Historian Elaine Tyler May chronicles the history, development, and importance of the pill and birth control in America and the Pill. Your assignment is to write a 750-1000 word essay that explores and explains the Pill’s importance in American society and the feminist movement. Demonstrate that you read and understand The ENTIRE BOOK
Only use the novel America and the pill by Elaine Tyler May as a source and use the whole book as refrence.
‘A’ quality papers will be: 1) Well written 2) Follow the guidelines listed above 3) Have a thesis statement 4) Provide numerous examples from the reading to support the argument presented in the thesis 5) Properly cite all examples.
General Guidelines
• Papers should be uploaded to Blackboard at the time and date listed below. Unless the criteria for late assignments outlined in the syllabus has been fulfilled, late papers will not be accepted. It is your responsibility to insure that papers are properly submitted to Blackboard on time. If in doubt, email a copy to the instructor.
• Papers should be doubled spaced and use a standard 12 point font. Remember to always put your name on your work.
• The quality of the writing will constitute a significant portion of your grade. Papers should be carefully edited and proofread to eliminate grammatical and typographical mistakes. Follow the Guidelines for Good Writing listed below. Numerous errors and not following the Guidelines for Good Writing will significantly lower your grade.
• While consulting with your colleagues is acceptable, papers are to be written individually. Papers that are exceptionally similar will receive a failing grade.
• Papers must be submitted as a Microsoft Word document or PDF. Please do not submit papers as a Mac Pages document or Google Docs. Ten points will be deducted from papers that are submitted as Pages Documents or Google Docs.
• Papers must be original work. Meaning papers cannot recycle or reuse material from another class. Unoriginal papers will receive a failing grade.
Citations
All supporting evidence must be properly cited. Even if you do not quote directly, a citation is still needed. Since citations are how you prove that you actually read and did not take a shortcut, papers that do not provide citations for all supporting evidence will receive a significantly lower grade.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is stealing somebody else’s thoughts, ideas, and words and claiming them for your own.
Like stealing, plagiarism is a serious offense that could lead to expulsion. Be forewarned that all papers will be vetted by anti-plagiarism software. If you try to cheat, you will get caught.
Guidelines for Good Writing
Since writing constitutes a significant portion of your grade, refer to these guidelines. Papers that do not adhere to these guidelines will receive a lower grade.
1. Use proper grammar, punctuation, capitalization and a formal tone—avoid slang, informal phrases, capitalize proper nouns.
2. Be crisp, clear, and concise—always eliminate unnecessary words and clearly state your point. 3. Do not use block quotes—they are worthless, make me angry, and violate rule #2.
4. Do not use first person—simply state your point. This helps you follow rule #2.
5. Paragraphs are four to eight sentences long—this helps you follow rule #2
6. Do not use contractions—this helps you follow rule #1
7. Either underline or italicize a book’s title—this helps you follow rule #1
8. Once you have used a person’s first and last name, you only refer to them by their last name throughout the rest of the paper. Do not repeatedly use titles like Mr. or Mrs. or Dr. or Judge—this helps you follow rules #1 and #2.
9. Generally spell numbers that are two words or less. For example, twenty-eight, sixty-three, twentieth century are spelled out. Numbers like 383, 1935 remain numerical—this helps you follow rule #1.