Your main goal is to use these readings and other texts to make an argument about the prison industrial complex (PIC) and its relationship to gender, health, and the environment, as well as other foundational concepts we focused on in the first module of the class, particularly environmental justice, dis/ability, racism, and nation.
If you find it helpful to focus your essay around a specific question, focus it around this:
How does thinking about the prison industrial complex and/or people in prisons change or expand your understanding of the concepts we have been talking about this semester?
Assignment Purpose: To deepen your understanding of the subject by providing a structure for you think through a major concept and key pieces of evidence. The important part here is demonstrating the serious thinking and the struggle to learn something, using course reading as your essential building blocks.
Requirements:
For this assignment, you are required to draw directly and substantially from 3-5 assigned chapters, articles, or documentaries from this module of the class.
The essay should be a minimum of 1,000 words but no longer than 1,500 words.
This should be a final draft of your work, meaning that you have read through the finished essay at least once and:
corrected any grammatical or typographical errors to the absolute best of your ability,
ensured that the introduction and conclusion belong to the same paper and make the same point (sometimes our intentions drift as we get writing),
and made sure each part of the essay makes sense and contributes to the whole.
You must cite any sources you consult (including those used for class), and properly quote anything you use in your essay. You should have a bibliography. If you got the idea to connect 2 concepts from something you read, you must give the author credit by citing them. These citations should be formatted according to Chicago style requirements.
GRADING CRITERIA
Clear thesis statement
Can you tell what the thesis of the paper is? Is the thesis statement in the appropriate place in the paper? Does the paper actually do what the thesis statement says it will? Is the thesis statement debatable?
Strong
OK
Weak
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeFlow between introduction, body, and conclusion
Does each paragraph have a topic statement? Does each paragraph flow from the previous (i.e. did you experience any paragraphs as a jolt to your reading)? Is each paragraph less than a page long? Does the paper have a conclusion? Does the conclusion build on the body of the paper?
Strong
OK
Weak
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeFew grammatical errors and typos
Did you identify many misspellings or grammatical problems?
Strong
OK
Weak
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeCitation format
Does the paper use in-text (author year) citation? Does the paper have a references list? Does each citation contain all of the important information? Is the information in the correct order and format?
Strong
OK
Weak
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeLength and other assignment requirements
Is the paper the minimum length required? Is the paper formatted in a readable way?
Strong
OK
Weak
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeCritical Analysis
Does the paper make an argument beyond directly restating the readings? Does the paper demonstrate that the author has learned or developed their analysis of the topic through the writing and reading process? Are there interesting points? Did the paper make you consider or think about something differently?
Strong
OK
Weak
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAppropriate use of examples from readings/movies/texts
Does the paper use examples from the required number of readings or texts? Apply them correctly? Apply them consistently? Are there places where this paper could make use of specific concepts we have covered but does not?
Strong
OK
Weak
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeFocus on topic question
Is the paper primarily about the module topic?
Strong
OK
Weak
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