Unit Four Project: Academic Paper

For this end of unit evaluation students will be writing a traditional academic paper.
We have grouped students according to topic into teams of two or three people. Members of your team will help you to brainstorm your specific topic, find sources, and review your draft. Option: You may create a collaborative paper together, provided that it is three pages and two sources per person.

Length: 3-4 pages (750-1000 words). For collaborative papers, 3-4 pages per person.

Sources: At least two sources (per person in a collaborative paper), properly documented in MLA format, including a Works Cited page. You are not restricted to sources from your bibliography assignment, and you are encouraged to consult the bibliographies of your peers that touch on your topic. Online sources will also be permitted, properly documented.

Due Dates:

• First draft, Tuesday, Dec 6th in class. Bring a printed copy for review by your peers.
• Final draft, Thursday, Dec 8th (by end of the day). Submit 1) The final paper; 2) peer critique form from Tuesday; 3) First draft from Tuesday.

Criteria:

• At least one of the first three learning outcomes must be explicitly addressed
• The paper must include a thesis statement and be persuasive. Please consult this site on Better Thesis Statements.

Blogging

During this last week of class (Dec 1-8), your blogging should focus on this final paper. Create one or more "in-process" posts in which you talk through your writing development process. Ideas:

• Brainstorm about how to connect your topic to the learning outcomes
• Respond to sources from others' bibliographies that relate to your topic
• Post a proposed thesis statement and request input
• Post a draft of your paper. 

Be sure that you do not simply post, but that you interact online with your topic team members or those from your home group.

See below for topic teams.


TOPIC TEAMS

Printing and Religion

• Kimberly Gidney (Reform Movements and Print)
• Emily Fullwood (Print and Religion)
• Samuel Hord (Print and the Reformation)

Reference Works

• Montana Thompson (History of Bibliographies)
• Morgan Mix (History of the Dictionary)

Dictionaries

• Crista Little (History of the Dictionary)
• James Williams (History of the Dictionary)

Typography 1

• Kody Wood
• Summer Perez
• Holland Hettinger

Typography 2

• Will Myers
• Murphy Campbell

Typography 3

• Alyssa Cardon
• Sam Watson
• Brenda Barrow

Publishing History

• Blaine Harker (Printing Presses and Publishers)
• Brett Riley (Publishers)

Printing History

• Jake Terry (History of Printed Books - Incunables)
• Dane Olsen (History of the Printed Book)
• Morgan Reber (History of Print to 1700s)

The Book Trade

• Catherine Hawkely (Bookselling and Publishing)
• Misa Morreall (Print Distribution and Dissemination)
• Alex Burton (Early British Book Trade)

The Material Book

• Diane Cardon (Acid Paper and Preservation)
• Madison Grant (Bookbinding)

Children’s Reading

• Jared Jones (History of Literacy)
• Alicia Brighton (Printed Book and its Effects)
• Kacee Hill (Children’s Literature)

Authorship / Ownership

• Jenna Whitworth (Plagiarism)
• Rachel Olson (Rise of the Author before 1700)

Censorship - General

• Andrew Whittle (Censorship)
• Ted Jackson (Censorship)

Censorship in Britain

• Erin Hamson (English Censorship before 1700)
• Lauren Noorda (Censorship in Elizabethan England)

Print and Medicine

• Mike Miles (Print and Medical Knowledge)
• Scott Welling (Print and Medicine)

Spelling

• Alicia Cutler (Spelling)
• Shuan Pai (Spelling)

Non-English or Non-European Printing

• Jared Willden (French Printing)
• Jon Kunkee (Non-European Printing)
• Ryan Chandler (16th and 17th C Asian Printing)

Law

• Tanner Sullivan (Law)
• Marc Wein (Justice and the Press)

Visual Arts

• Andrew Powley (Visual Arts and Print)
• Brianne Burraston (Printed Illustrations and Woodcuts)