Critical Analysis Paper For this assignment, you will write a 1200-word critical analysis based on one of the following topics inspired by readings in our textbook, The McGraw-Hill Reader. The paper will include quoting the text, as well as additional research from the library database or another approved and reliable source documented correctly in proper APA format. This paper requires writing in Third Person Point of View in a persuasive mode. The abstract should be 100 words and the body (excluding the cover page and reference page) of the paper should be 1000 words. Be sure to use the template for a research paper that you created in Week One, and provide direct support from your sources. It would be best to use the readings from your textbook, but other reliable sources should also be used. At least three sources are required. Choose ONE of the following topics. TOPIC SELECTIONS Education Is education a right or a privilege? History, Culture and Civilization What can history teach us? Government, Politics and Social Justice Is America on the right road? Business and Economics Is the American Dream still alive? Philosophy, Ethics and Religion Are there still rules? These are general topics meant to inspire further exploration and discovery of a narrower subject for your paper. Your essay should be persuasive and explore a debatable idea. See Idea Generators below and how the general topic of education as a right or privilege is narrowed to an examination of integration. Should integration necessarily translate into concrete gains like greater achievement for all students? If so, is mixing students by race the most effective mechanism for attaining it? First steps for success: 1. Choose a topic 2. Read the essay with pen in hand 3. Underline or note an engaging quote or comment. Now you are ready to begin! RECOMMENDED READINGS Education: Is education a right or a privilege? Overview: pages 180 – 181 Essays: The Next Kind of Integration, Emily Bazelton, pages 201-211 Two Cheers for Brown v. Board of Education; Clayborne Carson, pages 219- 225 History, Culture and Civilization What can history teach us? Overview: page 279 Essays: America’s “Oh Sh*t” Moment, Niall Fergeson pages 291- 295 1776 and All That: America after September 11, Edward Hoagland pages 297- 299 Government, Politics and Social Justice Is America on the right road? Overview and Declaration on Independence. pages 322- 329 Essays: ‘The Right Road to America?” Amy Chua pages 335 – 339 “American Dreamer” Bharati Mukherjeee pages355 – 360 Business and Economics Is the American Dream still alive? Overview: Page 372 Essays: “The Death of Horatio Alger” Paul Krugman pages 387 – 390 “Globalization: The Super-Story” Thomas L. Friedman, pages 391- 394 Philosophy, Ethics and Religion Are there still rules? Overview: Page 544 Essays: “What’s Gof Got to Do with It” Karen Armstrong Pages 565- 568 “I Listen to My Parents and Wonder What They Believe” .

1. Critical Analysis Paper
For this assignment, you will write a 1200-word critical
analysis based on one of the following topics inspired by
readings in our textbook, The McGraw-Hill Reader. The paper
will include quoting the text, as well as additional research
from the library database or another approved and reliable
source documented correctly in proper APA format. This paper
requires writing in Third Person Point of View in a persuasive
mode.
The abstract should be 100 words and the body (excluding the
cover page and reference page) of the paper should be 1000
words. Be sure to use the template for a research paper that you
created in Week One, and provide direct support from your
sources. It would be best to use the readings from your
textbook, but other reliable sources should also be used. At
least three sources are required. Choose ONE of the following
topics.
TOPIC SELECTIONS
Education Is education a right or a privilege?
History, Culture and Civilization What can history teach us?
Government, Politics and Social Justice Is America on the right
road?
Business and Economics Is the American Dream still alive?
Philosophy, Ethics and Religion Are there still rules?
These are general topics meant to inspire further exploration
and discovery of a narrower subject for your paper. Your essay
should be persuasive and explore a debatable idea. See Idea
Generators below and how the general topic of education as a
right or privilege is narrowed to an examination of integration.
Should integration necessarily translate into concrete gains like
greater achievement for all students? If so, is mixing students
by race the most effective mechanism for attaining it?

2. First steps for success:
1. Choose a topic
2. Read the essay with pen in hand
3. Underline or note an engaging quote or comment.
Now you are ready to begin!
RECOMMENDED READINGS
Education: Is education a right or a privilege? Overview:
pages 180 – 181
Essays: The Next Kind of Integration, Emily Bazelton, pages
201-211
Two Cheers for Brown v. Board of Education; Clayborne
Carson, pages 219- 225
History, Culture and Civilization What can history teach us?
Overview: page 279
Essays: America’s “Oh Sh*t” Moment, Niall Fergeson pages
291- 295
1776 and All That: America after September 11, Edward
Hoagland pages 297- 299
Government, Politics and Social Justice Is America on the right
road?
Overview and Declaration on Independence. pages 322- 329
Essays: ‘The Right Road to America?” Amy Chua pages 335 –
339
“American Dreamer” Bharati Mukherjeee pages355 – 360
Business and Economics Is the American Dream still alive?
Overview: Page 372
Essays: “The Death of Horatio Alger” Paul Krugman pages
387 – 390
“Globalization: The Super-Story” Thomas L. Friedman, pages
391- 394

