Question(S) of the Week

Question(S) of the Week

Midterm Paper: "Life Story - Oppression & Democracy"

QUICK REMINDER –

□READ THE ASSIGNMENT DIRECTIONS AND PAY ATTENTION TO THE GRADING RUBRIC BELOW! Did your paper follow the directions?

□All work must be TYPED! Double-spaced and size 12 font.

□Number your pages.

□FOOTNOTING: All references MUST be cited. Any form of footnoting is acceptable provided I can tell where the source came from. I prefer Chicago Style footnotes. Here is a link that shows examples of Chicago Style footnotes: Here is a link for APA/MLA ) but any form will do.

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  1. Your Name:
  2. Class you are taking: __ POLI 1 Day Class__ POLI 1 Night Class__ POLI 1 Online
  3. Who is your TA?
  4. Who is your Chat Partner ?
  5. Name of Hands On Learning Placement ______; or check here ☐ for PD assignments if this is an option for your class that you took.)
  6. Your Email Address:
  7. Your Phone Number:
  8. Word Count: ______
  9. What form of oppression are you writing about? ______
  10. What is the group of people who are being oppressed? ______
  11. List your References: Minimum of Three Items from Assigned Class MaterialYou EXPLICITLY incorporated into your paper (if you used more than 5, just add to the list):

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GRADING RUBRIC

Credit/No Credit - Cover Page with photo, rubric, and work cited.

____/ 15 Integration of Reading - 5 or 6 points per article (need 3 minimum).

____/ 60 Personal Application/Story - are you talking about YOUR real life- experiences, insights, feelings, etc….

____/ 60 Clear understanding of oppression - systematic and institutionalized, group nature of the target and the perpetrator groups

____/ 15 Action Component- do you have a real plan or idea about what you can do in your immediate environment to bring about change? Is it realistic? Specific? Clear? Do-able? Would it be politically effective?

Added extras: doing a good job on the issues below can make up for weaknesses in any of the sections above.

□Internalized oppression

□Interactive nature of oppression (e.g., looking at the way that the oppression of young people leads to these young people eventually acting out oppression on others, or sexism and male oppression, etc.)

□Taking on an uncommon or more complex topic

_____ Bonus points from any of the added extras

Total Points: ____/ 150

What is the TITLE of your essay:

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