Category: Writing

10-15 double-spaced pages 2 primary and 2 secondary sources. In Chicago Style https://www.citationmachine.net/chicago Topic: *The Missouri Compromise
(1820):* Analyze the political and sectional tensions that led to the Missouri Compromise, its impact on the balance between free and slave states, and how it
foreshadowed future divisions.

For this paper, you want to use the articles and their key points as evidence in your body paragraphs and then add more evidence from your own observations or from another source.  
Remember you don’t cover both causes and effects, just one side or the other.
I am looking for the thesis and two cause or two effects body paragraphs.
Use reading analysis cause or effects analysis to address one of the following questions:
What are two effects of reading bad news according to the article?
What are two reasons to invest in green infrastructure?
What are two effects of a green infrastructure?
What are two causes of the housing shortage per the article?  
What are two ways to help with the housing shortage?
What are the effects of an El Nino-less summer? Based on what has happened before, what examples can you give for the consequences?
Why are children placed in kindergarten early? 
What are the effects of entering kindergarten early?
What are the effects of waiting to start schooling?
For 101, the length is still roughly 500 words.  You need to include a cited quote or paraphrase in each body paragraph.
https://www.goodrx.com/health-topic/mental-health/is-news-bad-for-your-mental-health
https://www.epa.gov/green-infrastructure/benefits-green-infrastructure
https://www.fanniemae.com/research-and-insights/perspectives/us-housing-shortage
https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/delaying-childs-starting-age-for-school-a-tough-call-for-parents/2017/08
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/29/weather/la-nina-summer-forecast-us-el-nino-climate/index.html

For this component, write about what you learnt overall in this course and summarize your learning from Unit 1 through 6 reflecting on the overall takeaways from the course. Also, you can talk about certain aspects of the course that stood out for you, in terms of the films you watched or what you learnt. This is an open ended reflection so it is up to you how you write it. Just make sure you don’t go under the word length. 

Write about any Burna Boy Song, or any afrobeats song. Please no AI and makes sound like a human wrote it.
Like the midterm paper, this paper needn’t confine itself to a single paragraph/stanza/song-section. But
it should include some focused discussion of at least one short passage, and it should ground its
argument in specific references to whatever text(s) you choose. What does this mean? It means that
some portion of your paper should zoom in on the details at least one short passage that demonstrates
what you want to argue. It also means that your paper as a whole should show consistent engagement
with the details of the text you choose, and it should say where in the text your points are coming
from. It should always be clear what specific moment, line, image, etc. you’re referring to. (To prepare
for this paper it’s worth looking back at your earlier papers, along with the handouts, ppt slides, and
your own class notes.)
As the midterm prompt suggested: You might want to start with a moment, aspect, or theme in the
work you choose, take notes on what you’re noticing, and try to build out from there. A moment could
be the opening paragraph, what you see as the climactic section or turning point, a strange aside, a
transitional passage, etc. An aspect could be the consistently awkward or sharp dialogue, the frequent
food references, a constantly moving camera, an intrument that contends with the lead singer, an
emphasis on humor, etc. A theme could be motherhood, responsibility, the question of whether
happiness is possible, the inescapable effects of racism, sexism, or money, reality and what lies beyond,
etc. Whatever you choose, you should try to keep close to the specific details that make this
moment/aspect/theme come alive for you.
Remember that (as the syllabus says) this paper may draw on your midterm paper or other assignments.
It’s completely up to you whether you continue something you started in your midterm paper. You can
take a different direction with the same text, or follow the same theme with a different text. Etc. No
matter what, it’s good to read through your midterm paper again. NOTE: You may draw on midterm
paper and/or writing assignments 1 and/or 2, but you should try to improve whatever parts you reuse
rather than simply pasting them in; let me know if I can help with this.
Some possibilities suggested for the midterm paper that can also work for the final paper (though other
approaches are definitely possible): 1) You might revise and expand on your discussion of the passage
you talked about in writing assignment 1 or 2. Say more about that passage, talk about a moment or
aspect you didn’t get to, and/or connect it more fully with other moments and/or key themes in the
work it comes from. 2) Choose an aspect or theme in the work you wrote about in assignment 1 and/or
2 and use that as the frame for the paper, drawing on the passage(s) you wrote about and bringing in
some others. 3) Find a passage in the work you wrote about in assignment 1 or 2 that contrasts with the
one you focused on; describe the contrast and say what it tells us about the work as a whole. 4) Choose
a work you haven’t written about yet (on or off the syllabus), start with the prompt for writing
assignment 2, and work from there. 5) Choose one short passage in each of two different works (maybe
one on the syllabus and one not, or both on the syllabus) that reflect the same theme or demonstrate
the same key feature.
And two additional possibilities for this final paper): 1) You might step back from a work you’ve studied
carefully, on or off the syllabus, and just think and free-write briefly about what you really want to say
about it: why is this text meaningful/interesting/provocative for you? Then go through the text again
and highlight / take notes on the moments when your concern(s) come to the fore. See if you can find a
pattern, trajectory, and/or hierarchy among these moments. Go from there. 2) Choose a work you want
to write about, on or off the syllabus. Consider whether there’s a context that sheds light on this work:
the historical moment and/or place when/where it was produced? Other works of its kind and/or
moment? Your sense of how the people/situations/plot/place(s) that are depicted/included in this text
are usually presented? Then (as above) go through the text again and highlight / take notes on the
moments when this context seems to enter the work. See if you can find a pattern, trajectory, and/or
hierarchy among these moments. Go from there.
About 5 pages (1,800–2,500 words). I’m willing to read longer papers. Cite page numbers, line numbers,
or time-points in the text; no footnotes/endnotes needed unless you use secondary sources (which
you’re not required to do). Use ms-word if you can, otherwise pdf; 1.5-spaced. Provide a specific title
that reflects your focus. 

