ANTH 1120 Assignment #3: Essay

Due March 8, worth 15% of nal grade

This assignment is a brief research essay.

It involves choosing one of the topics we cover in this course, reading at least two outside sources on
that topic, and making an argument based on your ndings.

You have the op on of expanding on the work you did for assignment #2, the annotated bibliography.

Details:

o 7 - 8 pages, double-spaced
o The essay must cite at least four academic sources in total. This includes at least two sources
from outside the course.
o Upload to Eclass by the due date: March 8 at 11:59 p.m.
o Use Chicago style for references and forma ng. For a convenient summary of Chicago style, see
h p://www.americananthro.org/StayInformed/Content.aspx?ItemNumber=2044.
o Watch the How & Why to Cite and How to Structure an Essay instruc onal videos before
a emp ng this assignment.

Step One: Choose a topic

o Choose one of these topics. Your essay must make an argument that allows you to answer all of
the ques ons contained in your chosen topic.

a. Your own topic from assignment #2: Assignment #2 required you to create your own
research ques on, and to annotate three academic sources related to that ques on. Now
you have the op on of turning this work into a complete essay.

Answer your own research ques on with an argument that is informed by the three
sources you found, plus at least one source from our course syllabus (this can include
the textbook). You should only choose this op on if you earned a B (11/15) or higher
on assignment #2. If you earned less than a B, there was a major problem with your
research ques on and/or sources, and so an essay based on this work would not pass.

b. Globaliza on: Choose a speci c example of how globaliza on has a ected a par cular place
or group of people. You can choose an example from the lectures and/or readings, or one
that you addressed in your annotated bibliography, or a new example derived from an
academic source.

Expand the example into a case study of the local-level e ects of globaliza on. How has
the local culture changed as a result of globaliza on? What have the people gained and
what have they lost? Has global capitalism been fair to them?

c. Territory: Analyze an example of con ict over territory that we covered in the course. Who
are the people at risk of being displaced? What are some of the ways in which they try to
hold their territory? Who is trying to take it from them, and why?

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 Step Two: Review the Course Material

o Look over the syllabus and iden fy the readings that are relevant to your topic. What have
anthropologists said about this issue?

Step Three: Find External Sources

o Search the York library for at least two academic sources (from outside the course) that are
relevant to your topic. You can use the sources you found for your annotated bibliography.

o Another good strategy is to look up the sources that were cited in the material from our course.

o All sources must be peer-reviewed academic sources. No excep ons.

Step Four: Argument and Outline

o Once you have read your external sources, start dra ing an argument.

o Make a rough outline of your argument, two or three points that support it, and the evidence
you will use to prove these suppor ng points.

o Make sure that all the ques ons contained in your essay topic are answered by your argument
and/or suppor ng points.

o You cannot pass this assignment if your essay does not make an argument that is supported by
clear points based on the course material and your own research.

o For help with this step, see the How to Structure an Essay instruc onal video.

Step Five: Wri ng and Edi ng

o Turn your outline into prose.

o Give yourself plenty of me to make sure you have done your best work. Check that all of your
points are relevant to your argument, that your paragraphs are well-organized, and that there
are no typos. Proper cita ons are necessary for a passing grade (see “academic integrity”
below).

o Edi ng is crucial and o en overlooked. It is nearly impossible to do be er than a C if you do not

edit your work.

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 Academic Integrity – Cita ons:

o To review some principles of academic integrity and methods for ci ng material, please watch
the “How & Why to Cite” video.

o Now that the course is nearly over, it is expected that all students are well-versed in academic
integrity and fully capable of ci ng material appropriately. For example, every idea that is
paraphrased from another source must be cited with a page number. Every phrase quoted
directly from another source must appear in quota on marks and be cited with a page number.

o Any essay which contains one or more instances of uncited or improperly cited material from
other sources will receive a grade of zero, and will result in an Inves ga on of Poten al
Academic Misconduct as per Senate policy. There is zero tolerance for plagiarism (inten onal or
not) on this assignment.

Academic Integrity – Shared Work:

o There is zero tolerance for sharing work on this assignment. Sharing work is as serious an o ence
as plagiarism.

o If two or more essays contain matching phrases, sentences or paragraphs, or content that is
substan vely the same but worded di erently, these essays will all be agged on Turni n,
receive grades of zero, and result in Inves ga ons of Poten al Academic Misconduct as per
Senate policy.

o The same applies to essays with content that matches submissions in other courses and/or
previous versions of this course.
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