Topic: Ethical Dilemma: Past & Present

HIST 2328 Final Essay Topics, Suggested Sources, and other Thoughts The requirements for the essay are located on the first instruction page. To complete the essay, you should select one of the options below. Each option offers a range of ethical controversies. The sub-categories listed in the “hint” section are options; you are not limited to those issues listed. If you think there is an ethical issue you want to explore, which does not seem to fit into any of the categories provided, then please email with a brief description of your interests so I can determine whether or not it will qualify. Below the three options is the Suggested Sources section. The sources listed in this section are designed to help you begin your research, giving you a sense of the volume of debates existing within each ethical issue. You are not required to use the sources listed in this section.

Ethical Issue # 1: Latino Education

HINT: Equitable Opportunity, Affirmative Action, Textbooks, Curriculum, Language/Bilingual programs

Ethical Issue # 2: Claiming Space / Identity

HINT: Gerrymandering, Gentrification, Tourism, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Hispanic Caucus, Graffiti / Murals / Monuments, Civil Disobedience, Assimilation v. Accommodation, Stigma

Ethical Issue # 3: Immigration / Border Culture

HINT: Amnesty, DACA, Detention Centers, Refugees, Mixed Status Families, NAFTA, drug cartels, Border Patrol, Human Trafficking

Suggested Sources: (Access broader range of databases via History Reference Center link and EBSCO. Also

utilize JSTOR, Opposing Viewpoints, Issues and Controversies, or Super Search). Sources included here are

intended as a starting point. These sources will not all work in the same essay, so plan to locate additional

sources on your own.

Education

 “Where are the Mexican Americans? A Textbook Omission Overdue for Revision,” in JSTOR

 “Mexico, Mexicans, and Mexican Americans in Secondary-School United States History Textbooks” by

Linda Salvacci in JSTOR

 “Who Controls the Past Controls the Future”: The Virginia History Textbook Controversy, by Adam Dean

in Humanities Full Text (EBSCO)

 “Brown-ing the American Textbook: History, Psychology, and the Origins of Modern Multiculturalism”

by Jonathan Zimmerman in JSTOR

 “Nuestra América: Latino History as United States History,” in JSTOR

 “Students Might Get a Kick out of a Proposed New Ethnic Studies Course for Texas Schools,” in Texas

Reference Center (EBSCO)

 "Attitude Update: Spanish on the South Texas Border," in JSTOR

 “Balancing Content and Language in Instruction: The Experience of Immersion Teachers,” in JSTOR

 “Report: Hispanic Achievement Gap Persists,” in Newspaper Source Plus (EBSCO)

 “Leveraging Their Family Capital: How Latino Males Successfully Navigate the Community College,”

(access using the Super Search on the Library Homepage)

 “Education Key To Texas’ Economic Future,” in Small Business Reference Center (EBSCO)

 “Our Nation on the Fault Line: Hispanic American Education,” in ERIC (EBSCO)

Space / Identity

 “Cesar E. Chavez National Monument,” by Terry Williams in Environment Complete (EBSCO)

 “It Taught Boycotts. Now it Faces One.” By Chris Taylor in Academic Search Complete

 “Graffiti Art, and Advertising: Rescaling Claims to Space at the Edges of the Nation-State,” by Kenneth Madsen in Academic Search Complete

 “Migration, Emergent Ethnicity, and the Third Space,” by David Gutierrez in JSTOR

 “Ethnic-Controlled Economy or Segregation? Exploring Inequality in Latina/o Co-Ethnic Jobsites,” in

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)

 “Mexican Nationalism, Southern Racisms,” by Julie Weise in JSTOR

 “The Diplomacy of Suppression,” by William Raat in JSTOR

 “Deracialization and Latino Politics: The Case of the Salazar Brothers in Colorado,” in JSTOR

 “Counting Those Who Count: The Impact of Latino Population Growth on Redistricting in Southern States,” in JSTOR

 “Shaw v. Reno: A Constitutional Setback for Minority Representation,” in JSTOR

 “The Role of Group Consciousness in Latino Public Opinion,” in JSTOR

 “Houston artist to repaint mural about Mexican-Americans,” in Newspaper Source Plus (EBSCO)

 “L.A. Moms Fight Back,” in Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)

Immigration / Border Culture

 "Self-Employed Mexican Immigrants Residing along the U.S.-Mexico Border: The Earnings Effect of Working in the U.S. versus Mexico," in JSTOR

 "Demystifying the United States--Mexico Border,” in JSTOR

 "Key Events in the History of U.S. Immigration Policy." Issues & Controversies Database

 The United States Federal Government Should Substantially Reduce Its Restrictions on Legal Immigration to the United States." Issues & Controversies Database

 "Patterns of Family Visitation During Immigration Detention," in JSTOR

 "Illegality: A Contemporary Portrait of Immigration,” in JSTOR

 “U.S. Immigration Officers of Mexican Ancestry as Mexican Americans, Citizens, and Immigration Police,” in JSTOR

 “Open Borders,” In Opposing Viewpoints Database

 “U.S.-Mexico Border Economy in Transition,” in Business Source Complete (EBSCO)

 “A Mexican Outlook on Nafta, Tpp and Their Renegotiation: Investment Arbitration’s Transparency and International Supervision at Peril?,” in Legal Collection (EBSCO)

 “NAFTA Is Responsible for Increasing Mexican Emigration,” in Opposing Viewpoints

 “Immigrant Revitalization and Neighborhood Violent Crime in Established and New Destination Cities,” in JSTOR

OTHER THOUGHTS:

As you focus on researching your theme: Consider ways to contrast the past and present aspects of this theme. Evaluate how best to introduce the scholars who have contributed to the study of this theme. Should your evidence be presented in chronological format, or according to new legal challenges, state action versus federal action versus examples in other states, etc. How will you introduce the credibility of your sources? Should all of your evidence and examples be included in the body paragraphs, or should some of it be included in footnotes instead? Format the citations for all sources and develop your Works Cited section.

Formatting/Additional Requirements: Essays must be typed and follow college writing standards, e.g. no fragments, use appropriate grammar, develop an introductory statement and provide a conclusion, etc. Remember to include a Works Cited page using Chicago Style citation format (see blackboard for support). Your essay should be approximately 800 words, not including header, footnotes, or the Works Cited. (Names, titles, and dates count as one word. For example, Chicago Meat Emporium Company is one word, not four). The assignment MUST be uploaded as a file on Blackboard.

Citation Resource: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/717/01/

Writing Aids: See Frequently Asked Questions on blackboard. You also have access to the writing tutorial

slideshow.

IF YOU WANT FEEDBACK ON A DRAFT THEN I MUST RECEIVE THE COPY VIA EMAIL NO LATER THAN : Dec. 6th

Final Copy Submission: Submit by 11:59pm on Dec. 10. (Essays that are not loaded to blackboard will not be graded. The college will use this assignment to evaluate overall quality of learning and they must be able to pull the documents from blackboard for evaluation). The essay is worth 150 points.