Post a rough idea of what you'd like to write about for your research based essay on the discussion board in the forum Week Five: Writing  Discussion in the Topic: Ideas for Essay Four to receive instructor feedback on your choice of topic. Review the module on Writing a Research Paper which provides you with several url links that cover everything from choosing a topic to MLA citation and works cited page. Call, email or meet in person with an LTCC  librarian. I will post more about this in announcements Post an outline of your essay and list three sources you plan on using in your paper as a new topic under the topic Ideas for Essay Four/Outlines for Essay Four. Post a direct quote from a source you plan on using in your research paper, and then post a paraphrase of this quote using MLA format in both examples under the topic Avoiding Plagiarism. Submit your introduction and one support paragraph or any two paragraph section of the essay for which you would like feedback via Discussion Board. Assignment Details: You will write a 6-8 page research based essay including a works cited page on a topic related to any of the reading we've done thus far in the course. This will further illuminate your understanding of the course texts and allow you to investigate areas of interest while beginning to work with a research based MLA format academic essay. See my list of topics for ideas or feel free to pursue any topic of interest to you in some way related to our reading in the class.You may choose to write an essay which explains a certain topic that relates to the reading, or an essay which makes an argument about one of the topics, or you might write an essay that shows how your research of a particular topic deepens your understanding of the required text(s). Ideas for The Complete Persepolis  by Marjane Satrapi The Islamic Revolution The Veil: Women's Views of Acceptance/Rejection/Resistance Iranian History Revolutionaries of Iran: f. Rezi, Dr. Fatemi, H. Ashraf Dialectic Materialism The Shah of Iran Black Friday--Iran Political Prisoners--Iran Iranian Immigrants in Europe and/or United States Iran's war with Iraq Martyrdom in Iran Anarchism in Europe Simone de Beauvior Sexuality in the Middle East Stereotypes about The Middle East/Easterners Depression Education in Iran Satellite Dishes in Iran Gender Roles in Iran Ideas for  Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates Lynching in the US The Middle Passage History of Racism in the US Police Brutality Deaths of Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Freddy Gray, Eric Garner, Sandra Bland, or Trayvon Martin The Crack Epidemic Black Masculinity Education in Inner City Schools The Black Panther Party Malcom X COINTELPRO Howard University One drop rule Queen Nzinga Black Identity The body in Feminist Theory PG County Police Slavery and the Civil War Jim Crow Segregation in the US Chicago Housing Projects Prince Jones Environmental Racism Hillbilly Eleg ...

1. Post a rough idea of what you'd like to write about for your
research based essay on the discussion board in the forum Week
Five: Writing Discussion in the Topic: Ideas for Essay Four to
receive instructor feedback on your choice of topic.
Review the module on Writing a Research Paper which provides
you with several url links that cover everything from choosing a
topic to MLA citation and works cited page.
Call, email or meet in person with an LTCC librarian. I will
post more about this in announcements
Post an outline of your essay and list three sources you plan on
using in your paper as a new topic under the topic Ideas for
Essay Four/Outlines for Essay Four.
Post a direct quote from a source you plan on using in your
research paper, and then post a paraphrase of this quote using
MLA format in both examples under the topic Avoiding
Plagiarism.
Submit your introduction and one support paragraph or any two
paragraph section of the essay for which you would like
feedback via Discussion Board.
Assignment Details:
You will write a 6-8 page research based essay including a
works cited page on a topic related to any of the reading we've
done thus far in the course. This will further illuminate your
understanding of the course texts and allow you to investigate
areas of interest while beginning to work with a research based
MLA format academic essay. See my list of topics for ideas or

2. feel free to pursue any topic of interest to you in some way
related to our reading in the class.You may choose to write an
essay which explains a certain topic that relates to the reading,
or an essay which makes an argument about one of the topics, or
you might write an essay that shows how your research of a
particular topic deepens your understanding of the required
text(s).
Ideas for
The Complete Persepolis
by Marjane Satrapi
The Islamic Revolution
The Veil: Women's Views of Acceptance/Rejection/Resistance
Iranian History
Revolutionaries of Iran: f. Rezi, Dr. Fatemi, H. Ashraf
Dialectic Materialism
The Shah of Iran
Black Friday--Iran
Political Prisoners--Iran
Iranian Immigrants in Europe and/or United States
Iran's war with Iraq
Martyrdom in Iran

3. Anarchism in Europe
Simone de Beauvior
Sexuality in the Middle East
Stereotypes about The Middle East/Easterners
Depression
Education in Iran
Satellite Dishes in Iran
Gender Roles in Iran
Ideas for
Between the World and Me
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Lynching in the US
The Middle Passage
History of Racism in the US
Police Brutality
Deaths of Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Freddy Gray, Eric
Garner, Sandra Bland, or Trayvon Martin
The Crack Epidemic

4. Black Masculinity
Education in Inner City Schools
The Black Panther Party
Malcom X
COINTELPRO
Howard University
One drop rule
Queen Nzinga
Black Identity
The body in Feminist Theory
PG County Police
Slavery and the Civil War
Jim Crow
Segregation in the US
Chicago Housing Projects
Prince Jones
Environmental Racism
Hillbilly Elegy

5. by JD Vance
History of Appalachia
Appalachian Migration
Children and Poverty in the US
The Rustbelt
De-industrialization
High school graduation rates for low-income students
Domestic Violence
Addiction
Drug Abuse and Poverty
Losing Faith in American Institutions
The Decline of Social Mobility
Adverse Childhood Experiences
Schools and Section 8
Accessibility to Ivy League Schools
black dove: mama', mijo, and me by ana castillo

6. The History of Mexican Migration
The Border Patrol
The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)
The Virgin of Guadalupe and/or Aztec Goddess Tonantzin
Feminisim
Social and Cultural Movements of the 1960s
Rape
Female Sexuality
Suicide and Depression in Teens
Lesbianism
Near Death Experiences
Male Sexuality
Gender Roles/Identity
Gangs and Gang Violence in Chicago
Incarceration for Drug Related Crimes
The War on Drugs/Drugs in Inner Cities in the 1980s-1990s
Stop and Frisk Policies
Hip hop Culture

7. Graffiti Art
Pueblo Indians of New Mexico Traditions
Motherhood
Patriarchy and Alternate Ruling Systems/Patriarch and
Capitalism
Voting Rights for Ex-Felons
Colonialism
Migrant Farm Workers
Women in Mythology
Mexican Curanderos
Catholicism
Santeria
Mexican Immigrants in Chicago
Xicanisma-Chicana Feminism
Latino Masculinity
Story Telling