Question: What has been the lasting legacy of the historic racist experiences of Asian Americans? Your essay should be at least 2000 words (this is about 6-8 pages of 12 pt font, double-spaced text).
Sources you have to use for this paper:
- The Gold Rush, Chinese Immigrants, and Mark Twain
- Thomas Nast, Chinese Exclusion, and the Editorial Cartoon
- Japanese American Internment
- Chinese immigration
- Find at least 1 contemporary news source about your racial stereotypes
Structure:
- Projects should contain an introduction, main body of evidence and conclusion.
- The introduction should introduce the main ideas of the paper – spell out what these are rather than list what you will be talking about- and contain a thesis statement; a sentence or two that summarizes the main argument of the paper.
- The main body should advance the argument of the paper by presenting evidence and analysis. Each paragraph/section should contain a topic sentence that sums up the main point of the section.
- The conclusion should summarize the main conclusions of the paper and restate the argument.
Argument:
- The project should advance a clear argument, which represents your response to the question and shows your own interpretation of the issues.
- You should try to avoid using the first person when presenting your argument; let your evidence speak for you.
- You cannot overstate the main points of your argument!
Analysis:
- Historians seek to analyze available evidence; your essay should integrate facts and your interpretation of them.
- Try to avoid long narratives of what happened. If your writing starts to sound like a story, you need to add more analysis of why and how these events happened.
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