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General Education Program Information
This assignment assesses the following gen

General Education Program Information
This assignment assesses the following general education competencies:
Critical Thinking
GED2C1: Construct logical, cohesive, and persuasive arguments.
GED2C2: Locate, verify, evaluate, and correctly cite print and electronic resources.
GED2C3: Exhibit proficiency in Standard American English for academic purposes.
GED2C4: Demonstrate knowledge of the power and ethical ramifications of language choice and communication style.

Analyze the aims and tactics of a protest movement that aims (or aimed) to creat

Analyze the aims and tactics of a protest movement that aims (or aimed) to create some kind of social change. The movement you select can be from America or abroad, contemporary or historical. In your paper, uncover the aim of the movement and its tactics, and evaluate the success of the movement. Use the interpretative tools offered by the case studies in This Is an Uprising as a primary source, in addition to other sources you find in your research.
Format the paper and cite sources using MLA format. Length must be at least 2000 words.
Your essay must cite at least 5 varied and credible sources in addition to This is an Uprising.
Variety: journal articles, reports, books, newspaper features and opinion pieces, first-person accounts or interviews…
Go beyond Google: While many good sources are available on the “open internet” (through Google), you are required to also use some sources that come from library databases and/or academic journals.
Tips to prepare your essay:
Finding a topic
Feel free to use this as an occasion to write about a movement that is relevant to your major or of personal importance to you.
That said, it does not have to a movement you agree with.
While you should address goals and tactics, and evaluate the success of the movement, you will also need to narrow your focus to a question particular to your movement. This is your research question.
Spend time honing your research question. This part of the process takes longer than most people think.
The most compelling papers will begin with questions that you genuinely do not know the answer to right away. One good strategy is to explore topics about which you really havenot yet formed an opinion. Alternatively, there may be issues about which you do have a tentative opinion, but feel you lack the data to back your ideas up. Use this as an opportunity to develop your gut reactions into opinions well supported critical thinking.
Writing
As this is a lengthy paper, you cannot complete it at the last minute. Take full advantage of the process assignments in the last weeks of class to move your project forward.
Your organization may be messy at first. Let it be that way. At the start of the writing process, it will be more important to develop material and hone your ideas through writing than it will be to have a coherent outline.
Finally, and crucially, political rhetoric, as we have seen, is often inflated, imprecise, and full of fallacies. Instead of adopting this style of rhetoric, it is doubly important that your essay makes good use of evidence and represents all points of view respectfully and accurately.

1. Correct ALL errors from the graded Thesis & TSs.
2. Add the new parts/labels

1. Correct ALL errors from the graded Thesis & TSs.
2. Add the new parts/labels to your corrected version of the Thesis & TSs.
3. Add the new information. Use the Paragraph Plan Questions (PPQ) to guide you. 
4. Before you begin, listen to this VERY IMPORTANT lecture, grab your GC, MC #2 Prompt, and a notepad.  Now let’s get started!
i included the annotated thesis in files

The Research Paper
The focus of your research paper paper will be on analyzing w

The Research Paper
The focus of your research paper paper will be on analyzing what factors may have influenced an otherwise ordinary, everyday individual to act out in the manner he or she did; your analysis will be a thesis-driven, in-depth, and research filled exploration of why this individual couldn’t handle the pressures placed upon him or her by civilization.  To give you an idea of what I mean, click here to see what I’ve put together to help explain the kind of person I’m talking about.
Now here are the specific requirements for the assignment:
Eight or more pages, excluding the “Works Cited” page. (If your essay goes a little over eight pages, that’s fine; if  it is less than eight, that isn’t.)
The paper must follow proper MLA format and include a “Works Cited” on a separate page.
The paper must incorporate a minimum of at least six diverse sources.  The basic information you acquire about the individual’s past or influences should not come from more than two, valid outside sources.  (Valid means a reputable news source or publication; be careful here, there are a number of internet sources that are not reputable.)  Another source will be Freud’s Civilization and Its Discontents because you are analyzing why this individual is in conflict with civilization; Freud has, as you should be aware of by now, quite a few insights as to why some people can’t handle the pressures of society.  Your remaining three or more sources must come from the library databases at ELAC, such as ProQuest or CQResearcher, which you have access to here through Canvas (the link to the library is in the navigation bar to the left).  Do not use the Heart of Darkness or Deliverance to support your argument (they’re not relevant).
In addition to the actual final draft itself, you’ll be submitting an outline – a template is available here – and a rough draft to get feedback on your argument to help you write a more thorough and effective research paper.
Include a “Works Cited” page (separate from the essay itself; a separate page at the end of the paper is fine) with all sources used listed appropriately.  Refer to chapter 8, “Using Sources,” for guidelines.                       
A Challenged Individual
Why Did He or She Do It?
For your research paper, I want you to think about a person who has been in the news who is not famous or infamous (so no big-time criminals here), but someone who garnered some brief public attention – and news coverage – because he or she did something that society doesn’t particularly approve of.  (It doesn’t necessarily mean the person is in the wrong, but there was some resistance as a result of her or his actions.)  In other words, this person ran into some challenges, some conflicts.  What’s more, because this individual generated enough attention, and subsequently some investigation into his/her background, you get a sense of this person’s history.
Here’s an example:
Gene Evin Atkins, who was 28 at the time of the incident, got into a feud with his grandmother, shot her twice, and then stole and fled in her car with his wounded teenage girlfriend as hostage.  The police pursuit to catch him ended in a three-hour standoff with hostages – and the death of one employee caught in the crossfire – at a Trader Joe’s market in Silver Lake, a local community in Los Angeles, California.
In looking at what we know of the incident from CBS news coverageLinks to an external site., and from a news source (Heavy) citing the LA Times.Links to an external site.comLinks to an external site.Links to an external site., we can ascertain that Atkins had a challenging family – familial – history and was raised by an older (perhaps more authoritative) relative.  With a father who seemingly could not provide “protection” or appropriate interactive skills, and a mother who may have been equally incapable of providing effective social guidelines, Atkins was apparently incapable of keeping himself under control, and he “snapped,” as his cousin claims.  
Atkins acted out against loved ones in a fit of rage, which led to an active response by the law to stop him from causing further harm.  Atkins actively regretted his actions against his grandmother, and possibly the frightened hostages under his control, which may have led to his later surrender to authorities.
He is now facing 51 charges of breaking the law, including murder, attempted murder, and various other charges.  Since the incident in July of 2018, Atkins, who is now 33, has been through several court proceedings, where more specifics of his behavior and nature have been revealed.  His grandmother has testified against him, divulging more details of his quick temper and mental history (LATimes.Links to an external site.comLinks to an external site.Links to an external site.).   His  claim to be a “prophet of Jesus” with no understanding of court proceedings has led to his plea of “not guilty by reason of insanity” (LA Times.comLinks to an external site.).  A judge has ordered a psychiatric evaluation to determine Atkins’ mental condition (Patch.Links to an external site.comLinks to an external site.Links to an external site.), but as of November last year, he was deemed competent enough to stand trial and even represent himself (NBCLosAngeles.comLinks to an external site.).  
Get the Idea?
The focus in your paper will be on analyzing what factors may have influenced the individual to do what she or he did.   (Remember, this is analysis, not judgment.)  The few sources referenced above are just to give you an idea of where you can get some initial information about a person (your only two acceptable outside sources).  News sources can be a launching pad, and some of these sources will repeat the same information (which means it’s public knowledge), but your real research will come when you dig more in-depth as to the motivations and the behavior of the person with more informative sources from our library databases – and Freud (the book we’re reading).  So start looking for a person as your topic.  Consider who or what caught your attention from all that information you get hit with through the internet.  Again, don’t go for someone who’s even fairly famous – like Dylan Klebold, Adam Lanza, or Dylan Roof; you’ll drive yourself nuts trying to sift through all the information about the individual (and this leads to daunting and not terribly informative papers, trust me). 
Feel free to send me any questions you may have the assignment or to run an idea by me.  You can send me a link to a person you are considering, so I can check it out for you and give you some feedback to help you make a choice.                                                                                             due Tuesday, July 2, by 8 a.m.
The key to a good argument is to give it structure.  Once you come up with a working thesis, you need to determine the right direction in which to develop and support it (with sources).  Each paragraph has a focal point to connect to the thesis and both the paragraph before it and the one after it.  An outline helps you do just that.  I’ve included a template guideline here to give you an idea of how to formulate a working outline.  Use this to develop your own outline, and, to help you get a sense of what a solid, effective outline looks like, I’ve also attached the outline of a former student of mine.  The assignment was a little different from yours, but the essence of the outline is still the same.  As this student told me when she returned for a visit from graduate school, “once I tweaked the outline, the essay pretty much wrote itself.”  That’s the idea.      
Once I have all the outlines, I will put you in groups so you can work together in developing your argument.
Note: Just because my sample of a challenged individual and the student sample from my former student are about individuals who acted out in a violent manner with an assault on others (with a gun), doesn’t mean you are required to focus on a “shooter” as well.  The focus of the assignment is on an individual who acted out against society, whether he or she did so in the same manner as addressed so far or in some other way – running away from a bad situation at home, walking out on a bad job, engaging in a public protest and getting arrested for it, etc.   Resources to use:                                                                                                     book:
Freud, Sigmund.  Civilization and its DiscontentsLinks to an external site..     TWO GOOGLE SOURCES                                                                                                the rest of the sources have to be from ELAC librabry.                                             the paper is on christopher dorner

Your final exam is a reflective essay, wherein you will analyze your work in thi

Your final exam is a reflective essay, wherein you will analyze your work in this class. I will be looking for discussion of the components of an argument, the Toulmin model, MLA citation, CRAAP analysis, and purpose. Your final exam must be a minimum of 2 pages submitted in MLA format. Points will be deducted for not following proper formatting. Respond to the questions below as a beginning, but please examine your work closely.
Choose two pieces of your college writing, and examine them closely. Are they examples of strong academic writing? How do they use the key features that this course identifies as characteristic of academic arguments? How do they use and document sources? What kind of tone do you establish in each? What might you change about these pieces of writing, and why?

For this assignment, you will choose at least 2 of those sources found in Week 5

For this assignment, you will choose at least 2 of those sources found in Week 5 to write a 2-3 page research paper that explores a bit more in-depth the topic. 
2-3 pages in length
Times New Roman 12-point font
Double-spaced with 1-inch margins
A well-written introduction and conclusion at the beginning and end of your paper.
Supporting information and details gathered from your 2 sources and properly cited (in-text citations and works cited) using your preferred citation method (MLA, APA, Chicago/Turabian, etc).
Please review the “Citing Your Sources” page in the Week 7 module for additional resources on proper citation support.
A bibliography or works cited page (does not count as one of the 2-3 required pages).  
THESE ARE THE TWO REFERENCES I MUST USE BELOW
Title: Violence and the MediaAuthor: Carter, CynthiaPublisher: Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill EducationPublication Date: 2003City of Publication: Buckingham England ; Philadelphia, PA
Journal Title:Article Title: Media Violence Research and Youth Violence Data: Why Do They Conflict?Author(s): Olson, Cheryl KDate of Publication: 03/1997Volume: 28

This paper demonstrates your ability to analyze literature and use writing and r

This paper demonstrates your ability to analyze literature and use writing and reading for inquiry, learning, thinking, and communicating.
Grading: The paper will be worth 100 points and serve as 15% of your overall grade. The paper will be graded using the rubric attached to the assignment.
Process:
Read and make observations about a poem of your choice; students may also develop one of the criticisms from the activity Types of Criticisms.
Pre-write for topic exploration and discovery.
Write a thesis statement that contains the following: title of the literary work, the author, the purpose, and the points being made.
Draft an introduction paragraph.
Write body paragraphs to illustrate points in the order listed in the thesis.
Revise the introduction and write the conclusion.
Do NOT summarize work – stay focused on thesis statement
Do NOT use the following: no second person, no contractions, no first person
Do Not say “one thinks” – whatever you write, own it! State as fact – make me believe you.
Paper Length: 750 words minimum
Documentation/Style: Follow MLA guidelines
Paper Structure: The paper should have FIVE clearly identifiable parts: title, introduction, body, conclusion, and Works Cited.
Contains a title
Introduction (100 words minimum):
An identifiable strategy to catch the reader’s attention
May provide information about the author if relevant – If the author’s life is not relevant to the work you are discussing, do not use. For example, if you were discussing gender in The Great Gatsby, you would not discuss the birth of Fitzgerald or the number of works he wrote, etc. in the introduction because it would not be relevant to gender.
Provide brief summary of the plot and theme
Three-point thesis statement (must be the final sentence of the introduction paragraph)
Body of Paper (550 words minimum):
Conclusion (100 words minimum):
• Restates (not repeats) the thesis
Works Cited: (if applicable)
Includes any citations of sources used in the paper
Last page of the paper, which is separate from the rest of the paper
ABC order
This just simple edit and correction majority of work is done even part of work cited 

For this assignment choose one of the spoof ad groups from Spoof Ad Options(open

For this assignment choose one of the spoof ad groups from Spoof Ad Options(opens in a new tab) document. You will find numerous examples but choose only one image to focus on.
Once you’ve found an image please upload it to VoiceThread, following the instructions listed above, and annotate it using the following questions:
How would you frame your reaction to this argument?
What appeal did this use (ethos, pathos, logos), and how can you tell?
Does the author use inductive or deductive reasoning here? How can you tell?
Depending on your choice, a Toulmin or Rogerian argument might be the best way to respond. Which structure would you use in a response? Please be specific.
End by citing your image. Please note that you will annotate your image on VoiceThread, but will submit a link to your presentation here on RioLearn. Be sure to read the Voice Thread Instructions(opens in a new tab) carefully.