3. Philosophy, Ethics and Religion Are there still rules?
Overview: Page 544
Essays: “What’s Gof Got to Do with It” Karen Armstrong
Pages 565- 568
“I Listen to My Parents and Wonder What They Believe” Robert
Coles pages 560 -564
These essays are recommended but you may choose from others
relevant to your topic, in the same chapter.
Sample Idea Generators
Education
In “The Next Kind of Integration” Emily Bazelon asks, “Is the
purpose of integration simply to mix students of different colors
for the sake of equity or to foster greater familiarity and
comfort among the races? Should integration necessarily
translate into concrete gains like greater achievement for all
students? If so, is mixing students by race the most effective
mechanism for attaining it?
After reading Emily Bazleon’s essay and Clayborne Carson’s
“Two Cheers for Brown v. Board of Education” write a
persuasive essay based on your position on the need for equality
in race and socioeconomic factors in education.
History, Culture and Civilization
In “A World Not Neatly Divided” Amartya Sin states that “the
befuddling influence of a singular classification also traps those
who dispute the thesis of clash: To talk about the “Islamic
world” or “the Western world” is already to adopt an
impoverished vision of humanity as unalterable divided.” Both
Fatema Mernissi’s “Digital Scheherezades in the Arab World”
In a persuasive essay address the future of a diversified
America. Can a nation maintain a strong sense of self and still
remain open to outside influences? Is national identity crucial to
a nation’s survival? How would you describe America’s
national identity?
Requirements
· Persuasive Essay 1200 word minimum

4. · APA manuscript format
· Abstract and Title Page
· Resources (minimum four): At least one direct quote from
chosen essay, two sources from the library database. Other
sources may be from textbook, books or internet source.
· Microsoft Word Document
· College level academic writing in third person point of view
Critical Analysis Paper
For this assignment, you will write a 1200
-
word critical analysis based on one of the following topics
inspired by
readings in our textbook, The McGraw
-
Hill Reader. The paper will include quoting the text, as well as
additional
research from the library
database or another approved and reliable source documented
correctly in proper APA
format. This paper requires writing in Third Person Point of
View in a persuasive mode.
The abstract should be 100 words and the body (
excluding
the cover page and referen
ce page) of the paper should
be 1000 words. Be sure to use the template for a research paper
that you created in Week One, and provide direct
support from your sources. It would be best to use the readings

5. from your textbook, but other reliable sources
sho
uld also be used. At least three sources are required.
Choose
ONE
of the following topics.
TOPIC SELECTIONS
Education
Is education a right or a privilege?
History, Culture and Civilization
What can history teach us?
Government, Politics and Social Justic
e
Is America on the right road?
Business and Economics
Is the American Dream still alive?
Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
Are there
s
till rules?
These are general topics
meant to inspire further exploration and discovery of a narrower
subject f

6. or your paper
.
Your essay should
be persuasive and
explore a debatable idea. See Idea Generators below and how
the general
topic of education as a right or privilege is narrowed to an
examination of integration.
Should integration
necessarily translate i
nto concrete gains like greater achievement for all students? If
so, is mixing students by
race the most effective mechanism for attaining it?
First
steps for success:
1.
Choose a topic
2.
Read the essay with pen in hand
3.
Underline or note an engaging quote or
comment.
Now you are ready to begin!
RECOMMENDED READINGS

7. Education:
Is education a right or a privilege?
Overview: pages 180
–
181
Essays: The Next Kind of Integration, Emily Bazelton, pages
201
-
211
Two Cheers for
Brown v. Board of Education; Clayb
orne Carson, pages 219
-
225
History, Culture and Civilization
What can history teach us?
Overview: page 279
Essays: America’s “Oh Sh*t” Moment, Niall Fergeson pages
291
-
295
1776 and All That: America after September 11, Edward
Hoagland pages 297
-

8. 299
Government, Politics and Social Justice
Is America on the right road?
Overview and Declaration on Independence. pages 322
-
329
Critical Analysis Paper
For this assignment, you will write a 1200-word critical
analysis based on one of the following topics inspired by
readings in our textbook, The McGraw-Hill Reader. The paper
will include quoting the text, as well as additional
research from the library database or another approved and
reliable source documented correctly in proper APA
format. This paper requires writing in Third Person Point of
View in a persuasive mode.
The abstract should be 100 words and the body (excluding the
cover page and reference page) of the paper should
be 1000 words. Be sure to use the template for a research paper
that you created in Week One, and provide direct
support from your sources. It would be best to use the readings
from your textbook, but other reliable sources
should also be used. At least three sources are required. Choose
ONE of the following topics.
TOPIC SELECTIONS
Education Is education a right or a privilege?
History, Culture and Civilization What can history teach us?
Government, Politics and Social Justice Is America on the right
road?
Business and Economics Is the American Dream still alive?

9. Philosophy, Ethics and Religion Are there still rules?
These are general topics meant to inspire further exploration
and discovery of a narrower subject for your paper.
Your essay should be persuasive and explore a debatable idea.
See Idea Generators below and how the general
topic of education as a right or privilege is narrowed to an
examination of integration. Should integration
necessarily translate into concrete gains like greater
achievement for all students? If so, is mixing students by
race the most effective mechanism for attaining it?
First steps for success:
1. Choose a topic
2. Read the essay with pen in hand
3. Underline or note an engaging quote or comment.
Now you are ready to begin!
RECOMMENDED READINGS
Education: Is education a right or a privilege? Overview:
pages 180 – 181
Essays: The Next Kind of Integration, Emily Bazelton, pages
201-211
Two Cheers for Brown v. Board of Education; Clayborne
Carson, pages 219- 225
History, Culture and Civilization What can history teach us?
Overview: page 279
Essays: America’s “Oh Sh*t” Moment, Niall Fergeson pages
291- 295
1776 and All That: America after September 11, Edward
Hoagland pages 297- 299
Government, Politics and Social Justice Is America on the right
road?
Overview and Declaration on Independence. pages 322- 329