What Does it Mean to be an American?

Craft a research paper of 7-10+ pages that provides your personal answer to the question “What does it mean to be an American?” You may base your answer on your personal reading, research, and events in the news and in your own life. Feel free to scavenge from previous essays (remember, however, that this is a research paper. This paper needs to demonstrate the ability to conduct original, college level research). Classroom texts don’t count as research. 

You may consider other questions, such as what do Americans fear? What do we aspire to? What do we fight for? What American traits are universal? What traits are unique?

This paper requires parenthetical citations and a Works Cited page in MLA format.

Schedule: 
5/22: Laptop Day
5/23: Laptop Day 
5/24: Typed Outline Due
5/26: Not due: Works Cited page for feedback purposes only

5/30: Completed, typed first draft of essay due for Peer Review. Participation grade only.
6/2: Final draft of essay due. You will not be able to revise this essay.

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Agenda, May 9

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Today's Agenda:

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3. Are you ready?
4. Remind me to talk about Humanities on Thursday

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Period 4 Plans

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Today's Agenda:

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3. A little rhetorical analysis practice
4. So, you wanna write faster?

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4. A little rhetorical analysis practice
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Today's Agenda:

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3. Let's Review
4. Share your syllogism
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