For Prof.Goodman

FINAL EXAMINATION

Students will be required to generate two (2) essays, totaling 1700 (850 each) words in response to a Cyberspace Scavenger Hunt Analysis (use most recent information available for a specific racial/ethnic category group), Q1 & Q2 will be submitted in one Microsoft Word file . Students’ are to cite references as footnotes.

100 points

- Part 1

CYBERSPACE SCAVENGER HUNT

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You are about to embark on a mission surfing the Internet for answers to some puzzling questions. If you thought Indiana Jones had some interesting adventures, hold on to your hats!

1. Select a racial/ethnic group in the United States. Search the WWW for information. Copy down the following information:

· name of racial/ethnic group,

· number of group members living in the United States

· percentage of the United States population,

· population growth rate,

· birth rate,

· infant mortality rate,

· life expectancy at birth (for both males and females),

· total fertility rate, and

· literacy

· employment

· crime.

Type a 850 word, 12 point font, double spaced, one-inch margins, essay analyzing a specific area (e.g., education, health, crime, employment)of the information you reviewed along with a brief summary indicating what conclusions can you possibly draw about government policies regarding the particular area (e.g., education, health care, birth control, etc.) selected from the figures you find?

Some suggested sites: United States Census: http://www.census.gov/, look under FedStats

United States Department of Labor: http://www.dol.gov/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: http://www.cdc.gov/

National Center for Health Statistics: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/

Center for Immigration Studies: http://www.cis.org/articles/2002/back1302.html

National Center for Education Statistics: http://nces.ed.gov/

United States Department of Commerce: http://www.commerce.gov/

Electric Library: http://www.elibrary.com

Final - Part 2

This course is about racial and ethnic relations. You are to select one of the racial/ethnic groups discussed in your text (e.g., Cherokee, Navajo, African American, Mexican American, Cuban, Puerto Ricans, Chinese, Filipino, Korean, Vietnamese, Asian-Indian, etc.) and relate material (e.g., text book readings, news articles, discussion boards) to the concerns of the group selected. Specifically, you are to write a 850 word essay linking your in-class lectures, discussions, and experience with your academic study and think about the wider implications for identifying, framing, and resolving race and ethnic related issues (e.g., prejudice, discrimination, inequality in education, economics, employment, law, politics, etc.) as it pertains to the racial/ethnic group you have selected. That is, how would you identify prejudice in education, economics, employment, law, or politics? Once prejudice is identified, how would you identify discrimination in education, economics, employment, law, or politics? What reasons would you offer to explain why the prejudice and discrimination are occurring? What would you do to reduce prejudice and discrimination?

Additional Criteria for Evaluation of Writing Assignments:

a central idea (thesis) that is related to the assignment is stated and related to information in textbooks;

has a clear, logical organization with well- developed major points that are supported with concrete and specific evidence;

uses effective transitions between ideas;

uses appropriate words composing sophisticated sentences;

expresses ideas freshly and vividly;

is free of mechanical, grammatical, and spelling errors;

and no text message shorthand and symbols.