Short Paper

Short Paper 2: The End of Segregation
Short Paper 2 Guide:
For this assignment, you will be asked to write a short 3 page paper in which you interpret a political cartoon (see the picture below). 

Critical Elements:
Introduction:  write an introduction to your essay. 

Must have:  a clear thesis:  Make an argument based on the cartoon and the source materials. 
Body Paragraphs:  this is the meat of your essay, with the goal of providing support for your thesis.

A paragraph in which you include a description of the items in the picture and their meaning. 
Included in this:  discuss a THEME (fear, anxiety, happiness, anger, joy etc…) really, this can also be achieved in your introduction as well.)  And BY WHO?  Who felt this way? 
2.  Subsequent paragraphs should relate back your identified elements

This is where you will need to use your SOURCE materials (primary and secondary sources.) Think of it this way, you are explaining HISTORY through your examples. 
3.  Cause and effect:  You MUST answer these questions and relate the information back to your thesis and THE HISTORY of the era:

What is the cartoonists point of view about the subject portrayed in this cartoon? What
evidence in the cartoon supports your interpretation?
Some cartoonists create their intended effects through shock value. Is that true of this
particular cartoon? How does it produce its effect?
Do you believe the cartoonist intends to produce a particular emotional response?
Do you believe this cartoon is successful in producing the effect the artist intended?
Explain why or why not.
Do you feel this cartoon is persuasive? Why or why not?
State the premise of this cartoon in one sentence (no more than ten words). (this is your thesis)
Conclusion:  Wrap it all up. 

Writing Instructions:
12 point, Times Roman font.
Left justified.  Not centered or right justified
1″ Margins all around
Spelling and grammar checked. 
3 pages in length. 
Bibliography or works cited page.  (MLA, Chicago, APA, etc… are all acceptable)
Sources cited within the essay.  (MLA, APA, Chicago, APA etc…)
Use the sources that I provided for you, including your text book. 
SOURCES

1.  The Southern Manifesto  :  Read about how the South reacted to the Brown decision.  (Links to an external site.)

2.  brown v. board and the mystification of race-1.pdf

3.  the white citizens council and resistance to school desegregation in arkansas-1.pdf

***You must find AT LEAST 1 SOURCE ON YOUR OWN.  Use JSTOR via the HCC Library database.  NO WEBSITES, NO USE OF OTHER STUDENT WORK, NO WIKIPEDIA, OR OTHER ENCYCLOPEDIAS. 

****When you are finished, submit in Canvas.  WARNING:  Canvas will submit your paper to the TURNITIN database.  Your originality score must be under 24%

Picture Hints:  Brown v. Board of Education, Plessy v. Ferguson, Little Rock, AK.  Ole’ Miss, Civil Rights