Race and Ethnicity 7 ass

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Due Date: Unit 7, Sunday by 11:59pm
Points: 100

Overview:

For written assignment three, you will require to profile an activist who was or is
currently involved with promoting racial or ethnic equality or anti-racism education. You
will chose from a list of activites below.

Instructions:

• Students will select from a list of activies below. Be sure to include the
following information in your written assignment:
o The activist’s background and why she/he became involved in activism
o What causes she/he focuses on and what movements/groups have
they worked with
o What types of activism she/he is involved in (i.e. protests, boycotts,
legislation)
o Any major successes of this activist or of the movement/groups they
are (or were) involved in
o Any other important information you feel should be included
o Or anything else that you deem necessary to include

Requirements:

• Written assignment will need to be in APA style
• All margins should be one-inch
• Times, New Roman 12-point font
• Double-Spaces
• Title Page
• Reference Page
• Please note, the title and reference pages do not count toward you page
requirements
• Written assignments should be 4-5 pages in length
• You must use a total of three additional scholarly, peer-reviewed sources

SOC312 – Race and Ethnicity
Written Assignment Three
List of Activist:
Michelle Alexander
Tim Wise
Kimberle Chrenshaw
Angela Y. Davis
Victor M. Rios
Rosa Parks
Roy Wilkins
Ella Baker
John Lewis
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Genevieve Hughs
John F. Kennedy
Ava DuVernay
Gloira Anzaldua
Joan Baez
Cesar Chavez
Sophie Cruz
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Audra Simpson
Beatrice Medicine
Chystos
Nicole Tanguay
Yuri Kochiyama
Patsy Mink
Kalpana Chawla
Helen Zia
Richard Aoki
Helie Lee
George Takei
William Yu

Be sure to read the criteria by which your work will be evaluated before you write
and again after you write.

Evaluation Rubric for Written Assignment 3

CRITERIA Deficient Development
Needed
Proficient Exemplary
0-23 Points 24-27 Points 28-30 Points 31-33 Points
Structure Organizational
structure and
paragraphing have
serious and persistent
errors. Directions
were ignored and
information provided
was insufficient to
meet assignment
guidelines.
Written work
inadequate for
college-level
work;
Paragraphing
and transitions
are inadequate;
inappropriate
guidelines
outlined for
paper were not
met with several
problems (see
directions).
Written work is
clear and
adequate college-
level work;
Paragraphing and
transitions are
adequate;
appropriate
guidelines
outlined for paper
were met with a
few noted
problems (see
directions).
Written work is
clear and
excellent
college-level
work;
Paragraphing
and transitions
are clear
and appropriate;
appropriate
guidelines
outlined
for paper were
met (see
directions).
0-23 Points 24-27 Points 28-30 Points 31-33 Points
Mechanics Written work had
serious and persistent
errors in word
selection and use;
sentence structure,
spelling, grammar,
punctuation was
inappropriate and with
serious errors; APA
style was completely
unacceptable.
Written work had
serious and
persistent errors
in word
selection and
use;
sentence
structure,
spelling,
grammar,
punctuation was
inappropriate
and with serious
errors; APA
style was
completely
unacceptable.
Written work was
generally free of
errors in word
selection and
use; sentence
structure,
spelling,
grammar,
punctuation was
adequate; APA
style was
acceptable with a
few errors.
Written work has
no major errors
in
word selection
and use;
sentence
structure,
spelling,
grammar,
punctuation was
appropriate; APA
style was
acceptable with
no to few errors

0-23 Points 24-27 Points 28-30 Points 31-34 Points
Content Written work does not
cover the assigned
topic; assertions are
not supported by
evidence; paper is
seriously lacking in
Written work
does not do an
adequate
job of covering
the assigned
topic;
The length of the
written work is
sufficient to cover
the topic;
assertions are
The length of the
written work
provides in-depth
coverage of the
content and detail;
scholarly journals
were not used or used
properly.
assertions are
weakly
supported by
evidence; paper
is inadequate in
meeting the
page and
content area
requirements;
less than 3
scholarly
journals were
used.
supported by
evidence; does
not meet full
required number
of
pages and
content areas.
3 scholarly
journals were
used.
topics,
assertions are
clearly
supported by
evidence;
Paper meets
required length
of
pages and
content areas; 3
or more
scholarly
journals were
used.