Answer & Explanation:Prepare:
The topic of your essay needs to be a global societal problem from the
following list: adult illiteracy, funding for General Education vs STEM in
primary and secondary schools, minimum wage, oceans desertification, overcoming
the digital divide, refugee (escaping persecution, war, or death) crises,
species extinctions (modern), tax havens, Transatlantic Trade and Investment
Partnership (TTIP), universal statement of human rights (pick one), airport
security, or wealth disparity. Review this GEN499 Sample Final Paper Guide for additional guidance on the
expectations of this assignment.
Reflect: Based on the topic that you have chosen, you will need to use
critical thinking skills to thoroughly understand how this topic can be a
global societal problem and determine some logical solution(s) to the problem.
Write: This Final Argumentative Essay will present research relating the
critical thinker to the modern, globalized world. In this assignment, you need
to address the following items in separate sections with new headings for each:
Identify
the global societal problem within the introductory paragraph and conclude
with a thesis statement that states your proposed solution(s) to the
problem. For guidance on how to construct a good introduction paragraph,
please review the Introduction Paragraph Guideline from the Ashford Writing Center.
Describe
background information on how that problem developed or came into
existence. Show why this is a societal problem, and provide
perspectives from multiple disciplines or populations so that you fully
represent what different parts of society have to say about this issue.
Construct
an argument supporting your proposed solution(s). Be sure to consider
multiple disciplines or populations so that your solution shows that
multiple parts of society will benefit from this solution. Provide
evidence from multiple scholarly sources as evidence that your proposed
solution is viable.
Interpret
statistical data from at least three, peer-reviewed scholarly sources. Do
this by discussing the validity, reliability, and any biases; identifying
the strengths and weaknesses of these sources; and pointing out
limitations of current research and attempting to indicate areas for
future research. You may even use visual representations such as graphs or
charts to explain statistics from sources. Evaluate the ethical outcomes
that result from your solution. Be sure to provide at least one positive
ethical outcome as well as at least one negative ethical outcome that
could result from your solution, and explain at least two ethical issues
related to each of those outcomes. It’s important to consider all of
society.
Develop
a conclusion as the last paragraph(s) of the essay, starting with
rephrasing your thesis statement and then presenting the major points of
the topic and how they support your argument. For guidance on how to write
a good conclusion paragraph, please review the Conclusion Paragraph Guideline from the Ashford Writing Center.
The Final Argumentative Essay
Must
be 3,300 – 3,900 words in length (approximately between 10 – 12 pages;
excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style
as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Must
include a separate title page with the following:
Title
of paper
Student’s
name
Course
name and number
Instructor’s
name
Date
submitted
Running
header with page numbers
Must
include in-text citations from at least 10
scholarly sources. Be sure to integrate your research rather than simply
inserting it.
Must
document all sources in APA style as outlined here and here.
Must
have no more than 15% quoted material in the body of your essay based on
the Turnitin report. Reference list will be excluded from the Turnitin
originality score.
Must
include a separate reference
page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in
the Ashford
Writing Center.
Source
Document Requirements:
Multimedia
sources (such as videos) may be used, but no more than two such sources may
be used. If multimedia sources are used, they must be authored and
distributed by credible sources, such as universities, law schools,
medical schools, or professors, or found in the Ashford University
Library.
Government
sources may be used, but no more than two such sources may be used.
Examples include whitehouse.gov, state.gov, usa.gov, cdc.gov, etc. These
websites can be used to make a stronger point about your proposed
soluation within the argument.
Where
print documents are used for source materials, those must be
peer-reviewed, scholarly journal articles, and academically published
books. Popular media sources (e.g., newspapers, magazines, television and
radio shows, etc.) must not be used. Materials from advocacy groups
(e.g., Greenpeace, Human Rights Campaign, National Organization for
Women, etc.) must not be used.
Sites
such as ProCon.org and Wikipedia must not be used.
Religious
texts must not be used.
Good Critical Thinking Tips:
Your
paper should include academic sources that explain multiple sides of the
issue.
Your
interpretations of the evidence should be objective and state the
conclusions and theses presented in the evidence clearly and fairly.
Your
paper should place the various forms of evidence in relation to one
another and demonstrate why one form or perspective is stronger than the
other positions that one could take on the issue.
Your
paper should point out the limitations of current evidence and attempt to
indicate areas for future research.
Writing
Tools:
Before
you submit your written assignment, you are encouraged to review the The Grammarly Guide: How to Set Up & Use
Grammarly tutorial, set up a Grammarly account (if
you have not already done so), and use Grammarly to review a rough draft
of your assignment. Then carefully review all issues identified by
Grammarly and revise your work as needed.
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