Develop specific examples and explanations of your ideals

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Essay : American Foundations/The Political is Personal

Primary Source: Dan Rather, What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism

Explore all of the following secondary sources related to Dan Rather. We have looked at some together throughout this unit, and you should have notes.

If you are in my online section, feel free to refer back to former discussion boards. You must use at least TWO secondary sources in this essay, and no more than FOUR secondary sources, quoting from each of them in your essay. You cannot use any secondary source other than one here, unless I have posted it elsewhere in the course, we have looked at it together as a class and/or you seek and receive my approval prior to the due date.

· Professional History

· Rather's website, especially his own writing (link "Dan Rather" on the homepage).

(book review)

ASSIGNMENT:

Remember to indent paragraphs and to give your essay a creative and relevant title. You must address the writing prompt, constructing your own thesis statement in response to the prompt. You may use personal experience and/or your own thoughts and ideas to develop your thesis.

You must make appropriate and frequent use of Rather's text for support. You may use notes that you have taken at home or in class on secondary sources (above). Lastly, you must use templates from They Say, I Say. I have distributed handouts from this source as well as put much material on Blackboard.

Length Requirements: NONE

You need to write an introduction and thesis paragraph, body paragraphs that support and develop your main idea and thesis with examples, quotations, etc., and a conclusion that reiterates the main ideas of your essay. You cannot accomplish this in fewer than three typed, double-spaced pages. But as I said in class, my guess is that if you are writing more than 5 pages, you have lost your thesis and gone off topic.

However, ultimately, you need to write as much as you, individually, need in order to prove your thesis thoroughly. Everyone has a different writing style. You are working on becoming more self-aware as a writer, learning how you prove your points; develop an argument, link paragraphs and ideas, etc. Each student's way of doing this will be different.

WRITING PROMPT:

What freedoms and values make a country great? Write an essay that takes a position about the current state of America and how patriotism, civil rights and personal freedom relate to both the ideals and the reality of the United States.

Incorporate into your response Rather's definitions and discussions of patriotism, dissent, voting, and the role of the press and media from his book.

Incorporate any other interesting or relevant positions he takes in his interviews or from book reviews of What Unites Us. Think about immigration, education and any other issues that are important to you and that you think work to make a country great or to jeopardize its citizens' freedoms. Avoid clichés.

Develop specific examples and explanations of your ideals, and analyze whether they are or are not currently working in the United States, and why you think this is.

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