I need the essay to build on my draft using the same references. It also needs to be in a beginner level english similiar to the draft. Below is the essay instructions.
Length: 1800-2100 words (approx. 6-7 pages double spaced 12 pt font) on ONE of the following topics.
Be sure to check your potential topic with me before going ahead with your research. You can send me a short email describing what you’d like to research (preferably with a brief written outline), or you can book a time to talk with me about your topic during an office hour. It will probably help to have two possible topics that you can choose from. You should clear your topic with me well before writing the “Proposal and Annotated Bibliography” assignment.
Essays must meet the following basic requirements:
-I will not accept any papers that do not use correct MLA format to cite page numbers in-text for all quotations as well as all paraphrased material. Instructions and examples of how to do this are available on our Moodle page in lectures, in documents on how to quote and paraphrase, and in the sample student research papers that I will be posting soon. Use these documents as guides for correct essay structure and citation format as you write.
-I will not accept any papers that do not follow the specific guidelines for paragraph structure and for the correct balance of source citations plus your own response in each core paragraph. These guidelines are detailed in the “Research Paper Structure Requirements” document posted on our Moodle site.
1. Develop an argument about an aspect of climate change that you find interesting. For example:
• arguments around proposed solutions to climate change (economic, social, or political solutions; or controversial solutions such as geo-engineering and nuclear power)
• a particular cause of climate change (the fossil fuel industry, globalization or free trade, consumerism/overconsumption, big agriculture, deforestation)
• a particular solution (renewable energies such as wind, solar, or geothermal power; economic transitions such as green jobs, or arguments about economic growth/de-growth)
• the opposition of world views related to climate change (e.g. capitalist or market-based ideology, indigenous understandings of our relationship to the land, etc.)
• extinctions and depletions (the impact of climate change on other animal species).
• the impacts of climate change on a particular region or population (e.g. the Arctic, oceans, “developed” or “developing” nations, global north/global south, affluent or poorer societies, indigenous cultures, etc.)
• political failure and its causes (e.g. international climate change agreements; money in politics; income inequality)
• broader questions triggered by a specific controversy (e.g. fracking, the tar sands, or oil pipelines, [globally or in specific nations or provinces such as B. C.], arctic drilling, etc.)
• climate change denial
• the climate justice movement and its strategies
• climate refugees
2. Develop an argument about questions of cultural, social, or national identity raised by a recent political (or politicized) event or issue.
– if it is an issue with extremely broad scope, you will need to narrow it down to a particular case. For example, if you wanted to analyze Russian politics, you might focus on the war in Ukraine. If you wanted to analyze U.S. politics, you might focus on the polarization between right-wing and left-wing ideological groupings, or on particular issues that bring this polarization into focus (e.g. different views on gun violence and/or abortion). If you wanted to analyze Indian or Chinese politics, you might focus on the Kashmir conflict, or on partition and its aftermath, or on recent events in Hong Kong and their historical background, or on China-Taiwan relations – and your big issues might be concepts like populism, authoritarianism, nationalism, ethnic prejudice, etc.
– you might focus on a more limited social/political phenomenon, such as the movements involved in the 2016 or 2020 U. S. presidential campaigns (e.g. Bernie Sanders’s ideology, Donald Trump’s ideology, or both; the views and socio-economic conditions of their supporters; conspiracy theories among Trump supporters) or the rise of the far right and white nationalism in Canada or the U.S.
– you might focus on a politicized social justice issue, like the Black Lives Matter movement, the George Floyd protests, police violence against black or indigenous people in the U.S. or in Canada, or something broader like the opioid crisis in the U.S. and its root causes, or the gun control debate in the U.S.
– you might focus on indigenous rights in Canada, or on events in the history of indigenous peoples (ranging from colonization to residential schools to fossil fuel extraction projects on indigenous lands).
– in all cases, emphasize philosophical and psychological analysis (i.e. of ideologies, visions, world views, threats to collective identities, etc.) to avoid giving your essay over to a description of facts. And in all cases, try to find an argument by seeking out the root causes of an issue, as deeply as possible.
3. Develop an argument about a social justice issue of your own choosing, following guidelines similar to those described in topic 2, and be sure to get approval from me for your topic before going ahead.
Required Sources:
– you must use at least three significant peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, or books, and these sources must be found through the KPU Library Catalogue or KPU Research Databases, both searchable from the KPU Library main page (not through general internet searches).
– in addition to using the three peer-reviewed sources described above, you can then add more sources of the following kinds:
– extensive articles from mainstream news sites (e.g. feature articles or special reports from theguardian.com, thenation.com, Inside Climate News, cbc.ca, bbc.co.uk, pbs.org, newyorker.com, harpers.org, etc.)
– longer articles from alternative/progressive news sites such as thenationalobserver.ca, counterpunch.com, truthdig.com, thinkprogress.org, commondreams.org, thetyee.ca, etc.
