Assignment: American History Essay
American History Essay on chapters from the textbook.
Prompt/Guidelines-
Below is a list of strategies commonly used by activists who participated in the social movements of the 1960s. Choose one strategy from the list below and discuss how one movement used that strategy to affect change. For guidance, be sure to read Chapter 26 and Chapter 27. Your paper should be 3 pages double spaced with 12 point font Times New Roman.
• Legal Strategies
• Nonviolent Direct Action (Includes Sit Ins; Bus boycotts and Freedom Rides; Desegregating lunch counters)
• Legislating Civil Rights
• Self Determination (Includes Black Nationalism/ Black Power; The Young Lords; The Chicano Movement; AIM; Raising Feminist Consciousness; Gay and Lesbian Movement)
Make sure that you discuss the extent to which the strategy was successful. What goals were achieved? In what ways, if any, did the strategy fail? Your essay should include specific examples to support your points and use the names of key figures, organizations, laws, legislative acts, and marches when you refer to them.
Criteria: An "A" essay will:
• Devote adequate attention to the strategy discussed.
• Stay focused on one specific movement (women's rights, gay rights, black civil rights, etc.)
• Include references to key figures, organizations, and laws etc. and refer to them correctly by name.
• Demonstrate that the student understands the strategy being discussed (and how it was different from similar strategies).
• Include specific examples of how the strategy were used.
• Discuss the extent to which the strategy was or was not successful.
• Show evidence proofreading
• Have effective organization.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.