SOC312 Unit 7 Assignment
Overview: For written assignment three, you will require to profile an activist who was or is currently involved with promoting racial or ethnic equality or anti-racism education. You will chose from a list of activites below. Instructions:
• Students will select from a list of activies below. Be sure to include the following information in your written assignment:
o The activist’s background and why she/he became involved in activism
o What causes she/he focuses on and what movements/groups have they worked with
o What types of activism she/he is involved in (i.e. protests, boycotts, legislation)
o Any major successes of this activist or of the movement/groups they are (or were) involved in
o Any other important information you feel should be included
o Or anything else that you deem necessary to include Requirements:
• Written assignment will need to be in APA style • All margins should be one-inch • Times, New Roman 12-point font • Double-Spaces • Title Page • Reference Page • Please note, the title and reference pages do not count toward you pagerequirements
• Written assignments should be 4-5 pages in length • You must use a total of three additional scholarly, peer-reviewed sources
SOC312 – Race and Ethnicity
Written Assignment Three
List of Activist: Michelle Alexander Tim Wise Kimberle Chrenshaw Angela Y. Davis Victor M. Rios Rosa Parks Roy Wilkins Ella Baker John Lewis Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Genevieve Hughs John F. Kennedy Ava DuVernay Gloira Anzaldua Joan Baez
Cesar Chavez Sophie Cruz Leanne Betasamosake Simpson Audra Simpson Beatrice Medicine Chystos Nicole Tanguay Yuri Kochiyama Patsy Mink Kalpana Chawla Helen Zia Richard Aoki Helie Lee George Takei William Yu Be sure to read the criteria by which your work will be evaluated before you write and again after you write.
Evaluation Rubric for Written Assignment 3
CRITERIA Deficient Development Needed
Proficient Exemplary
0-23 Points 24-27 Points 28-30 Points 31-33 Points Structure Organizational
structure and paragraphing have serious and persistent errors. Directions were ignored and
information provided was insufficient to meet assignment
