5 Page Essay

 Write a 5 page essay on the topic of educational opportunities (or lack of them) for female immigrants and their children. Please address the struggle for education for the early 20th century immigrants, as well as the struggle which continued later in the 20th century for female immigrants and their children. If you like, include the challenges encountered by Hispanic, Asian and other immigrants who struggle / struggled with language barriers and with being bilingual and bicultural. Your 5 page essay should follow the guidelines set forth for the Week Five essay.

Your essay must:

•       Take a clear position of agreement or disagreement.

•       Support that position with evidence.

•       Defend that position from counterarguments.

To write a good essay, you will need to:

•       Read materials accurately.

•       Realize that the readings have authors who have personal points of view and biases.

•       Recognize historical and sociological theses (propositions advanced for discussion or proof).

•       Use written sources as evidence.

•       State and defend your own thesis.

•       Defend your thesis against counterarguments.

 To write a good essay, you will also need to:

•       Make sure it is grammatically correct.

•       Make sure all words are spelled correctly.

•       Make sure it is effectively organized (Thesis, Argument, Evidence, Defense, Conclusion).

•       Use APA citation system to properly credit written evidence or others’ ideas.

•       Make sure that the text portion of your essay is a minimum of 3 full pages in length (double-spaced, Times New Roman 12 font).