The Final Project is an opportunity to enhance our comprehension of the complexities, which shaped the lives, experiences, and sociocultural worlds of Mexicanx/es, Chicanx/es, Puerto Ricanx/es, Domicanx/es, Cubanx/es, Centroamericanx/es, and other Latinx/es, and brown peoples through a project, which identifies some of the major ideas, concepts, themes, imaginations addressed in the second half of the course. For the Oral/Family History Paper, you may organize the body of the paper a number of ways, but you must include:
- The introductory section (1-2 paragraphs), which includes a lead or hook to your topic. You will also provide an overview of the local or homegrown Latin@/x thinker, writer, community leader, activist OR family member, and your proposed thesis for your paper. Who is she/he/they? Why is she/he/they influential in your community?
- The second section (1 paragraph) provides an explanation of your research methods for your oral interviews. This includes who you interviewed and how many times you interviewed them, the length of the interviews, and the kinds of questions you asked.
- The main section (multiple paragraphs) delves into your oral investigation. Here you will examine the main topics, which illustrates your thesis. You may organize your paper by chronology, themes, and/or concepts. You will need at least main organizing points.
- In this main section, make sure to tie your this story to the major historical events of their time, for example (but not limited to) the Jaime Crow, Mexican Revolution, Great Depression, Repatriation, World War II, the Emergence of Pachuc@/x, Korean War, post-World War II Baby Boom, GI Bill, Operation Bootstrap, Operation Peter Pan, Cuban Revolution, the Civil Rights Movement, Chican@/x-Boricua Movements, Women’s Liberation, Stonewall Rebellion, LGBTQ+ Liberation, or the Rise and Decline of Nixon, War on Drugs, AIDS Pandemic, Gulf War, 9/11, and COVID-19 Pandemic. Think about the events that are most important for understanding the significance of your family.
The concluding section (1-3 paragraphs) provides a reflective discussion of what you have learned through this thinker, writer, community leader, or activist and how it relates to our current concerns, struggles, and/or movements. Any paper or related paper documents must be typed in 12-point Times Roman font, double-spaced, with 1-inch wide margins, printed in black ink. All pages must be numbered and labeled with your name. All documents must be formatted as a Word, PDF, Google Doc file or other platform suitable for publication to be uploaded to Canvas.
Projects with less than the required pages or entries will be penalized. Any pages must be numbered and labeled with your name. All aspects of your Final Project must have be clearly labeled with your name and date.
Citation: Provide proper attribution and documentation according to MLA Style Manual.
Annotated Bibliography: In addition to the Final Project (in any format), you are also required to provide an annotated bibliography as a separate Bibliography page(s). You must add to your sources for at least 10 sources that are formatted according to MLA citation method. An annotation means 1-2 sentences explaining the source and clarifying its relevancy and usefulness. Acceptable sources may include:
- Pertinent websites, blogs, DH projects, Instagram, tweets, Facebook groups, pages, podcasts, YouTube videos
- Monographs (books on a single subject)
- Scholarly or popular articles
- Personal papers, memoirs, autobiography, letters, interviews, newspaper articles, manuscripts, artwork