Write a Researched Essay about the effects of cohabiting on children

Here are the assignment instructions posted by teacher:

TOPIC: Researched Essay, The effects of Cohabiting on Children

Must HAVE a MINIMUM of 3 academic scholarly journals!

DUE: NOVEMBER 21,2016 @ 11:00am Tomorrow!!!!

Purpose

            The purpose of this assignment is to help students learn how to develop research and problem solving skills. In other words, students will need to use the current research to report on some sociological issue and then articulate what they believe we can do to improve that issue in society.

Instructions

            Pick a sociological issue that we have covered this semester that you found interesting and complete a research paper on it.

Students should write a four to six page paper informing the reader about a sociological issue of your choosing. Each paper should:

1.      Use Headings

2.      Begin with an introduction that outlines the main points to be address in the paper, including what topic you chose to research, your main thesis that points out the issue and how you think it can be solved. This should only be a paragraph. Worth 20 Points of total

3.      The first half of the paper should clearly discuss the social issue you chose in detail. You should use the research to show why you think this is a social problem that needs to be addressed. In other words, you should be showing how it impacts society, for example I might do a paper on birth in America and use the research to show how America has the worst infant mortality rate among developed countries, high maternal mortality rates and have a C-section rate that is too high.  You should use a minimum of 3 points to demonstrate your problem of concern. Accurately citing your work will be very important. The paper should include in text citations as well as a reference page. For example, 33% of births are C-Sections (Miller, 2014) and the full reference should be on its own page. View the example for help!!! Use APA, ASA, or MLA, No cover page is required. Worth 40 points of total

4.      The second half of your paper should discuss how you believe we can resolve this issue as a country. Simply saying that people should just do better is not a useful solution. The focus should be on how we can change our society to be better. For example, continuing the example I used before. I might say that we may need to inform women of their rights and that they have full control over their bodies. Also, we should redesign birth in this country to be focused on benefitting the mother instead of making money or making doctors more comfortable. We should normalize birth in this country instead of treating it like an illness and most importantly, home births should be made legal in all states. Worth 30 points of the total

5.      End with a conclusion, summarize. You must have a conclusion. Worth 20 points of the total

6.      This is not an opinion paper so please leave out the monologues about what you think about the topic, let the research speak for itself and let logic guide the solutions you come up with. Worth 30 points of the total, paper worth 140 total points

Format

Each paper should begin with the student’s name and the title of the paper. Do not use a cover page. Each paper should be typed and double spaced; the font size should be 12, Times New Roman; the paper should have one inch margins, and finally, pages should be numbered.

Quoting

Students normally ask how much of the paper should be direct quoting as opposed to their own wording. The general rule is that quotes should be used only when the language is distinctive enough to enhance the writers point or when paraphrasing would lessen the impact of the quoted statement. Quotes should only contain those words necessary to make the writers point – don’t over-quote. Using too many quotes suggests that the writer was merely pasting together passages from the source without thoroughly understanding them. Since students are graded on their understanding students may want to avoid quoting altogether. Papers that are string quoted will receive a zero.

Flow

Each sentence in the paper should be well written and should make sense; each sentence should be logically connected to the sentences around it, each paragraph to the paragraphs around it, and each section to the sections around it, and all of them to the theme of the paper. In other words, the paper should be easy to read and structured in such a manner that it guides the reader through the logical steps of the paper’s format. One way to help guide the reader through these important areas is divide the paper into paragraphs and to provide transition sentences or phases that inform readers where the paper has gone and where it is going. These transitions indicate how sentences, paragraphs, and sections logically fit together.

HELP!

If you need help, I am available to discuss your ideas. I do not read drafts so do not send them. I am always available by phone and/or email.

Due Dates:

Monday, November 21^st, 2016