I have attached the rubric to this assignment along with what I have currently w

I have attached the rubric to this assignment along with what I have currently written for the essay. Please make sure this essay focuses on the stakeholders opinions and beliefs

MUST BE A WOMANS VOICE RECORDING.
Your submission must be your original work. N

MUST BE A WOMANS VOICE RECORDING.
Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission, and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source, can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. The similarity report that is provided when you submit your task can be used as a guide.
You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.
Tasks may not be submitted as live documents or cloud links, such as links to Google Docs, Google Slides, OneDrive, SharePoint, etc., unless specified in the task requirements. All other submissions must be file types that are uploaded and submitted as attachments (e.g., .docx, .pdf, .ppt).
A. Write your presentation plan by doing the following:
1. Describe the audience (i.e., organization leaders, hospital administration, community council members, neighborhood association, neighbors, school board, colleagues, etc.) you wish to target who has the potential to enact your proposed policy.
a. Explain how your proposed policy will affect your chosen target audience from prompt A1.
2. Describe the problem to be solved by the proposed policy.
3. Describe your proposed policy and how it will be implemented.
B. Present your proposed policy from part A by creating a narrated multimedia presentation (i.e., record a voiceover of you narrating a PowerPoint or Panopto video). See notes below for more details on recording options.
1. Your presentation needs to be between 2 and 7 minutes in length.
2. Your presentation needs to be appropriate for the selected audience.
3. Your presentation needs to describe the problem to be solved by the proposed policy.
4. Your presentation needs to propose the change and how it will be implemented.
5. Your presentation needs to integrate the following principles of multimedia design:
a. Effective organization
b. Effective opening and closing
c. Appropriate choice and placement of 2 relevant visual aids (i.e. images, graphs, etc.)
d. Effective use of vocalics (i.e., pitch, tone, inflection, volume)
Note:
Recording Option 1 (PowerPoint):
• If you use a narrated PowerPoint, do not enable the webcam as the file will be too large.
• Your narrated PowerPoint must be submitted in .ppt or .pptx format. All other file formats will be returned for resubmission for part 2 of this task.
• Each slide needs to include narration.
• The recording must feature a clearly understood, audible voiceover of you narrating your multimedia presentation.
• For instructions on how to access and use WGU’s PowerPoint, refer to the “Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint” link in the Web Links section located below the rubric.
• For instructions on how to record a PowerPoint, refer to the “How to Make a PowerPoint with Audio” link in the Web Links section located below the rubric.
Recording Option 2 (Panopto):
• If you use a narrated Panopto video, your webcam is optional.
• The video must feature a clearly understood, audible voiceover of you narrating your multimedia presentation.
• For instructions on how to access and use WGU’s Panopto, refer to the “Panopto FAQ” link in the Web Links section located below the rubric.
• For the direct link and directions to login to WGU’s Panopto, refer to the “Panopto Access” link in the Web Links section located below the rubric.
• For instructions on how to submit your narrated Panopto video, refer to the “How to Submit a Panopto Video Link for Evaluation” link located in the Web Links section below the rubric. All other file formats will be returned for resubmission for part 2 of this task.
C. Acknowledge sources—using in-text citations and references—for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized. This includes source citation for any visual elements used in the digital presentation.
Note: Sources are NOT required for this task, but if sources are used, they must be acknowledged and cited appropriately.
D. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.
Note: See the rubric for what professional communication entails.
File Restrictions
File name may contain only letters, numbers, spaces, and these symbols: ! – _ . * ‘ ( )
File size limit: 200 MB
File types allowed: doc, docx, rtf, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx, odt, pdf, csv, txt, qt, mov, mpg, avi, mp3, wav, mp4, wma, flv, asf, mpeg, wmv, m4v, svg, tif, tiff, jpeg, jpg, gif, png, zip, rar, tar, 7z