Use chicago-style citations and put the page number of the source in the footnotes.
Make atleast 15 citations
For your Module 6 essay, drawing at least on most of the assigned readings, answer the following questions:
What role did gender play in shaping the French colonial empire? How have issues related to gender remained central to post-colonial France? Although students are not expected to discuss readings or themes from other earlier modules, in considering these questions, students might nevertheless think about how these questions about gender have intersected with insecurities about race and/or the meaning of Frenchness (or French identify) and to what extent this intersectionality has been a perennial issue in the history of French colonialism and imperialism.
Note: You can incorporate material from earlier modules, but if you do the emphasis should be placed on the readings assigned for module 6.
This essay is an opportunity to show that you read the assigned material(s) and can inter-relate their contents. You are expected to draw connections between different readings and see how their issues overlap and influence each other. I don’t expect you to be experts in French colonial and imperial history. While factual accuracy is important, so is your essay’s engagement with the themes and readings of this module. If you have any questions of fact or interpretation, please get in touch.
Due: Friday, June 28, 11:59 pm HST.
Length: 4-5 pages long (1000-1200 words). Please cite with footnotes all of your sources. Use assigned readings as much as possible, ideally exclusively.
Grading rubric:
Name, date, course # appeared on first page. Title conveyed essay’s topic and point of view
Answered prompt question and provided a clear thesis statement in first paragraph
Used assigned readings and provided textual support in the form of quotations
Cites all sources properly (bibliography and footnotes) using Chicago-Style citations.
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html
Clear and explicit argument. The thesis statement is developed with a coherent argument that is supported with evidence from assigned readings.
Logical sense of flow and development. Each paragraph developed and supported a distinct idea that clearly related to the overarching thesis of the essay
The sources and the issues raised in the paper are interpreted with insight and sophistication
Good conclusion that restated the essay’s argument and offered an effective summary
Free of significant format, style, grammar, and spelling errors
