SOC312 Written Assignment 1 Latest 2018 September

SOC312 Race and Ethnicity

Written Assignment #1

Paper 1: Due at the end of Unit 4, by 11:59 pm. All papers must be submitted via the SafeAssign link on Blackboard that will appear in Unit 4. Late papers or e-mailed papers will not be accepted under any circumstances unless supporting documentation is sent to me that clearly documents an emergency/unexpected situation.

The paper must be 5-7 pages in length and must be typed, double spaced with 12 point font, third-person point of view and APA style. * The paper must have in-text citations in addition to a references page. Whenever you use material that is not your own, even if you are summarizing or paraphrasing, you must give credit to the original source. To not do so is plagiarism and any paper without in-text citations will receive an automatic zero. I suggest you cite your sources every few sentences as a general rule of thumb. This paper asks you to use information from the text and information from online or other sources. I expect to see frequent citations from the text and your additional sources. Please don’t give me paragraphs of quotes from the text. Use quotes when there is simply no other way to put the information into your own words. Otherwise, put what you’ve read into your own words (paraphrasing) and cite it. It shows me that you understand the material and have thought about it. I encourage all students to utilize the Post Writing Center for assistance with APA style papers. APA papers can be tricky at first and the Writing Center can help!

I expect college level writing. Please edit your papers several times before submitting them. Make sure you have complete sentences, proper punctuation, paragraphs with clear transitions and few spelling errors.

Paper topic: Please refer to your text and 3 outside sources (at least two scholarly articles)to write your paper.

Discuss the social and biological construction of race in the United States. In this paper, you will need to discuss how historical events and history, in general, have contributed to the social construction of race.