Manifesto

Table of Contents  Module 1: The Manifesto - Your Vision as a Call-to-Action (Ways of Knowing: Epistemology) - Intrapersonal   Week 1: Apply/Analyze  Your Manifesto's Claim/Thesis/Mission Statement

Your Manifesto's Claim/Thesis/Mission Statement

 

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Instructions

Your claim/thesis/mission statement: Your claim, thesis, or mission statement should state why the social change you’re advocating for is essential, necessary, and/or urgent, and how it will benefit people and which people, in particular. Here is the  link to Tips and Examples for Writing Thesis Statements (OWL Purdue) .

In your manifesto, you will support your claim/thesis/mission statement with relevant and reliable evidence.

Submission Guidelines: Submit a .docx or .pdf file in  MLA format  that states your claim/thesis/mission statement. This assignment will be one sentence long. 

Brainstorming Your Manifesto

 

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Brainstorm your ideas: When you're first starting out, don't feel like you have to know exactly what you're going to say. Just write down your ideas in brainstorming sessions.  There are lots of ways to go about brainstorming. Choose one which suits you best, and which enables you to most freely jot down your ideas. You might want to create a Google document. The key is not to criticize, but to open yourself up to new and fresh ideas. Whatever format you use, even if it is a sketch with pencil on paper, a digital mind map graphic organizer, or a words organized in a document, you have to make that any brainstorming style that you use is in a document. In other words, if you are using any drawing based brainstorming, you would need to take a picture or screenshot of the brainstorming drawing and paste it into a document that you submit to this link. Here are a couple of examples of brainstorming from  Read: Write a Manifesto [Composition].

1. Thought webs can help you to connect many different ideas. Make sure you are adding as many connected details as you can. This will also help you to build an outline.

2. Stream of consciousness writing can help you to get your brain working on the topic. By writing whatever comes to mind, and not worrying about the punctuation and grammar conventions, you can feel free to express important concepts. Give yourself a time limit, and see how much you can jot down in that time.

Submission Guidelines: Submit a .docx or .pdf file in  MLA format that shows your brainstorming for your manifesto as well as how your sources will be used to throughout your manifesto in support of your manifesto main ideas. This assignment will likely fit on one page no matter what brainstorming style you are using. You may write more than one page if you need to.

Four Sources for Your Manifesto

 

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After reading  Read: Write a Manifesto [Composition] and  Read: Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing (OWL Purdue), research at least three secondary sources using the  CCC library database EBSCOhost that should be incorporated, summarized, cited, quoted and paraphrased. Watch this  tutorial for how to navigate EBSCOhost. Please also include one  primary source, which could be an interview and/or field research. A climate change manifesto should show climate science research. If you’re advocating free community colleges, you’ll need to research the cost of college as well as the plans of politicians who support this idea. If you’re tackling gun laws, you’ll need to research your state’s policies. If you’re advocating the government provide more funds for outside and/or environmental art, I.e. sculpture gardens, research a neighborhood one like Socrates Sculpture Park. You can also read  Laura Zabel’s Guernica (December 14, 2015) piece “Art as Activism.” Community issues could incorporate an interview with a local politician, and art activism could include an interview with an artist. Research can also include your own personal experiences. To complete this assignment, your document should include:

1. Secondary Source #1

1. MLA format citation to identify the source.

2. Summarize the source's main points in two to five sentences. 

3. Include a quote that has an  introductory phrase before it, and a  parenthetical to show the in-text citation after the quote.

4. End with a sentence that explains how the quote supports a point you are making from your own mind in your manifesto. That sentence is what the  Read: MLA Quotation Burger calls "The Bottom Bun."

2. Secondary Source #2

1. MLA format citation to identify the source.

2. Summarize the source's main points in two to five sentences. 

3. Include a quote that has an  introductory phrase before it, and a  parenthetical to show the in-text citation after the quote.

4. End with a sentence that explains how the quote supports a point you are making from your own mind in your manifesto. That sentence is what the  Read: MLA Quotation Burger calls "The Bottom Bun."

3. Secondary Source #3

1. MLA format citation to identify the source.

2. Summarize the source's main points in two to five sentences. 

3. Include a quote that has an  introductory phrase before it, and a  parenthetical to show the in-text citation after the quote.

4. End with a sentence that explains how the quote supports a point you are making from your own mind in your manifesto. That sentence is what the  Read: MLA Quotation Burger calls "The Bottom Bun."

4. Primary Source 

1. MLA format citation to identify the source.

2. Summarize the source's main points in two to five sentences. 

3. Include a quote that has an  introductory phrase before it, and a  parenthetical to show the in-text citation after the quote.

4. End with a sentence that explains how the quote supports a point you are making from your own mind in your manifesto. That sentence is what the  Read: MLA Quotation Burger calls "The Bottom Bun."

Note: when I say "MLA format citation to identify the source," this is an example of what I mean:

Nordhaus, William D. "After Kyoto: Alternative Mechanisms to Control Global Warming."  American Economic Review, vol. 96, no. 2, 2006, pp. 31-34.

OWL Purdue has other examples on their  Creating a Works Cited List page.

Submission Guidelines: Submit a .docx or .pdf file in  MLA format that answers the meaningful questions above and the think about your audience questions. This assignment will likely be approximately one to two pages long when double-spaced. You may write more than two pages if you need to.

NOTE: Here is a quick note about primary sources as it relates to your manifesto. The primary source can be personal narratives, interviews, and  more (click this link). You do not have to use a database. The primary source can be from a friend or relative of yours for example. Maybe they said something that has stayed with in your mind to help shape a value that you share in the manifesto. For instance, I once asked my grandmother where she got her values from while I was visiting her. I could have used that for the manifesto assignment.