Abstract Topics

This assignment is due Monday/Tuesday; January 29/30 

This will need to be typed and DOUBLE-SPACED THROUGHOUT THE PARAGRAPHS!

1. Research evidence to help support your claim on a given topic

• Scholarly evidence: must be mature and appropriate observations based on literature, politics, history, current events, media, pop culture, academic subjects, NO PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS.

2. Provide the following:

1. MLA citation for the magazine/newspaper article ----I WILL DEDUCT POINTS IF THIS IS NOT DONE CORRECTLY.
2. For instructions to using MLA format go to OWL 
3. Claim made in the article/literature
4. Your claim: defend, challenge, or qualify in one sentence.
5. Print the article and highlight the evidence from the article (2) that supports the claim made in the article.
6. First paragraph write a summary of the article.
7. Second paragraph Explain HOW and WHY this example (article and evidence) is relevant in addressing the question (BELOW) and how it is connected to the topic.

Topic #1
Alienation because of gender, race, class, etc.
Conflicts exist when the will of the majority opposes the will of an individual. In America, who is in the minority, who is in the majority, and how does this shape our current culture?

Article must be about the topic above and from one of the following, depending on what you were assigned to in class. 

1. History
2. Science
3. Literature
4. Entertainment/Pop Culture
5. Government/Current Events (Domestic)
6. Government/Current Events (International)