Modern World History Fall 2023/paper assignment Dr. Utgaard Current Events and World History Paper Due: Sunday 5 November Paper Requirements: Your paper must meet minimum standards for a college paper. The highest score for a paper that does not meet minimum standards is a 55. Minimum standards are: • • • • • • Proper formatting with your name and course in the upper left-hand corner. A title centered. Do not put “quotes” around the title. The paper must be double spaced with 12 point font. The paper must have a structure with an introduction, at least three body paragraphs, and a conclusion. Paragraphs must be indented. The paper must include cited examples with citations (see below). The paper must be at least 2.5 pages long. Research and Paper Topic For this writing assignment you will connect current events to themes of modern world history across three or more countries. You will visit the site for the radio program The World where you will choose between 4 and 5 stories. The website for The World includes a useful section on categories to help you group stories together. The link is also provided in the Exams and Assignments Depot. Listen carefully to the stories (usually you can read the transcript as well) and take notes. The stories you choose must be from after June 2023. You must choose stories that are linked by a topic or theme. From there you need stories from at least three countries in the world. There are many interesting combinations you could choose! Here are just a few examples: Environmental issues in three or more countries Sport and politics in three or more countries Women’s issues in three or more countries Energy in three or more countries Migration issues in three or more countries Native communities in three or more countries Music and culture in three or more countries How to structure your paper: 1. Write an introduction where you introduce the topic you chose and why. 2. Write a paragraph for each of the countries you are writing about. Your paragraph may cover more than one story depending on your sources. In the paragraph you should summarize the story and explain why it is important. 3. Write a concluding paragraph where you bring everything together and explain the main things you learned in from your research. How does your topic relate to a theme of world history we have covered (or will cover) in class? 4. Works cited: List the titles of the stories you used and the date of broadcast. For example: “’We Lost everything’: African students who left war in Ukraine continue to struggle.” By Halima Gikandi. The World, March 6, 2023. 5. Remember only to use sources from the radio program The World. 6. Submit your paper on Canvas! See the link in the Depot of Exams and Assignments module.
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