Topic for Paper 3

Directions:

  • Electronic copy (to victor.leuci@westminster-mo.edu): the subject header of the e-mail can be whatever, but the name of your attached Word (or other) file should be:
  • S11-228-P3-Last Name, First Name (e.g. S11-228-P3-Doe, John)
  • Paper copy: bring to class
  • Length: 600-1000ish words
  • in-text citation reminders:
  • you must cite your sources of information (facts, theories, etc).
  • in general you want 3+ citations per main body paragraph
  • BBC web sources: give author (if known), otherwise, give an abbreviated version of the title
  • Kebric: you must include ancient author, if known, modern author and page number, but see directions for paper 1
  • Pliny Pdf: give Pliny and page number
  • "Works Cited" reminders:
  • at end of paper not on a separate sheet (if possible)
  • only include entries for what you used in your paper
  • make sure the bibliography is in the same font and same font size as your main text
  • BBC or other web source: check pdf on how MLA7 or APA6 or Chicago Manual of Style wants it to be listed
  • Pliny Pdf: the title page and copyright pages have been included in the pdf--check here (without the web extras, this is what it should look like)
  • make sure that you use hanging indents for the bibliography
    • Write on one of the following topics:
    1.  Based on a close reading of Pliny's two letters (see pdf in Moodle) and one of the following eyewitness accounts of the recent Japanese earthquake and tsunami:
    a. in Tokyo, footage of quake, 7:25 min, (click here) plus BBC on tsunami, 2:41 min. (click here)
    b. in Tokyo, description, two clips, 5:29 min, (click here) plus BBC on tsunami, 2:40 min (click here)
    c. in Fukushima at Daiichi Nuclear Reactor, description, scroll down to Janie Eudy, 8:19 min (click here)
    d. something comparable from the BBC's coverage of the recent Japanese earthquake,
    what important similarities or differences can one observe (focus on either similarities or differences, but not both)? What can we learn from this?

    2.     Based on a close reading of Kebric's Chapter 6 and the BBC's coverage of the recent Japanese earthquake, what important similarities or differences can one observe with regard to governmental responses to natural disasters (focus on either similarities or differences, but not both)? What can we learn from this?

     Reminders: