For this assignment, please select a current issue in the United States that you would like to learn more about. Some examples of current issues might be abortion rights, police brutality, mass shootings, immigration restrictions (choose this one), voting rules, alleged election fraud, the COVID-19 pandemic, or climate change.
Write a short paper (250-300 words) in which you:
identify the issue;
describe your interest in it; and
discuss what you currently know about its historic roots.
Please submit either .doc or .pdf files; do NOT submit documents written in Pages. Please do not do any research for this assignment. Simply state what you know and write from the heart. If appropriate, draw connections between the historic moment you identified in the M1 Discussion and your issue of interest. which is
(My name is John Doe, and I’m studying for a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. I am currently taking this course as a pre-requisite for Nursing. Being raised in Antigua and now living in New York have given me a bridge between the Caribbean and American histories. Antigua’s past reflects the perseverance of African descended people and indigenous legacies destroyed by colonization. Being in New York, on Lenape land, joins me to histories of removal and migration. The moment of America’s history that interest me is the Civil rights movement, which outlawed segregation in public places and forbidden employment discrimination.)
You will research the historical roots of this issue in various assignments throughout the course. The work you do on this assignment and others in subsequent modules will help you compose your final paper.
If you are using the research project worksheet, you may place this paper as well as any additional notes in the introductory area.
Evaluation Criteria
. Please use the Chicago Style for citations, and take care to ensure that the citations are completed properly.
For assistance in completing your assignment utilize the resources available to you in the Course Information documents.
Your Assignment will be assessed on the strength of the historical question you ask as well the extent to which you develop your argument based on the selected documents along with the Historical Writing Guidelines.
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