Any other format may not be uploaded correctly. I know for a fact that Blackboard does not like files produced by Google Docs, Apple word processor programs (.pages files), or unconverted zipped files (such as those produced by OpenOffice). Make sure you convert your files to either Rich Text Format or Microsoft Word.
Submit your paper through the Moodle web site. Make sure that your paper is properly submitted, and not just uploaded to the Moodle site. Papers that are not properly submitted aren’t always retrievable and I may not be able to read them.
Make sure to allow sufficient time for things that may go wrong to be corrected. In particular, watch your email for a couple of days following the due date. I will email you if there is a problem with your paper.
Please note: If I determine that you’ve used AI to write your paper, that’s an automatic failure.
Choose one (and only one) of the following topics and write a 1250 to 1500 word paper answering the question it poses.
Buddhism. Discuss some of the problems Chinese people had with the concepts of Buddhism, particularly the class and gender-specific problems. Discuss how Buddhism managed to be successful in China in spite of the problems it faced in converting the Chinese people.
