A research project (10-12 pages paper double-spaced, excluding title page & references) analyzing the portrayal of human rights issues in films. You will discuss the treatment of specific human rights cases and contextualize your analysis with a framework of human rights documents and readings and providing historical background of the issues portrayed. Your paper should incorporate theoretical concepts and perspectives introduced and discussed in the course readings and lectures.
Topic: The impacts that human rights awarenesses and human rights violation have influenced on the next generation of immigrants and refugees
Following are the requirements:
1. INTRODUCTION STATING WHAT PAPER IS ABOUT, RESEARCH QUESTIONS, WHY IT IS IMPORTANT, METHODS, TOPICS COVERED, & HOW PAPER IS ORGANIZED:
2. THEORETICAL CONCEPTS, LITERATURE, BACKGROUND INFORMATION CONTEXTUALIZING AND FRAMING YOUR ANALYSIS:
3. INFORMATION PAPER GIVES/ANALYSIS:
4. ORGANIZATION [divide in sections with subtitles; e.g. Introduction, Conclusion]:
5. CONCLUSION SUMMARIZING FINDINGS:
– GRAMMAR, SPELLCHECK, CORRECT SPELL/WRONG WORD (e.g. “then” rather than “their”)
6. QUOTING: No more than 15% exact match in your paper. Keep quotes short, 1 or 2 lines. If you quote, analyze the quote.
– REFERENCES: 10 MINIMUM, 6 FROM BOOKS, PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS, AND/OR HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTS, FILM SHOULD BE INCLUDED (WIKIPEDIA IS NOT A SOURCE):
7. USE OF PROPER CITATIONS IN TEXT TO BACKUP YOUR ARGUMENTS/DATA; PAGE# WHEN QUOTING, URL OF WEB SOURCES (w/date of access):
– CITATIONS