Dogs in the U.S. households History Research Paper

Dear Writer,
Hi. This research paper is for my "Sex, Love, Family: Relationships in Recent American History and Pop Culture" class's final project. I uploaded all the research paper's prompt, guidelines, and grading criteria. In this research paper, I have chosen "Dogs" to be my topic. You will find a), b),c),d),e),f) steps in the research paper instruction. I have completed a), b),c) steps. I will copy and paste it into a word document and upload it for you. Notice that I have completed the bibliography for the sources in this research paper. This bibliography is just my suggestion, if when you are writing this paper, you found better historical sources. You can choose yours and then write the new bibliography. Please!!! Please!!!! Read the guidelines and follow it carefully!!!! This final project is very important to me! Thank you so much! If you have any concerns or questions please send me a message. We need to communicate. It would be the best if you can send me a rough outline/ draft in the next 2,3 days. Appreciate it!

HI303 Multimedia Essay Guidelines and Grading Rubric

THESIS (30 points)

Is there a clear argument guiding the essay?  Is it historical (rather than political, philosophical, etc.), arguable (something with which someone else might reasonably disagree), and provable (something for which supporting historical evidence can be marshaled)? 

To ensure your thesis leads to a clear and interesting argument, ask: If you had to give a lecture to the class about your topic, what would you want your listeners to comprehend?

To ensure your thesis is historical, make sure it answers: What are the origins of your topic and how specifically has it changed over time?

To ensure it is arguable, make sure there is a reasonable counterargument to your thesis?

To ensure it is provable, confirm that the evidence you present in the essay relates directly to the thesis and backs up your claims.

EVIDENCE and ANALYSIS (20 points)

Have you gathered an array of useful secondary sources (scholarship about your topic written by others looking back at the history) and illuminating primary sources (documents created in the time period you are studying)?  An outstanding research essay will draw evidence from at least ten well-chosen sources, roughly two-thirds of which should be primary sources.  Be extra cautious about using internet sites, especially as secondary sources.  Are they reputable sources?

Do you analyze the evidence you’ve found with care and insight?  Do you alert the reader to subtleties that may not be apparent to a casual viewer or reader?  Do you reflect upon the larger meanings and importance of your topic?  In other words, what does this reveal about American culture and history more broadly?

STRUCTURE (20 points)

Is your essay written in an engaging, clear style free from grammatical and historical or other factual errors?  Is it interesting?  Is there a train of logic, leading from paragraph to paragraph—either a chronology or a series of claims moving the essay from point to point?  Does each paragraph lead with a guiding claim, and is the rest of each paragraph full of evidence and analysis helping to prove its main claim?

MULTIMEDIA USE (15 points)

Does your essay make optimal use of its digital, multimedia format?  Does it present compelling audiovisual evidence that directly supports the essay’s argument?  Do all the links work, and have you correctly attributed all the evidence?

PRESENTATION (15 points)

Does the layout for your essay make for enjoyable, easy reading, and does it follow all required format specifications?  Check your final draft for the following:

            -roughly 2,500 word count

- a readable font

-left justified paragraphs

- functioning, embedded A/V illustrations, with credit captions

- correct ordering for your webpage’s components:

Essay Title;

Author Name;

Essay;

Footnotes conforming to Chicago Manual of Style citation

For citation format help, see: https://www(dot)chicagomanualofstyle(dot)org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-1.html

Research Project: 2,500 Word Multimedia Essay Develop a research project that reveals the history of some aspect of intimate American life: a certain everyday object (eg. love songs, greeting cards, chores, or obituaries), a common practice (eg. bullying, babyproofing, or kissing), event (bachelorette parties, honeymoons) a type of person (eg. in laws, orphans, siblings, or chaperones), or a cultural stereotype (the Jewish mother, the Latin lover). The smaller your topic the better this assignment will go (something weird or obscure but revealing would work well). What are your subject’s origins and how and why has it changed over time? What does your research reveal about the broader culture—what’s actually at stake in this bizarre relic or custom? In other words, if you gave the class a lecture on your subject, what story would you tell and why? Your goal will be to gather and analyze an array of sources and make a compelling argument that enriches your readers’ understanding of recent American history. A strong essay will go beyond providing a simple summary report. It will be anchored by a complex, arguable thesis that is developed and sustained throughout. It will also rest on a sold, creatively assembled body of evidence—from the course lectures and readings as well as outside research. The finished product should demonstrate the writer’s interest in the topic and ability to engage the material using skills and knowledge gained from the course. Your progress on the research project will be assisted by a series of workshops and deadlines during the course of the semester: a) About the Author Statement To familiarize yourself with creating text and embedding images in Google Docs, find your page on our course site, write two to three sentences about yourself, and post a picture—perhaps from your childhood, enduring a family vacation, etc.

