Part I: Writing Critically and Conducting Research
Chapter 1: Reading Critically
Reading Critically in Preparation for Writing Critically
Guidelines for Reading Critically
Organizing and Developing Ideas
Illustration: Reading Critically
The Hollow Curriculum , Robert N. Sollod
Burned Out and Bored , Ronald Dahl
Chapter 2: Summarizing, Paraphrasing, Quoting, and Documenting Sources
Writing a Summary
Illustration: Marginal Notes and Summary
The Making of a Generation, Arthur Levine
Paraphrasing
Quoting
Documenting Sources: In-text Citations Using MLA Style
Integrating Source Materials into Your Paper
Using Ellipsis Points, Brackets, Single Quotation Marks, and "Qtd. in"
Illustration: Paraphrasing, Quoting, and Integrating Source Material
Documenting Sources Located in Collections of Essays
Job One: Education, Joanne Jacobs
Chapter 3: Writing a Critique and Writing a Synthesis
Writing a Critique
Guidelines for Writing a Critique
Illustration: Critique
Iron John , Robert Bly
Zipped Lips , Barbara Ehrenreich
Writing a Synthesis
Guidelines for Writing a Synthesis
Illustration: Synthesis
Chapter 4: Writing a Research Paper Using MLA Style
Defining Your Purpose
Discovering a Topic
Developing a Working Bibliography
Using the Library
Using Electronic Sources
Finding History on the Net , Mark Horowitz
Creating a Preliminary Bibliography
Evaluating Sources
Taking Notes
Avoiding Plagiarism
Illustration: Plagiarism, Inaccurate Documentation, and Correct Handling of Source Material
Documenting Sources
Citing Sources in the Text and Creating a Works Cited Page
Sample Pages from Student Research Papers
Sample Research paper
Chapter 5: Writing a Research Paper
Using APA Style
Parenthetical Citations Using APA Style
Psychology with Style: A Detailed Guide to Writing Research Reports, Mark Plonsky
Sample Pages from Student Research Paper Using APA Style
Part II. The Arts and Media Studies
Chapter 6: The Arts
Behold the Stone Age , Robert Hughes
The Poet and the Computer, Norman Cousins
Don’t Ignore the Arts , Harold M. Williams
Between the Art and the Artist Lies the Shadow , Diana Jean Schemo
Chapter 7: Music
How We Listen to Music , Aaron Copland
Rock ‘n’ Revolt , Isabelle Leymarie
Rock and Roll as Music; Rock and Roll as Culture , Jack Santino
Generation Exit , Alex Ross
Neo-Soul on a Roll , Christopher John Farley
Chapter 8: Film and Popular Culture
Class and Virtue , Michael Parenti
Hollywood Poison Factory , Michael Medved
Violent Reaction , Richard Lacayo
Tough Talk on Entertainment
Chapter 9: Advertising
Beauty and the Beast of Advertising , Jean Kilbourne
With These Words I Can Sell You Anything , William Lutz
Greenwash, David Beers and Catherine Capellaro
What Advertising Isn’t , John O’Toole
Chapter 10: Television
Crack and the Box , Pete Hamill
Goodbye Already , James Collins
TV Violence: Does It Cause Real-Life Mayhem , Susan R. Lamson
Don’t Blame Violence on the Tube, William F. Buckley Jr.
Part III: Social and Behavioral Sciences
Chapter 11: Education
I Just Wanna Be Average , Mike Rose
Ships in the Night , Gerald Graff
The Real Generation Gap , Marianne M. Jennings
Chapter 12: Poverty and Homelessness
Homeless Families , Ellen L. Bassuk
Jobs, Poverty, and Family Breakup , Donald J. Hernandez
Getting Off the Welfare Carousel , Teresa McCrany
On the Meaning of Plumbing and Poverty , Melanie Scheller
Chapter 13: Criminal Behavior
Firearms, Violence, and Public Policy , Franklin E. Zimring
Native Son , Nathan McCall
What’s Wrong With America and Can Anything Be Done About It?, Wayne M. Barrett and Bernard Rowe
Maintaining the Crime Supply , Barbara Ehrenreich
Chapter 14: Gender and Sex Roles
Cinderella: Saturday Afternoon at the Movies, Louise Bernikow
Strangers in a Strange Land: Women in Higher Education Administration , Joan North
Thank Heaven for Little Boys , Ana Veciana-Suarez
X: A Fabulous Child’s Story , Lois Gould
Chapter 15: Race and Ethnicity
One Nation Indivisible: Is it History?, William Booth
Growing Up Asian in America , Kesaya E. Noda
Hispanics and the American Dream , Linda Chavez
Colorblind , Alex Kotlowitz
Cultural Baggage , Barbara Ehrenreich
Chapter 16: International Relations
Must America Slay All the Dragons Charles Krauthammer
Colonialism’s Back- and Not a Moment Too Soon , Paul Johnson
Revising the Twentieth Century , John Lukacs
Building Bridges Between Young Japanese and African Americans , Hisako Yanaka
Terribly Sorry, But I Don’t Understand , Frances Stead Sellers
Yobish Prat Whinges On, T.R. Reid
Part IV: Science and Technology
Chapter 17: Computers and Cyberspace
It’s Jan. 1, 2000, and Your Hard Drive is Clueless , Ellen Goodman
If This Is the Information Highway, Where Are the Rest Stops?, Deborah Baldwin
The Generation Lap , Don Tapscott
Christmas Unplugged , Amy Bruckman
Chapter 18: Bioethics
Scientific Knowledge and Human Dignity , Jean Dausset
UNESCO and Bioethics , Georges B. Kutukdjian
Facing Up to Bioethical Decisions , John C. Fletcher, Franklin G. Miller, and Arthur L. Caplan
Human Cloning? Don’t Just Say No , Ruth Macklin
Of Headless Mice... and Men , Charles Krauthammer
Chapter 19: Public Health
The Persistence of the Serpent , Bernard A. Weisberger
The AIDS Lobby: Are We Giving It Too Much Money?, Michael Fumento
No, Spending More on AIDS Isn’t Unfair , Naomi Freundlich
Chapter 20: Environmental Sciences
Carrying Capacity: Earth’s Bottom Line , Sandra Postel
Global Warming on Trial , Wallace S. Broecker
Humboldt’s Legacy and the Restoration of Science , Aaron Sachs
A Declaration of Sustainability , Paul Hawken
Chapter 21: Natural Sciences
Can We Know the Universe? Reflections on a Grain of Salt , Carl Sagan
The Reach of the Imagination , Jacob Bronowski
The Chemist, Roald Hoffman
Part V. Business and Economics
Chapter 22: The American Consumer
American’s Changing Face, Marlene L. Rossman
Work and Spend , Juliet B. Schor
Kids in the Mall: Growing Up Controlled , William Severini Kowinski
Shopping and Other Spiritual Adventures in America Today , Phyllis Rose
Chapter 23: The Workplace
For Love or Money , Jay Matthews
A Working Community , Ellen Goodman
The Rite of Work: The Economic Man , Sam Keen
Women at Risk , Suzanne Gordon
Chapter 24: The American Image Abroad
Selling Our Innocence Abroad , Pico Iyer
Money and Seduction , Raymonde Carroll
Here to Stay , Michael Elliott
Chapter 25: The U.S. in the Global Marketplace
The Tripple Revolution , Christopher Farrell
The Global Market: Here, There, Everywhere , Ian Morrison and Greg Schmid
A Few Pointers , James Fallows
Appendix 1: Definitions of Terms
Appendix 2: Formatting Guidelines for Course Papers
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