Award-winning author Sonia Nazario is best known for her Pulitzer Prize–winning biography Enrique’s Journey. The book brings to life the very real and dangerous journey of a Honduran boy fleeing his home in hopes of finding his mother in America. In addition to the biography, Nazario has written countless articles informing readers of the dangers children like Enrique face. While the biography and the articles serve the same purpose and present the same ideas, they do so in different ways. You will be comparing and contrasting how Nazario informs her audience through a biography and an editorial. You may access the editorial here and the biography here.
Write a comparative essay in which you compare and contrast the way Sonia Nazario presents similar ideas in a biography and an editorial. Support your comparison with well-chosen, relevant, and sufficient evidence from both texts. Apply MLA guidelines to properly cite the evidence used in your essay. Be sure your essay uses formal and objective language.
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
Minimum of 5 scholarly sources (This includes the sources from the annotated bibliography. Additional sources may be included as appropriate.) ATTACHED
Instructions This week you will submit your final paper.
The paper should include the following:
Create your own 4-6 paragraph “dilemma” based on the controversial topic you chose in Week 3.
Apply one other method you have encountered in lecture material and the readings.
State which of the two methods you selected you prefer and why.
Use the 5 articles from your annotated bibliography. (Additional academic scholarly research from the past 5 years can be included as well.)
Include a reference page at the end of your paper in APA format that includes your bibliography with the annotations removed and any other sources used in your final paper.
Paragraphs
Paragraphs are composed around topics, which naturally and organically emerge from a complex, focused, and sophisticated thesis.
Each paragraph explores one topic and one topic only.
Topics directly relate to the thesis and are not theses in and of themselves.
The paragraph completely and fully develops and explains the topic and provides details, examples, illustrations, and quotations from research as well as from the primary texts.
Topics and paragraphs rise above commonplace thinking and summary.
Quoted material is used powerfully to support analytical points (and not as padding).
There is a graceful transition to the next paragraph.
The ideas explored are significant, substantive, and instructive.
Ideas/topics support the overarching thesis so that the paper is a unified whole, and not a concatenation of appended mini-essays.
Grammar/Mechanics/Style
Grammar refers to the correct usage of Standard American English.
Mechanics refers to idiomatic conventions (capitalization of proper nouns, spelling, and punctuation).
Style refers to persuasiveness, sophistication, wit, and transcendent quality.
Sentences should be varied in length and complexity without loss of clarity or precision of meaning.
Style makes a paper a pleasure to read.
Writing Requirements (APA format)
Length: 10 pages (not including title page or references page)
1-inch margins
Double spaced
12-point Times New Roman font
Title page
References page (minimum of 5 scholarly resources – remove annotations; format hanging indents)
Pagination (upper right of the page)
In-text citations correspond to full reference on a reference page
Grading This activity will be graded based on Course Project Grading Rubric
Rubric
Course Project Grading Rubric – 200 pts
Course Project Grading Rubric – 200 pts
Criteria
Ratings
Pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeLength
10.0 ptsOutstanding
Meets length requirement
0.0 ptsNo Effort
10.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeContent
20.0 ptsOutstanding
Addresses all aspects of the assignment.
17.0 ptsAbove Average
Addresses most aspects of the assignment.
15.0 ptsAverage
Addresses some aspects of the assignment.
12.0 ptsBelow Average
Addresses few aspects of the assignment.
0.0ptsNo Effort
20.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAnalysis
50.0 ptsOutstanding
Throughout the whole work, the writing shows depth of critical thought; leverages readings and course materials in support of writer’s evident effort to understand ethical problems; establishes good use of theoretical underpinnings.
42.5 ptsAbove Average
Throughout most of the work, the writing shows depth of critical thought; leverages readings and course materials in support of writer’s evident effort to understand ethical problems; establishes good use of theoretical underpinnings.
37.5 ptsAverage
Throughout some of the work, the writing shows depth of critical thought; leverages readings and course materials in support of writer’s evident effort to understand ethical problems; establishes good use of theoretical underpinnings.
30.0 ptsBelow Average
Throughout little of the work, the writing shows depth of critical thought; leverages readings and course materials in support of writer’s evident effort to understand ethical problems; establishes good use of theoretical underpinnings.
0.0ptsNo Effort
50.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeOrganization
50.0 ptsOutstanding
Ideas are logically organized, including inviting introduction (with a thesis statement) and a satisfactory conclusion, that come together in complete concepts.
42.5 ptsAbove Average
Ideas are well organized, including inviting introduction (with a thesis statement) and a satisfactory conclusion, with complete concepts.
37.5 ptsAverage
Organization and concepts need some restructuring.
30.0 ptsBelow Average
Organization and concepts are difficult to follow and incomplete.
0.0ptsNo Effort
50.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeWriting / Presentation
50.0 ptsOutstanding
Throughout the whole work, the writing/presentation actively engages with the topic; is free of major errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation; demonstrates strong word choice and sentence variety; has a professional and consistent format and articulates clearly (presentation).
42.5 ptsAbove Average
Throughout most of the work, the writing/presentation actively engages with the topic; is free of major errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation; demonstrates strong word choice and sentence variety; has a professional and consistent format and articulates clearly (presentation).
37.5 ptsAverage
Throughout some of the work, the writing/presentation actively engages with the topic; is free of major errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation; demonstrates strong word choice and sentence variety; has a professional and consistent format and articulates clearly (presentation).
30.0 ptsBelow Average
Throughout little of the work, the writing/presentation actively engages with the topic; is free of major errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation; demonstrates strong word choice and sentence variety; has a professional and consistent format and articulates clearly (presentation).
