Category: English

Evaluate a Source
ASSIGNMENT: For this essay, you will select one of the sources that you intend to support your argument. Which source you choose is up to you; however, it should be substantial enough that you will be able to talk about it at length, and intricate enough that it will keep you (and your reader) interested.
The introduction of this paper will involve introducing the source: After you recap your research paper’s central argument argument, provide the author, the title, and the context (where you found the source, where it was originally published, who sponsored it, etc.)
You will then go on to evaluate the source on two levels:
Credibility (at least one full paragraph): Using the information in this unit as a guide, evaluate the source’s authenticity and reliability. Look at all the information that you can find about the source to establish the author’s (or sponsor’s) trustworthiness.
Usefulness (at least one full paragraph): Using a combination of summary and analysis, examine the source on a critical level. Determine what the source’s purpose (thesis) is, and how it arrives at that goal. Examine its value to you and the project you are working on. How will it help you prove your own points? How might it come in handy to back up a claim (or address a counter-claim)?
Finally, you will include a conclusion which shows your final assessments on both counts.
Sample Touchstone
In order to foster learning and growth, all essays you submit must be newly written specifically for this course. Any plagiarized or recycled work will result in a Plagiarism Detected alert. Review this tutorial for more about plagiarism and the Plagiarism Detected alert: Touchstones: Academic Integrity Guidelines. 
A. Assignment Guidelines
DIRECTIONS: Refer to the list below throughout the writing process. Do not submit your Touchstone until it meets these guidelines.
1. Source Identification
The introduction of this paper will be introducing the source:
❒ Have you recapped your research paper’s central argument?
❒ Have you provided the author’s name?
❒ Have you provided the source title?
❒ Have you provided the context (where you found the source, where it was originally published, who sponsored it, etc.)?
❒ Have you ended the introduction with a thesis statement that sums up your evaluation of the source’s credibility and usefulness?
2. Source Evaluation
❒ Have you provided an evaluation on the source’s credibility in at least one full paragraph?
❒ Have you used specific, accurate page/paragraph-numbered examples from the source to illustrate your evaluation on credibility?
❒ Have you provided a judgment on the source’s usefulness in at least one full paragraph?
❒ Have you used specific, accurate page/paragraph-numbered cited examples from the source to illustrate your evaluation on usefulness?
❒ Did you include a reference list with complete source data such as author(s)’ name(s), date of publication, title, publication outlet or journal, an URL address (if available)?
3. Reflection
❒ Have you answered all reflection questions thoughtfully and included insights, observations, and/or examples in all responses?
❒ Are your answers included on a separate page below the main assignment? 
B. Reflection Questions
DIRECTIONS: Below your assignment, include answers to all of the following reflection questions.
What types of questions did you ask yourself when evaluating the credibility and usefulness of your source? (2-3 sentences)
How do you feel this evaluation practice will help you as you continue to move through the research process? (2-3 sentences)
C. Requirements
The following requirements must be met for your submission to be graded:
Composition must be 2-3 pages (approximately 500-750 words).
Double-space the composition and use one-inch margins.
Use a readable 12-point font.
All writing must be appropriate for an academic context.
Composition must be original and written for this assignment.
Use of generative chatbot artificial intelligence tools (ChatGPT, Bing Chat, Bard) in place of original writing is strictly prohibited for this assignment.
Plagiarism of any kind is strictly prohibited.
Submission must include your name, the name of the course, the date, and the title of your composition.
Include all of the assignment components in a single file.
Acceptable file formats include .doc and .docx.