One needs to find an example (I found one about climate change), and then one needs to analyze which one of the MDM examples it belongs to, and which one of the categories of fake news or propaganda it belongs to. After that, you need to write down the measures and methods to protect yourself, and finally write a conclusion.
Sources
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/head-games/201706/the-new-psychology-fake-news
https://news.asu.edu/20200407-solutions-7-ways-protect-yourself-against-misinformation

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/14/americans-believe-climate-change-study
https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/climate-change-global-sea-level
https://www.nrdc.org/stories/climate-misinformation-social-media-undermining-climate-action
https://www.ned.org/issue-brief-distinguishing-disinformation-from-propaganda-misinformation-and-fake-news/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2023/01/13/get-the-411-on-misinformation-disinformation-and-malinformation/?sh=7b777150256a
Example article attached

Separate Lives, Broken Dreams Reflection Paper 
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AAS 101 Reflection Paper: A reflection paper is an opportunity to provide your thoughts and analysis to what you have read, seen and/or experienced. A reflection paper is meant to illustrate your understanding of the material and how it affects your ideas and possible practices in future. Reflection papers are for extra credit and will help you with the course material. You are allowed to do as many recommended required films/books as you like.
Requirements:
Minimally 1-2 pages long
Save your file as Last Name, First Name_Movie/BookRP
example: Lu, Nancy_WhaleRiderRP
Submit as a PDF file or Word doc
Typically, a good reflection paper on a movie/book does the following: 
Start with brief information about the director/producer or writer.
Give a summary with a minimum of spoilers (in other words, stay focus on other material than the plot).
Focus on the main character(s).
Explain what issues the film/book touches upon.
Explain the allusions and influences.
React to the film/book, share your impressions. 
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Reflection on
Orde F. Kittrie, Federalism, Deportation and Crime Victims Afraid to Call the Police, 91 IOWA L. REV. 1449-1508 (2006).
In up to 3 pages (double-spaced), reflection papers should:
Identify the “big picture problem” that the paper addresses
Define the specific questions that the paper seeks to answer
Summarize the data and methods used
Summarize the author’s findings
Reflect on the analysis, findings and conclusions:
How convincing do you find the analysis?
If you’re skeptical, why?
Can the findings be generalized? To whom?
How should these findings inform policy and practice?

Write about a object that you see so often that you don’t really see it at all and dig deep to undercover  the significance of it, to see the extraordinary in the  ordinary. I want it to be about the moon. 

use quotes and cite the sources.
For this assignment, you are being asked to create an 8 to 10 page research paper (Introduction included). Remember, academic professors expect student’s research papers 1) to work with their sources, 2) to identify the central discussions, debates, and controversies in a field, and 3) to create their own research space. 

Write 600 words on “Amazing Technologies! Would I Allow Them to be Used on Me?” identify at least 4 current or in-development advances in medical care. Describe in your own words what these advances would do and whether you would or would not be willing to try them.