Race and Ethnicity Unit 7 assignment

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Due Date: Unit 7, Sunday by 11:59pm Points: 100

Overview: For written assignment three, you will require to profile an activist who was or is currently involved with promoting racial or ethnic equality or anti-racism education. You will chose from a list of activites below. Instructions:

• Students will select from a list of activies below. Be sure to include the

following information in your written assignment:

o The activist’s background and why she/he became involved in activism

o What causes she/he focuses on and what movements/groups have

they worked with

o What types of activism she/he is involved in (i.e. protests, boycotts,

legislation)

o Any major successes of this activist or of the movement/groups they

are (or were) involved in

o Any other important information you feel should be included

o Or anything else that you deem necessary to include

Requirements:

• Written assignment will need to be in APA style

• All margins should be one-inch

• Times, New Roman 12-point font

• Double-Spaces

• Title Page

• Reference Page

• Please note, the title and reference pages do not count toward you page

requirements

• Written assignments should be 4-5 pages in length

• You must use a total of three additional scholarly, peer-reviewed sources

SOC312 – Race and Ethnicity

Written Assignment Three

List of Activist: Michelle Alexander Tim Wise Kimberle Chrenshaw Angela Y. Davis Victor M. Rios Rosa Parks Roy Wilkins Ella Baker John Lewis Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Genevieve Hughs John F. Kennedy Ava DuVernay Gloira Anzaldua Joan Baez

Cesar Chavez Sophie Cruz Leanne Betasamosake Simpson Audra Simpson Beatrice Medicine Chystos Nicole Tanguay Yuri Kochiyama Patsy Mink Kalpana Chawla Helen Zia Richard Aoki Helie Lee George Takei William Yu

Be sure to read the criteria by which your work will be evaluated before you write and again after you write.

Evaluation Rubric for Written Assignment 3

CRITERIA Deficient Development Needed

Proficient Exemplary

0-23 Points 24-27 Points 28-30 Points 31-33 Points

Structure Organizational structure and

paragraphing have serious and persistent

errors. Directions were ignored and

information provided was insufficient to meet assignment

guidelines.

Written work inadequate for college-level

work; Paragraphing and transitions are inadequate; inappropriate

guidelines outlined for

paper were not met with several problems (see

directions).

Written work is clear and

adequate college- level work;

Paragraphing and transitions are

adequate; appropriate guidelines

outlined for paper were met with a

few noted problems (see

directions).

Written work is clear and excellent

college-level work;

Paragraphing and transitions

are clear and appropriate;

appropriate guidelines outlined

for paper were met (see

directions).

0-23 Points 24-27 Points 28-30 Points 31-33 Points

Mechanics Written work had serious and persistent

errors in word selection and use; sentence structure, spelling, grammar, punctuation was

inappropriate and with serious errors; APA style was completely

unacceptable.

Written work had serious and

persistent errors in word

selection and use;

sentence structure, spelling,

grammar, punctuation was

inappropriate and with serious

errors; APA style was

completely unacceptable.

Written work was generally free of errors in word selection and use; sentence

structure, spelling,

grammar, punctuation was adequate; APA

style was acceptable with a

few errors.

Written work has no major errors

in word selection

and use; sentence structure, spelling,

grammar, punctuation was appropriate; APA

style was acceptable with no to few errors

0-23 Points 24-27 Points 28-30 Points 31-34 Points

Content Written work does not cover the assigned

topic; assertions are not supported by

evidence; paper is seriously lacking in

Written work does not do an

adequate job of covering the assigned

topic;

The length of the written work is

sufficient to cover the topic;

assertions are

The length of the written work

provides in-depth coverage of the

content and detail; scholarly journals

were not used or used properly.

assertions are weakly

supported by evidence; paper is inadequate in

meeting the page and

content area requirements;

less than 3 scholarly

journals were used.

supported by evidence; does

not meet full required number

of pages and

content areas. 3 scholarly

journals were used.

topics, assertions are

clearly supported by

evidence; Paper meets

required length of

pages and content areas; 3

or more scholarly

journals were used.