Journal 2

Journal #2

Points Possible: 40

 

Due: __________________

 

Read: Chapter 1 of A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face With Modern-Day Slavery by E. Benjamin Skinner

 

 

 

 

Reminder:

· Type and print your paper in black ink (do not submit your work in any other color).

· Use Arial or Times New Roman font, 12 point.

· Do not print your paper back to back.

· Use 1 inch margins.

· Double space your paper.

· Number your pages.

· Turn in a HARD COPY your paper at the beginning of class (do not email your work to me unless you are following the Sick Policy).

· No two papers look the same! If you work with a friend on an assignment, your answers must be different or you will both receive no credit for the journal.

· Write in your own words the answers to the questions below.

· Turn in your paper to Safe Assignment.

· It is due by Midnight on the day it is due in class.

· If you fail to submit your paper by the deadline, then you will receive 0 points on the assignment.

· If you turn in your paper to the wrong folder in Safe Assignment, then you will receive a 20% deduction to your grade. You must alert me immediately so you will be able to submit your paper into the correct folder.

· If you are having Safe Assign problems: You have 3 days from the due date to alert me if you are having problems with your Safe Assign submission. Refer to the packet I distributed in class on how to check if your work was submitted correctly. After this time period, if you fail to let me know you will receive a 0 on your assignment.

· No late work is accepted unless you have a documented emergency that I approve.

· Number your answers. (If you fail to number your answers you will receive a deduction to your grade.)

· When I ask for at least a paragraph, ½ page, or 1 page response:

· Students who want a grade of an A or B must write more than the “at least” amount required.

· Make sure that it is the length I require based on 1 inch margins.

· If you do not know how to set up your numbers on the 1 inch margin, and your computer indents your responses in more than 1 inch, then provide more than a paragraph, ½ page, or 1 page to make it the appropriate length.

· Question #9: You must include citations.

 

 

 

Chapter 1 Questions: The Riches of the Poor

 

1. Google E. Benjamin Skinner. Include at least 12 characteristics about this author. (This question is worth 2 points.)

 

Example:

E. Benjamin Skinner

a. Educated from….

b. et cetera

 

2. How does Benjamin Skinner define slavery?

3. What do you think of his definition of slavery?

4. Tell me about the HIV infection in Haiti.

5. Describe what a slave looks like in Haiti.

6. Tell me about the 1999 case in Miami, Florida (provide a few sentences in your own words). (This question is worth 2 points.)

7. What happened to the sex slave that Nicholas Kristof bought and freed?

8. When Ben Skinner got malaria, who nursed him back to health?

 

9. Include at least 3 pages summarizing the main issues addressed in chapter 1 by Skinner. Also, include a discussion about the colonial effects of the French in Haiti.

a. You may only include examples from the book. (This question is worth 15 points.)

b. You must include citations with #9.

 

Epilogue: Read pages 294-295 to answer #10 (begin at “Writing to a friend” on page 294)

10. According to Skinner, what are some of the things that you can do to help alleviate the slave trade in the world?

 

What will you do?

11. What will you do to help alleviate the problem of slavery in our world? What will you do in your personal life? Research organizations that do work to help end slavery. Please provide at least 2 page double spaced. (This question is worth 10 points.)

 

 

Citation guidelines for Question #9

Failure to provide citations will result in a grade of a D or lower.

Summary, Paraphrase, and Quotation

 

· If you summarize the author’s work (write the author’s idea into your own words): include the page number at the end of the paragraph.

· Example: A summary would include a few sentences and at the end you would include the citation like this. Kevin Reilly, a professor at Raritan Valley College, discussed yada yada yada. Blah blah blah. Yada yada blah blah (12).

· If you don’t say the author’s name in the sentence and you summarize their work it would look like this (Reilly 12).

 

· If you paraphrase the author’s work (write the author’s idea into your own words): include the page number at the end of what you paraphrased.

· Example: Your paraphrasing of Ben Skinner’s work is usually one sentence and it would look like this (32).

· If you don’t say the author’s name in the sentence and you summarize their work it would look like this (Skinner 32).

 

· If you include a quote: include the page number in parenthesis at the end of the sentence.

· Example: According to Skinner, “your quote here” (12).

· If you don’t say the author’s name in the sentence and you summarize their work “it would look like this” (Skinner 12).

 

To learn more about citations, go to: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/02/

 

THE reading material needed for the assignment:

Chapter 1: Riches of the Poor

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9V4akS_GnR9Ukg5U1NUZ1I5ZTA/view?usp=docslist_api