Unit 4: Research Essay Submission Link
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This assignment focuses on your ability to: evaluate researched source materials to be academic, valid, and reliable; to incorporate research fluidly into an essay format; to cite researched information properly in APA format.
The purpose of completing this assignment is: learning how to research valid and reliable sources is an important lifelong skill for school, career, and personal life. You will need to know how to synthesize researched information and present it effectively. As a student of Post, please be sure you use this assignment to solidify your mastery of APA text citations. Ask your instructor questions!
Please be sure to read the assignment page and rubric for complete criteria and requirements.
· Readings and Resources
Topic One: Literature Resources for this unit:
Harper Lee wrote To Kill a Mockingbird in 1960 and created a novel, play, and movie that have bridged classic and modern literature and society. Many of you have either read or viewed To Kill a Mockingbird, or at the very least, heard of this timeless triumph. For the next two units, you will be viewing the classic movie with megastar, Gregory Peck as one of the most famous literary characters ever created, Atticus Finch.
- Click here for the link to the movie. It is suggested that you use subtitles; click on the three dots in the lower right hand of the screen and choose subtitles.
Topic Two: To Ban To Kill a Mockingbird:
To Kill a Mockingbird has been a controversial novel since it was written, and to this day remains one of the most challenged novels in history. Given its mature subject matters and language, it should be studied in the context of the time in which it is set as well as how it is perceived in the present day. Please take the time to view the following videos which offer diverse opinions on the relevance of this novel:
To Kill a Good Book… and a Bad Word?
Duration: 6:57
User: n/a – Added: 12/8/16
YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDd-FODZ80M
Reevaluating ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ 60 years later
Duration: 6:07
User: n/a – Added: 7/11/20
YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtp-ZIPAQIs
Supplemental Resources: Theme as a Device:
- Some fundamental information on how to identify a theme.
What is Theme in Literature?
Duration: 5:57
User: n/a – Added: 9/25/12
YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEOfXgow3Jw
- Helpful information on how to discern between a theme and a subject plus examples of theme sentences.
- Themes. (2016). Literary Devices.