Write a paper in which you answer the following question. What three political questions or topics best explain the political transformation of the United States from 1970 to today? Or, put otherwise, what were the three biggest sources of disagreement and debate that shaped politics in America from 1970 to today? Each paper should have –Arguments that answer all of the above questions –A summary of those arguments in a 2-4 sentence thesis statement that appears underlined and at the end of your introductory first paragraph. An argument, by definition, must be an evidence-based interpretation that allows for a counter-argument, as explained here: http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/argument/ –A topic sentence at the first sentence of each paragraph that summarizes the overall argument of that paragraph. Consider doing a reverse outline of your paper after you complete your first draft to confirm that your topic sentences achieve this goal: https://writing.wisc.edu/handbook/process/reverseoutlines/ –Eight pieces of evidence from at least six different readings or viewings in this class (from March 3 onward). No outside research please. — Footnotes. Heres how to add footnotes in Word: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/insert-footnotes-and-endnotes-61f3fb1a-4717-414c-9a8f-015a5f3ff4cb The footnote format you should use for a reading is: Author(s), Title (Place of publication: publisher, year), page numbers. For example: Jane Doe, History of Baltimore (New York: Penguin Press, 2018), 24-25. For a viewing, the format is: Director, Title, year, point in time in the video. For example: Jane Doe, Historic Movie, 2015, 23:45. –1,600 to 1,800 words (excluding footnotes) –A conclusion paragraph in which you restate your main arguments https://ubonline.ubalt.edu/access/content/group/1202HIST420001/Feminism–Schulman.pdf https://ubonline.ubalt.edu/access/content/group/1202HIST420001/Counterculture%20and%20Historians-1.pdf https://ubonline.ubalt.edu/access/content/group/1202HIST420001/Reagan%20and%20the%20Rise%20of%20the%20New%20Right.ppt https://ubonline.ubalt.edu/access/content/group/1202HIST420001/The%201970s%20and%20the%20Long%20Shadow%20of%20the.ppt https://ubonline.ubalt.edu/access/content/group/1202HIST420001/Income%20Inequality.pptx https://ubonline.ubalt.edu/access/content/group/1202HIST420001/Mass%20Incarceration–Why%20It%20Matters.pdf https://ubonline.ubalt.edu/access/content/group/1202HIST420001/War.Time%20copy.pdf : https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x56gtyi Shes Beautiful When Shes Angry (1h33m) VIEWING: Stonewall Uprising VIEWING: The Seventies: The United States vs. Richard Nixon (Netflix, 42m), https://bit.ly/2RN4RWr https://bit.ly/37yBwW3 https://bit.ly/2NIeft9
