History, Current Issues With Proposed Changes

Assume you are an investigative reporter for a major publication (magazine or newspaper) who has been assigned to research important issues (ethnic, racial, gender, or class) that are causing problems and affecting people in a local area, workplace, or specific part of the world. Your goal is to provide both an in-depth analysis of and put a human face on this issue by writing a series of articles that the editor plans to publish in two major parts. You will write Part 1 of your series of articles, which focuses on the history, current issues, problems caused by the issues, and proposed changes.

Part 2, due in Week 8, will focus on the benefits and challenges of the proposed change(s) as well as responses to the challenges. You will include the feedback you receive on both articles from your editor/professor in your presentation due in Week 10, in which you will be required to provide a summary of your articles in a PowerPoint or Google Slide presentation for a meeting of the National Association of Journalists.
Your professor will act as your editor and provide guidance as you refine your topic area and articles.

Requirements:
Write 5–6 pages (or approximately 1,300–1,400 words) in which you:

In the first 1–2 paragraphs, introduce the topic area you chose in Week 2 with a quote, question, and/or statistic (from your credible sources), along with an overview and a thesis statement. (Grab the reader’s interest.)
Explain 3–5 major historical factors (social events/attitudes, wars, laws, economy, political environment, et cetera) in the past 50–100 years that have contributed to the current issue(s) and problems for this topic area. Explain how historical factors impact current issues.
Analyze 3–5 major current issues/problems (economic, social, political, legal, et cetera) for this topic area.
Describe 1–2 groups of people affected by the issue/problem, including 2–3 quotes and/or paraphrased comments from the people affected (from your reliable sources).
Propose 2–3 changes (economic, social, political, legal, et cetera) that could possibly improve the situation. (Changes can be proposed and extracted from examples from other countries, localities, or workplaces that you found in your reliable sources.) Explain the interventions attempted to rectify the issue.
Include 5 or more credible and reliable references

History

Explain in your words what history is.

Why is it said that history is art?

Why is it said that history is science?

Do you consider that history is more art or science? Why?

History

Study the module resources and participate in the discussion forum.

Explain in your words what history is.
Why is it said that history is art?
Why is it said that history is science?
Do you consider that history is more art or science? Why?

History

 

There are too many people saying that Elvis is going to die out. When Elvis does out is when the sun quits burning. You say everybody is forgotten that is
once great; George Washington has never been forgotten and nobody can be as great a president or as long remembered as he. Nobody can ever take his
place or do what he did. Well, it’s the same with Elvis… Elvis is the king of popularity and we (teens of America) love him and we’ll see he lives forever. Not his
body but his name. Adults won’t admit he’s so great, because they’re jealous! They know that their top singers weren’t as great as Elvis. They’re mad because
their taste isn’t quite as good as ours… God gifted Elvis to us and you oughta thank him, not tear down the greatest thing the world has ever known: Elvis
Presley!!!!! Scornfully yours, Charlotte Jones P.S.: And if you’re over 30, you’re old. You’re certainly not young.”
Document B: The Desegregation of Little Rock Central High School, Photograph 1957

 

Culture, history, and life lessons.

 

 

Chapters 3 & 4 present a lot of culture, history, and life lessons.

Write a commentary, In your commentary:

Make a claim about which characteristics of testimonio literature provide a complex portrayal of culture, history, and life lessons, or not.
In your commentary, you may include arguments – backed up by evidence from the text, on the following questions:
What does Caribbean culture consists of, according to Reyita?
Look at the word choice, and the specific aspects of culture that are in the text. Are there specific adjectives, verbs, and tone in the text?
Are there specific cultural events/rituals, that relate to an overall theme? What does the theme reveal or how does the theme limit Caribbean identities? Examples of themes: death, rebirth, diversity, motherhood, other themes listed here.
What is one life lesson that you gathered from chapter 4? How is the life lesson presented in the text: with sarcasm, gloom, nostalgia, or another tone? Other tones listed here
Briefly present your overall impression of the testimonio genre–what did you learn about this genre of literature, and what impact did the genre have on you, as a reader?