Initial Posts (Step 1) due at 11:59pm on Th. May 9 || Responses to Classmates (Step 2) due at 11:59pm on Sun. May 12
Note Before You Begin Working on Your Initial Post
Given that I need to give you information that is at times detailed, and that requires you to move between pages/screens, I suggest you either print out these instructions or read through them and take notes on the required steps before you begin working on your post. That way you have a hard copy in front of you and do not need to move between pages.
If you would like to download and print a copy of the following instructions, click here
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.Step 1: Your Initial Post
This Step is worth 5 points
You will be exploring redlining maps from the 1930s-1940s and comparing them to demographic data nowadays.
Please do the following, taking notes along the way as requested. After the following, you will see the questions to answer in your initial post. Go to Mapping Inequality at https://dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/redlining/#loc=5/39.1/-94.58Links to an external site. . Read the introduction page, titled “Mapping Inequality Redlining in New Deal America.” Be sure to understand what “redlining” is, how it was created by the Home Owner’s Loan Corporation (HOLC), what each ‘grade’ (i.e., color) meant, and the role that race and ethnicity played in these grades/colors.
Then, click on “Explore the Maps”. You will see a map of the U.S. with a bunch of multi-colored circles on various cities throughout the U.S. You will be selecting 2 cities from this map, at least one of which is outside California. The cities you select must be marked by the circles that are red, yellow and green (in other words, do not choose any orange circles). Take note of the names of the 2 cities you selected (remember one must be outside CA). Now learn about each city you selected on the map by clicking on the cities’ circle. Do the following for each city you selected:After you have clicked the city’s circle, you will see the following options/tabs about the city: “Context,” “Categories & Space,” “Population,” and “Area Descriptions.” Click on the “Area Descriptions” tab. You will then see a list of areas in that city that have been graded (i.e., color-coded) in the 1930s-40s by HOLC. Choose one greenlined (green-colored) area in this city by clicking on the area description so that it expands. Then: Read the “Characteristics and Descriptions of the Area” and take notes on these characteristics and descriptions (what stands out to you). Take a look on this selected on the map (it will be illuminated on the map). Get a sense of the shape of this area and, if you can, write down some of the street names. Then click on “Scan” in the Area Description so you can see the original document created by HOLC. At the bottom of the scan is written the “Location” — write down this location name. Now do the same thing you just did for A, but now for a redlined (red-colored) area in this city. Remember to take notes on the “Characteristics and Descriptions of the Area” and to write down the location of this redlined area. Note that after you have done A-B, you will have information about a total of 4 areas — 2 areas (one redlined and one greenlined) for each city. You will now find the current zip codes of the 4 locations (2 per city) you learned about for #3. Go to the “US Zip Codes” map at https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.orgLinks to an external site.. In the “Enter a Location” bar, enter the name of the area (don’t forget both the city and state!) for each area you selected. Note the following:You will likely have more than one zip code generated. This is where your notes on street names and the shape of the graded/colored area on the original map will help you. Try to locate the zip code closest to the area you selected on the Mapping Inequality (HOLC) map. Write down the zip code.
Remember that you will be getting 4 zip codes — (2 per city). Be sure to keep track of which zip codes were redlined and which zip codes were greenlined.
Now go to The Opportunity Atlas at https://www.opportunityatlas.orgLinks to an external site., read the introduction and click on “Begin Exploring”. Read the “Get Started in Three Easy Steps” overview, then click “OK”. Enter the zip codes for each of your areas in the “search for address or place” bar. Then:You will see “Children’s Outcome in Adulthood.” For each of your 4 zip codes, take note of the following:Household Income at Age 35
Job Growth Rate (You may need to click on More Characteristics)
Poverty Rate Anything else you find important
Now click “Reply” and do the following:
Use the following template to tell us information about the two cities you selected and the redlined and green lined areas in each: City 1: name and state ___________________ greenlined area location/name: __________________what you noted from “Characteristics and Descriptions of the Area” on Mapping Inequality (question 3A above):
Household Income at Age 35:
Job Growth Rate:
Poverty Rate:
Anything else you found important?
redlined area location/name:what you noted from “Characteristics and Descriptions of the Area” on Mapping Inequality (question 3B above):
Household Income at Age 35:
Job Growth Rate:
Poverty Rate:
Anything else you found important?
City 2: name and state ___________________green lined area location/name ________________what you noted from “Characteristics and Descriptions of the Area” on Mapping Inequality (question 3A above):
Household Income at Age 35:
Job Growth Rate:
Poverty Rate:
Anything else you found important?
redlined area location/name __________________________what you noted from “Characteristics and Descriptions of the Area” on Mapping Inequality (question 3B above):
Household Income at Age 35:
Job Growth Rate:
Poverty Rate:
Anything else you found important?
Now, reflect on what you have found in terms of similarities and differences between redlined and greenlined areas and across time. In your reflection, I’d like you to compare the redlined and greenlined areas in each city to each other. I’d also like you to reflect on how each area you selected in the 1940s compares to nowadays. What similarities and differences do you notice? Now talk about the 3 benefits of wealth, redlining and the racial wealth gap as they relate to what you have found. To do so, answer the following: How can the history of redlining and the 3 benefits of wealth explain differences in outcomes that you see nowadays in the 4 areas you selected? Be sure your answer uses only course material on the 3 benefits of wealth, which you learned during Week 11 (click here to return to that information), redlining and the racial wealth gap, which you learned about in Week 13 (click here) and in Week 11 (click here). Does anything surprise you? Does anything disappoint you? Anything else you’d like to add?
Explain how racial discrimination in the job market may exacerbate income and wealth gaps between racial groups. In your answer, reference what you learned from the study described in the “Race at Work” article (click here and click here to return to that material).
If you could enact at least one change in society to ameliorate/lessen/eliminate racial disparities in wealth and income, what would you propose? How can we as individuals do to help eliminate racial disparities in income and wealth?
Step 2: Your Responses to Classmates
This step is worth 5 points. Respond to at least 2 classmates by reading their posts and:
What is one way that your classmates’ post is similar to what you found and wrote about in your post?
What is one way that your classmates’ post is different from what you found and wrote about in your post?
Comment on one thing you find notable, striking, surprising, disappointing, interesting, etc. in your classmates’ post. Grading
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This paper will be the culmination of all your work in the class, so please show your best work. You are getting this assignment well in advance, so please plan ahead to allow time for research and revision.
The research essay is your chance to make a strong, complete, and convincing argument on the food issue of your choosing. To build upon your previous work, this essay will take a stand on the topic you discussed with neutrality in your first essay—the exploratory paper. Now, you will build an argument by expanding that paper and doing more research. You may use some of what you wrote for Essay #1 (it is not plagiarism to copy yourself), but try to rethink and rewrite Essay #1 through the lens of the course and your expanded research
Pay attention to what you have learned in the class as you write. For example, be aware of the types of claims you are making and the types of proof that will support your claims.
The research paper will cite at least four outside sources, and will be between 5 and 6 pages. Papers without a proper Works Cited will not be accepted. Quality web pages can be included, but they will not count towards the four required sources.
I will attach essay 1 below 

4-5 pages double space
APA format ,12 font
Use two sources and cite them through the essay 
One source must be provided by the school