Prompt question: How does the literature on assimilation/integration differ from what is often said, say, on television? How different/similar is the process in each setting? Please explain.

Prompt Questions/Two Essays

For the writing assignment, you can respond to as few/many prompt questions as you like per paper, so long as you have written 800-1000 words by the end of Week 5 and a combined 1750-2000 words by the end of the quarter. Write in Times New Roman font size 12, double-spaced with 1” margins. If you prefer to write a family history project or something else pertaining to nationality/citizenship, please seek permission from me no later than the second Friday of the quarter. The first paper is due the Saturday of Week 5, at 11:59pm. Second papers are due Friday of Week 10, at 11:59pm.

Writing Rules/Guidelines, aka “Checklist”

• Each Paper is 800-1000 words (not including headings, titles, and works cited).
  • For the first paper, choose among prompt questions 1-5.
  • For the second paper, choose among questions 6-10.
• You can choose up to two questions to answer, so long as you reach the word count of 800-1000 words (words in titles and works cited not included).
  • For a solo prompt, cite at least two course-assigned sources
  • For two prompts, cite at least three course-assigned sources
  • The strength of the source will affect your grade
    • More intense reads will weigh more heavily than the lightest reads
  • Write prompt question that you’re responding to as your title
    • Papers that don’t follow this rule automatically lose 10% of points
    • Your thesis is your response to the question
  • Cite facts and figures whenever you enter them in the text
    • Citation Format: (author last name year: page number(s))
  • Write in your own words
    • Quotes should be no more than one sentence
  • List all sources you cited in your Works Cited
    • Have at least two in-class reading sources if you only respond to one prompt, otherwise have at least three in-class reading sources for the entire paper. If you want, you can also add scholarly sources that are not on the syllabus on top of the quota for in-class reading sources.
    • Reference readings, not lectures. Prove that you read!
    • Works Cited formats:
      • Article format: Author last name, first name. Year. “Article Title.” Journal TitleNumber: page range of entire article
        • Example: Calderón-Zaks, Michael. 2022. “Technological Change before Globalization: Race and Declining Employment for Mexicans on Railroads, 1945-1970.” Journal of World-Systems Research1(Winter/Spring): 77-97.
      • Book format: Author last name, first name. Year. Title. Publisher home location: publisher.
        • Example: Ngai, Mae. 2003. Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
      • Anthology Chapter must be complete. Format: Author last name, first name. Year. “Chapter title.” Ed(s). Name(s). Anthology title.
        • Example: Calderon-Zaks, Michael. 2021. “The First Wave of Mexican Migration to the US: Rail Construction and Maintenance’s Contribution to World System Development, 1890-1929.” Eds. Denis O’Hearn and Paul Ciccantell. Migration, Racism and Labor Exploitation in the World-System. Routledge.
      • Your TurnItIn score should be under 20%. Scores between 30%-50% is an automatic D grade, anything above 50% is an automatic F
      • If AI is detected via GPTZero, you will receive an F
      • If all of the criteria are met and you make sound arguments, you can get the full points.

I Choose this : Week 6: May 6-8: Assimilation/Integration

• Ernesto Castañeda, Maria Cristina Morales & Olga Ochoa. 2014. “Transnational Behavior in Comparative Perspective: The Relationship between Immigrant Integration and Transnationalism in New York, El Paso, and ParisLinks to an external site..” Comparative Migration Studies 3: 305-332
• Richard Alba. 2005. “Bright vs. blurred boundaries: Second-generation assimilation and exclusion in France, Germany, and the United StatesLinks to an external site..” Ethnic and Racial Studies 28:1: 20-49
• Quiz 3, Thursday 3-3:20pm
• Prompt question: How does the literature on assimilation/integration differ from what is often said, say, on television? How different/similar is the process in each setting? Please explain.