0.0ptsNo Effort
50.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAPA: Citation and Reference Formatting
20.0 ptsOutstanding
Throughout the whole work, in-text references are formatted using APA style; references page/slide includes complete bibliographic information for sources using APA style; format (margins, spacing font size) adheres to APA style (paper).
17.0 ptsAbove Average
Throughout most of the work, in-text references are formatted using APA style; references page/slide includes complete bibliographic information for sources using APA style; format (margins, spacing font size) adheres to APA style (paper).
15.0 ptsAverage
Throughout some of the work, in-text references are formatted using APA style; references page/slide includes complete bibliographic information for sources using APA style; format (margins, spacing font size) adheres to APA style (paper).
12.0 ptsBelow Average
Throughout little of the work, in-text references are formatted using APA style; references page/slide includes complete bibliographic information for sources using APA style; format (margins, spacing font size) adheres to APA style (paper).
* Arbitrage: A troubled hedge fund magnate desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help. This movie illustrates an ongoing distributive negotiation between two trading magnates. It raises questions regarding business ethics.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1764183/
* Bridge of Spies: During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers. Film focuses on international negotiations between governments with high political risks. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3682448/
* Tetris: From Russia with Love ‐ During February 1989 the popular video game Tetris was the subject of a series of three negotiations. The BBC documentary touches on many of the themes of the course, including building relationships, protection of intellectual property, interests, rights, and power. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0409371/
* Die the Good Death ‐ This cultural psychology documentary explores Hindu Indian beliefs about death and the psychology of mortality anxiety. Michael Morris, a culture scholar and professor at Columbia Business School, narrates the film, which has been shown at festivals in Guatemala, Spain, and Armenia. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2450038/
* Beijing Bicycle ‐ This movie is a good introduction to Chinese culture. A seventeen‐year‐old country boy working in Beijing as a courier has his bicycle stolen, and finds it with a schoolboy his age. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0276501/
* Monsoon Wedding ‐ Indian culture is portrayed in this movie. A stressed father, a bride‐to‐be with a secret, a smitten event planner, and relatives from around the world create much ado about the preparations for an arranged marriage in India. www.imdb.com/title/tt0265343/
* City of God ‐ This movie is useful to illustrate Brazilian culture. Two boys growing up in a violent neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro take different paths: one becomes a photographer, the other a drug dealer. www.imdb.com/title/tt0317248/
* L’auberge espagnole ‐ This movie introduces intercultural interactions. A strait‐laced French student moves into an apartment in Barcelona with a cast of six other characters from all over Europe. Together, they speak the international language of love and friendship. www.imdb.com/title/tt0283900/
* The Gods Must Be Crazy ‐ A traveling Bushman (indigenous people from southern Africa) encounters modern civilization. This movie can be used to illustrate difficulties in intercultural interaction because of language and culture. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080801/?ref_=sr_1
* You Only Live Twice ‐ This movie provides examples of intercultural situations as James Bond has to learn to interact with Japanese and Chinese cultures. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062512/
* The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom ‐ This BBC documentary explains the structure of the prisoner’s dilemma and its consequences. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0979263/
* Syriana ‐ This movie illustrates corrupt practices in the oil industry. It is based loosely on Exxon’s acquisition of Mobil and the tactics that in 1996 Mobil used to acquire 25 percent of the Tengiz oil field in Kazakhstan, during which $500 million of the payment did not make it into Kazak government accounts. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365737/
Answer the following questions.
Explain the premise of the movie and mention if you liked/disliked it.
What specific scenes in the movie relate to a negotiation tactic/style you learned in this class?
What did the characters in the movie do right/wrong during the negotiation?
Mention if you would recommend this movie to others.
Are there any other movies not on the suggested film list that you recommend we add?
1,200 word minimum, single spaced, and 12 point Times New Roman font.
Paper on D-Day and Beyond: The Things Our Fathers Saw—The Untold Stories of the World War II
write a four page argumentative paper which is double spaced, paragraphs indented, times-roman 12 point font,with one inch margins. Be sure to cite your information at the end of every paragraph to show specifically where your material comes from. be sure to use page numbers to show specifically where your material comes from. your citation might look like this (Rozell,2019,27-28) If you give no page numbers it is as if you didn’t cite the book at all. You may have no more than two quotes for the paper which must run no longer than three lines each. Rozell discusses the background before each chapter to the campaign that the following oral history accounts talk about. he will also give you a brief background of each solider. You can refer to some of this information in your paper but don’t make this information most of your paper. In creating your argument and writing your paper you must refer to specific soldiers oral history memories. Because this is a book about how veterans remembered their experiences in World War II, this must be a primary focus in your paper. Here are some questions to help you create the arguement. You a certainly welcome to come up with your own idea. Keep in mind that you must focus on the war in Europe.
1. Compare two or more soldiers in how they experinced the war what attriubutes best helped them survive? How did they account for some people surving and others not.
2. What attitude did soldiers have regarding their enemy?
3. What attitude did soldiers have regarding officers directly in charge?
America and the World (American foreign policy) Test
Please answer each of the questions in essay format. Your answers should be approximately 1-2 pages (double-spaced) each. You cannot use ANY direct quotes (the entire exam must be in your own words and based off of our course materials – readings, lectures, videos (I will provide all of them below) – ONLY).
What happened in Vietnam? What was America’s role? What was the outcome?
All of the answers you give to the questions must match with the information in the links. You don’t have to cite them. You just have to use them since they are our content for the class.
All of the answers you give to the questions must match with the information in the links. You don’t have to cite them. You just have to use them since they are our content for the class.
