Research Papers

Students have begun the long and arduous process of writing a research paper in my ARRA grant class.  They are doing the paper completely online by saving journal articles, outlines and rough drafts to Google Documents and submitting them to me.  The process has not been easy, but I know the students are getting a lot out of the work they are completing.  The research assignment was given in conjunction with their reading of Push.  They were asked to choose a social issue from the book, choose a side to defend and then research the topic.  Many students have created incredibly rich projects based on their own convictions.  Please check out Marhianna Reaves' introduction to her question, "Why is Black Literature not accepted in the classroom?"