Assignment 2: LASA 1: Negotiating Cultural Differences in America For this assignment, choose two of the “Historical Documents” authors we have read so far this term. Choose authors you have found interesting, engaging, or problematic in how they articulate the nature of cultural, racial, or gender differences in America. In a well-documented and well-structured essay, compare your chosen texts in terms of how they argue for or against the negotiation of difference in America—in other words, how they argue for or against accommodating, rejecting, or compromising with the wide variety of differences (cultural, racial, ethnic, class, and so on) in America. Specifically, in your essay you should respond to the following questions: How do the authors define what it means to be American? Compare between each of the authors what it means to be civilized or savage, superior or inferior? Assess how the texts argue for the inclusion or exclusion of certain groups. How do they justify inclusion? Differentiate how the authors define or create a sense of different social roles for different groups. Examine how they are defined—by race, by ethnicity, by nation of origin, by gender, or something different. Why do the authors insist on maintaining these differences? How do the authors suggest these differences should be maintained and enforced? Analyze how different voices in the readings challenge or reject these differences. Justify why they reject them. What are the benefits of inclusion and diversity?  Write a 4–5 page paper in Word format (not counting title and reference page). Include an APA formatted title page and reference page. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M3_A2.doc. By Saturday, January 23, 2016 , deliver your assignment to the M3: Assignment 2 Dropbox . All written assignments and responses should follow APA rules for attributing sources. Assignment 2 Grading Criteria Maximum Points Demonstrates command of two author's ideas of what it means to be American. 52 Explains how each author understands society in terms of the roles and responsibilities of specific individuals. 52 Analyzes differing points of view within the text that challenge or complicate these definitions. 52 Organization (12 points): Introduction, Thesis, Transitions and Conclusion Usage and Mechanics (12 points): Grammar, Spelling, and Sentence Structure APA Elements (16 points): Attribution, Paraphrasing, and Quotations Style (4 points): Audience, Word Choice 44 Total: 200 .

1. Assignment 2: LASA 1: Negotiating Cultural Differences in
America
For this assignment, choose two of the “Historical Documents”
authors we have read so far this term. Choose authors you have
found interesting, engaging, or problematic in how they
articulate the nature of cultural, racial, or gender differences in
America.
In a well-documented and well-structured essay, compare your
chosen texts in terms of how they argue for or against the
negotiation of difference in America—in other words, how they
argue for or against accommodating, rejecting, or compromising
with the wide variety of differences (cultural, racial, ethnic,
class, and so on) in America. Specifically, in your essay you
should respond to the following questions:
How do the authors define what it means to be American?
Compare between each of the authors what it means to be
civilized or savage, superior or inferior?
Assess how the texts argue for the inclusion or exclusion of
certain groups. How do they justify inclusion?
Differentiate how the authors define or create a sense of
different social roles for different groups. Examine how they
are defined—by race, by ethnicity, by nation of origin, by
gender, or something different. Why do the authors insist on
maintaining these differences? How do the authors suggest these
differences should be maintained and enforced?
Analyze how different voices in the readings challenge or reject
these differences. Justify why they reject them. What are the
benefits of inclusion and diversity?
Write a 4–5 page paper in Word format (not counting title and
reference page). Include an APA formatted title page and

2. reference page. Use the following file naming convention:
LastnameFirstInitial_M3_A2.doc.
By
Saturday, January 23, 2016
, deliver your assignment to the
M3: Assignment 2 Dropbox
.
All written assignments and responses should follow APA rules
for attributing sources.
Assignment 2 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Demonstrates command of two author's ideas of what it means
to be American.
52
Explains how each author understands society in terms of the
roles and responsibilities of specific individuals.
52
Analyzes differing points of view within the text that challenge
or complicate these definitions.
52
Organization (12 points):
Introduction, Thesis, Transitions and Conclusion
Usage and Mechanics (12 points):
Grammar, Spelling, and Sentence Structure
APA Elements (16 points):
Attribution, Paraphrasing, and Quotations
Style (4 points):
Audience, Word Choice

3. 44
Total:
200