Grossmont college history 107
Description
For our final project you will choose a current event, social issue, or topic, and directly connect it to our class content on the history and effects of racial formation.
Based on the knowledge you have acquired in our class please answer the following:
- How did U.S. history as it pertains to racial formation contribute to the shaping of this current event/social problem?
- How does this current event/social issue effect historically racially marginalized communities (Indigenous/Native Americans, Black/African American, Chicana(o)/Mexican American/Latino, Chinese Americans, and Filipino Americans, etc.)?
Possible topics include, but are not limited to the following:
- Policing and Incarceration
- Segregation and Redlining
- Art
- Civil Rights
- DACA/Dreamers,
- Immigration and deportation policies
- Discriminatory legislation
- Education (K-12) or Higher Ed
- Experience of workers (farm workers, factory workers, domestic workers, business industry, etc.)
- Gender roles
- Family life
- Health
- LGBTQIA+ rights
- Military
- Music
- Politics
- White supremacy
- Reproductive justice
- Sexual assault
- Women’s rights
- Foreign Policy and conflicts (war)
short research paper
you will need to utilize your research skills to make, and support your argument, to discuss the history of the issue, and to connect it to the present.
Research Paper Guidelines:
- 3–5-page paper
- MLA Format
- Title
- Double Spaced
- 12 pt. Times New Roman
- 1-inch Margins
- Work Cited Page
Click here for example: $WIKI_REFERENCE$/pages/examples
This Final requires you to conduct library research. Include at least 2 scholarly sources related to the current event or topic.
- Cuyamaca has an excellent archive of information for you
- https://cuylibguides.com/ethn107Links to an external site.
- Sign In with your Student ID
- Focus on searching for keywords related to your topic
- Example: “Police brutality”
- Example: “White supremacy”
- Example: “Black and Brown incarceration”
Keep your search limited to scholarly sources from the last 10 years.
Tip: As you read these different articles, think about the connection you want to make between history and your topic. Write down examples from the sources (with page numbers) so you can cite them later in your project. This will help you keep more organized.