 b) Essay Proposal Above your About the Author statement, add a 500-word essay proposal, pitching your idea for the final assignment. Explain your specific question, problem, or strange small thing you want to explore. Convince us that you should be allowed to write about it. Add some ethnographic observations about your practice as it appears in American culture today, explain why you find it interesting, and speculate about how researching your topic’s longer history might reveal new insights.

c) Comment on Peers’ Proposals 12 Students will be assigned to small groups. In the comments sections provide feedback on the proposals of your group members. Can you think of any sources they should consult? Would their project benefit by being narrower? What else might help them get their research underway?

d) Research Report and Annotated Bibliography Add to your Google Docs page a detailed paragraph outlining how you’ve gone about your research. Summarize what you’ve found so far and what you haven’t found but wish you could. Reflect on how you might best make use of a multimedia format. Append to this an annotated bibliography of the ten most important sources that you will use in your essay (in other words, include the sources full bibliographic citation and write a few sentences under each entry explaining why it is so useful).

e) Rough Draft Expand upon the writing you have done in your proposal and research report, following the tips in the syllabus about crafting a strong research essay. Keep (or update) your Bibliography and About the Author statement. Peruse the site to view other students’ work and offer helpful, constructive feedback on at least five other students’ projects.

 f) Comments on Rough Drafts Students will be assigned to a new small group.

Read the drafts of your group members and offer them substantive feedback in the comments section by answering the following:

1)       what is the most interesting aspect/detail of the draft? What is their thesis as you understand it? What would be a reasonable counterargument to their thesis? Is a counterargument employed effectively in the draft and if not how might it be? What other revisions would make the essay more compelling? Final Draft. Replace your draft with a final essay. Your final webpage should feature a Title and complete essay with audiovisual supplementary material interspersed, followed by your About the Author Statement, followed by your bibliography.

2)       Papers will be graded based on the following criteria: Thesis and Line of Argument (30 points); Evidence and Analysis (20 points); Structure (20 points); Presentation and Multimedia use (30 points). Guidelines and a more detailed grading rubric for the final project will be distributed in class. 13 Grading and Expectations for the Final Project: Final projects for this course should draw specifically on course lectures and assigned sources as well as on your own independent research. Your goal is not simply to summarize and regurgitate the ideas of others, but rather to craft an original essay that builds upon the work we have done together over the course of the semester. You should support your thesis with detailed evidence and analysis that is sustained throughout the entire essay in a clear and cogent manner. Your argument should be a historical rather than political or philosophical one; your job is to make claims about what Americans thought and did (and why) at a particular time, NOT what you personally think about certain beliefs or policies. Try to imagine and uncover the historical conditions lead people to think in particular ways at particular moments. Note: In order to avoid charges of plagiarism, it is essential that you carefully attribute the sources of all of your knowledge.

3)       Essays will be evaluated according to the following criteria: An “A” range essay is both ambitious and successful. It presents a perceptive and independent argument backed up by well-chosen evidence, a creative and compelling use of sources, and sensitivity to historical context. It demonstrates that the writer has grappled seriously with the issues of the course, has done a close, critical reading of the texts, and has synthesized the readings, lectures, and well-chosen, clearly-attributed outside sources. It also makes creative, effective use of multimedia materials and is presented in a readable, engaging online format. A “B” range essay is one that is ambitious but only partially successful, or one that achieves modest aims well. It may demonstrate many of the aspects of A-level work, but falls short in organization and clarity, the formulation and presentation of its argument, the depth of source analysis, or its formatting and use of multimedia material. It demonstrates a command of course material, proper attribution of sources, and an understanding of historical context and contains flashes of insight, but lacks consistency or depth in the argument, or easy online readability. A “C” range essay has significant problems in articulating and presenting its argument, or seems to lack a central argument entirely. Oftentimes, C-range papers offer little more than a summary of information covered in the course, or they might prove insensitive to historical context, contain factual errors, unclear writing, poor organization and presentation, or insufficient evidence. A “D” essay, in addition to displaying the shortcomings of a C-range paper, also fails to grapple seriously with either ideas or texts, or fails to address the expectations of the assignment. A D essay suggests seriously insufficient command of the course material. An “F” essay falls short in the manner of a “D” essay. It is also often significantly shorter than the assigned length, does not demonstrate even a glint of potentially original thought, and suggests a lack of effort or no competence in the material at hand.