| STUDENTS
WHO RECEIVE A 90/100 OR BETTER ON THIS ASSIGNMENT WILL HAVE
AN ADDITIONAL EXTENSION/RESCHDULE OPTION
SEE HERE |
Timing
This written homework should take you 1 hour and fifteen
minutes to do. |
IT WILL BE IMPOSSIBILE
TO DO THIS ASSIGNMENT IF YOU DON'T HAVE A FIRM GRASP OF CL/EV/WA AS
EXPLAINED HERE.
1)
(worth
10 points)
The following
blocks of text come from a single paragraph organized around the claim/evidence/warrant
format; but I have re-arranged their order. You have two tasks in
this question: (A) re-arrange the order of the blocks so that they
form a comprehensible cl/ev/wa paragraph and (B) explaining how each
element is either a (CL), an (EV) or a (WA). Your explanation require
no more than a sentence or two.
| A |
Although
black adult men have jobless rates two or three times higher
than adult white men, black male teens have rates three or four
times
higher than white male teens. And the earnings of black men are
lower than the earnings of white men. Moreover, black men are
more heavily concentrated in low-paying clerical or service occupations,
while white men are over represented in high-paying technical,
managerial, and professional jobs. |
| B |
Black men
have low rates of marriage due to their chronic work
instability and high levels of unemployment and underemployment. |
| C |
These unstable,
low-paying and low-status jobs make many black men poor prospects
for marriage |
These
questions refer to the documentary Bling; to help you, there
is a transcript of the video here.
2)
(worth
20 points; requires
one paragraph response)
Using
evidence from the documentary, compare the differing
impacts of American hip-hop and Sierra Leone hip-hop on the war in
that country. Reviewing your answers to questions 4, 5, and 6 from
Homework 1 will help
you.
GUIDELINES:
A)
Be sure to organize your paragraph around the claim/evidence/warrant
format you have learned.
B)
Be sure to have a concise claim that responds to the question. Label
this claim by placing a "(cl)" before it.
C)
Be sure that your provide specific evidence
from the documentary (remember that you have access to the transcript
here);
remember that the evidence you provide
should explain why your claim makes sense. Label
this evidence by placing a "(ev)" before it. Remember, as
well, that your quotations should be 10 or fewer words. If you need
to reduce your quotations, see here.
D)Be
sure to include a warrant that explains
how and why your evidence supports or is relevant to your claim. Label
this warrant by placing a "(wa)" before it.
Here
is a helpful chart you may want to use when writing. You can drop
in your sentences into the chart if you wish.
| claim |
specify
clearly the difference in impacts; present NO evidence; one to
two sentences. |
15
% of your score. |
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| evidence |
you'll need
at least 1 quotation of 10 or fewer words from the video for
each form of hip-hop. Remember to
integrate your quotations into your own sentence |
25 % |
-7.5
if your don't integrate the quotations; -7.5 if you exceed 10
words; -12 if you don't have evidence for each
form of hip-hop |
| warrant |
Do NOT just
repeat the claim; explain to your reader how and why your evidence
supports your argument regarding the differing impacts of the
two form of hip-hop. Do NOT present new evidence or make a new
argument. |
50 % |
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3)
(worth
70 points)
In
this question you will apply an abstract concept to evidence from
the video; being able to apply principles learned in one context to
material in a different context like this is a critical workplace
skill -- and that's why this question appears here. (Make sure you
understand the description below; it will be impossible to answer
the question unless you do).
Economists
and political scientists often speak of what's known as the
"resource curse" or "paradox
of plenty." This idea refers to the paradox that countries
with an abundance of natural resources tend to have less economic
growth than countries without these natural resources (That's
a paradox
because one might expect a country that's wealthy in resources
to do better economically than a country that's poor in resources).
While this paradox
happens for a number of reasons, there are two prime ones that
interest us here. The first reason is government mismanagement--or
political corruption--encouraged by the nature of easy money
to be gained from such resources. The second is that natural
resources can, and often do, not only provoke violent conflicts
within societies, but also fuel those clashes.
One
way to understand the first reason for the "resource curse,"
(government mismanagement) is to compare societies with an abundance
of natural resources to "ordinary" societies that
are not resource-rich. In these "ordinary" societies,
governments tax citizens, who demand efficient and responsive
government in return. This bargain establishes a political bond
between leaders and citizens and grantees at least some services
in the country. In countries whose economies are dominated by
natural resources, however, rulers don't need to tax their citizens
because they have a guaranteed source of income from natural
resources. Rather than tax citizens for revenue, the government
simply sells the resources (say, for example, oil) on the global
market and pockets the profits. So the relationship between
rulers and the ruled falls apart as leaders fail to provide
essential government services--such as infrastructure--as part
of their rule. (Look to Homework
1 for a definition of infrastructure).
Turning to and looking more closely at the second reason, in
societies with an abundance of natural resources conflicts can
occur over the control and exploitation of resources as well
as the distribution of the money ("revenue") earned
from the sale of those resources. Moreover, access to resource
revenues by combatants can prolong conflicts.
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In
an essay of 250 - 350 words, use evidence from the documentary to
demonstrate that Sierra Leone has long suffered from the "resource
curse" because of the country's abundant diamond resources. Your
response absolutely needs to address BOTH of
the reasons for the "resource curse" discussed above (government
corruption and the fueling of conflict). Reviewing
your answers to questions 8 - 14 from Homework
1 will help you (hint: pay attention to infrastructure). Be specific
in your argument by providing explicit textual evidence from the documentary.
GUIDELINES:
A)
Be sure to organize your paragraph around the claim/evidence/warrant
format you have learned.
B)
Be sure to have a concise claim that responds to the question. Label
this claim by placing a "(cl)" before it.
C)
Be sure that your provide specific evidence
from the documentary (remember that you have access to the transcript
here);
remember that the evidence you provide
should explain why your claim makes sense. Label
this evidence by placing a "(ev)" before it. Remember,
as well, that your quotations should be 10 or fewer words. If you
need to reduce your quotations, see here.
D)
Be sure to include a warrant that explains
how and why your evidence supports or is relevant to your claim. Label
this warrant by placing a "(wa)" before it.
You might
want to follow this outline
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I.
Intro
a.
necessary background information (very short)
b.
thesis. Here is a sample formula you might want to follow: "The
resource curse theory can help explain Sierra Leone's poverty
for reasons X and Y." (X & Y obviously would be the
two specific, detailed reasons you insert here and will explain
in the body of your paper.
II.
Reason X
Cl
EV
WA
(REPEAT
IF YOU HAVE TWO PIECES OF EVIDENCE)
III.
Reason Y
Cl
EV
WA
(REPEAT
IF YOU HAVE TWO PIECES OF EVIDENCE)
IV.
Conclusion
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