Over the past several weeks, you have had the opportunity to learn about a number of issues that impact Native American communities. For this essay, you will select one of the essay questions below and compose a research-based essay in response. You are encouraged to draw on the assigned documentaries and reading assignments as sources, as well as any additional research you have done as part of your discussion board assignments. Your essay should be a minimum of 5 full pages in length (not including your Works Cited) and include a minimum of 4 secondary sources and a properly formatted Works Cited page (all in-texts and Works Cited entries should follow MLA 2021 guidelines). Your essay should not use first person.
- Option 1: During Week 2, you learned about the lingering traumatic impact of Indian boarding schools on Native Americans and their tribal communities. What were the consequences of the Indian boarding school experiment for those who attended parochial and/or government-run schools? How and in what way did this cultural experiment affect a) individuals and b) tribal cultures? In addition to referencing the assigned videos and reading assignments from Week 2, you are also encouraged to make use of The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition’s Resource Database Center. https://boardingschoolhealing.org/resource-database-center/
Structure
Your essay should include an introduction that introduces the topic and ends with a clearly worded, 1-2 sentence thesis statement. Links to an external site. Each supporting paragraph (there should be at least 3, but likely more) should begin with a strong topic sentence. and should incorporate evidence, including direct quotations from the short stories as needed to support your argument. Quotations from secondary sources should be smoothly integrated. and use proper MLA in-text citations. The essay should also contain a strong conclusion. The final page of the document should consist of Works Cited page. See the section on MLA formatting in your textbook for more information, or check out this annotated sample paper and Works Cited.
http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/introductions/
https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/thesis-statements/
https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/paragraphs/
http://mbci.mb.ca/site/assets/files/1626/purdue_owl-mla_in-text_citations.pdf
http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/conclusions/
https://style.mla.org/works-cited/works-cited-a-quick-guide/
Formatting Tips
Your document should be a minimum of 5 full pages (not including Works Cited), typed and double-spaced, in Times New Roman font, size 12. Your paper should have 1-inch margins and should include a properly formatted heading and a title per MLA formatting guidelines.
Links to sources provided from class must use at least one of these sources.
https://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/zitkala-sa/stories/school.html