– other website articles, but only if they contain extensive academic or professional analysis of climate change, politics, culture, etc. (if in doubt, check with me before going ahead
Length: 1800-2100 words (approx. 6-7 pages double spaced 12 pt font) on ONE of the following topics.
Be sure to check your potential topic with me before going ahead with your research. You can send me a short email describing what you’d like to research (preferably with a brief written outline), or you can book a time to talk with me about your topic during an office hour. It will probably help to have two possible topics that you can choose from. You should clear your topic with me well before writing the “Proposal and Annotated Bibliography” assignment.
Essays must meet the following basic requirements:
-I will not accept any papers that do not use correct MLA format to cite page numbers in-text for all quotations as well as all paraphrased material. Instructions and examples of how to do this are available on our Moodle page in lectures, in documents on how to quote and paraphrase, and in the sample student research papers that I will be posting soon. Use these documents as guides for correct essay structure and citation format as you write.
-I will not accept any papers that do not follow the specific guidelines for paragraph structure and for the correct balance of source citations plus your own response in each core paragraph. These guidelines are detailed in the “Research Paper Structure Requirements” document posted on our Moodle site.
1. Develop an argument about an aspect of climate change that you find interesting. For example:
• arguments around proposed solutions to climate change (economic, social, or political solutions; or controversial solutions such as geo-engineering and nuclear power)
• a particular cause of climate change (the fossil fuel industry, globalization or free trade, consumerism/overconsumption, big agriculture, deforestation)
• a particular solution (renewable energies such as wind, solar, or geothermal power; economic transitions such as green jobs, or arguments about economic growth/de-growth)
• the opposition of world views related to climate change (e.g. capitalist or market-based ideology, indigenous understandings of our relationship to the land, etc.)
• extinctions and depletions (the impact of climate change on other animal species).
• the impacts of climate change on a particular region or population (e.g. the Arctic, oceans, “developed” or “developing” nations, global north/global south, affluent or poorer societies, indigenous cultures, etc.)
• political failure and its causes (e.g. international climate change agreements; money in politics; income inequality)
• broader questions triggered by a specific controversy (e.g. fracking, the tar sands, or oil pipelines, [globally or in specific nations or provinces such as B. C.], arctic drilling, etc.)
• climate change denial
• the climate justice movement and its strategies
• climate refugees
2. Develop an argument about questions of cultural, social, or national identity raised by a recent political (or politicized) event or issue.
– if it is an issue with extremely broad scope, you will need to narrow it down to a particular case. For example, if you wanted to analyze Russian politics, you might focus on the war in Ukraine. If you wanted to analyze U.S. politics, you might focus on the polarization between right-wing and left-wing ideological groupings, or on particular issues that bring this polarization into focus (e.g. different views on gun violence and/or abortion). If you wanted to analyze Indian or Chinese politics, you might focus on the Kashmir conflict, or on partition and its aftermath, or on recent events in Hong Kong and their historical background, or on China-Taiwan relations – and your big issues might be concepts like populism, authoritarianism, nationalism, ethnic prejudice, etc.
– you might focus on a more limited social/political phenomenon, such as the movements involved in the 2016 or 2020 U. S. presidential campaigns (e.g. Bernie Sanders’s ideology, Donald Trump’s ideology, or both; the views and socio-economic conditions of their supporters; conspiracy theories among Trump supporters) or the rise of the far right and white nationalism in Canada or the U.S.
– you might focus on a politicized social justice issue, like the Black Lives Matter movement, the George Floyd protests, police violence against black or indigenous people in the U.S. or in Canada, or something broader like the opioid crisis in the U.S. and its root causes, or the gun control debate in the U.S.
– you might focus on indigenous rights in Canada, or on events in the history of indigenous peoples (ranging from colonization to residential schools to fossil fuel extraction projects on indigenous lands).
– in all cases, emphasize philosophical and psychological analysis (i.e. of ideologies, visions, world views, threats to collective identities, etc.) to avoid giving your essay over to a description of facts. And in all cases, try to find an argument by seeking out the root causes of an issue, as deeply as possible.
3. Develop an argument about a social justice issue of your own choosing, following guidelines similar to those described in topic 2, and be sure to get approval from me for your topic before going ahead.
Required Sources:
– you must use at least three significant peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, or books, and these sources must be found through the KPU Library Catalogue or KPU Research Databases, both searchable from the KPU Library main page (not through general internet searches).
– in addition to using the three peer-reviewed sources described above, you can then add more sources of the following kinds:
– extensive articles from mainstream news sites (e.g. feature articles or special reports from theguardian.com, thenation.com, Inside Climate News, cbc.ca, bbc.co.uk, pbs.org, newyorker.com, harpers.org, etc.)
– longer articles from alternative/progressive news sites such as thenationalobserver.ca, counterpunch.com, truthdig.com, thinkprogress.org, commondreams.org, thetyee.ca, etc.
– other website articles, but only if they contain extensive academic or professional analysis of climate change, politics, culture, etc. (if in doubt, check with me before going ahead