Douglass Essay Assignment
- Grading Rubric – You will be graded on how well
you:
- State your position on the topic
- Describe the points in support, including your position and other evidence
- Anticipate and address readers’ concerns and arguments against your position
- Correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization (1 point each)
- Formatting (3 points each)
- Paper Guidelines
- Paper should not exceed 2 pages
- Times New Roman, 12 pt. font
- Double Spaced. Do not add spaces between paragraphs
- 1 inch margins all around. This is not the automatic setting for Word. Pay Attention!
- Stapled upper left hand corner
- References in APA – parenthetical citations. YOU DO NOT NEED A BIBLIOGRAPHY.
- Heading – upper left corner – Single Spaced
- Title
- Name
- Date
- Instructor’s Name
- Class
- Class Date and Time
- Proofread and Edit.
- Revise – Have you used specific details?
- Have you answered the questions?
- Do you have topic sentences?
- Does the ending contain a clear call to action?
- Did you include transitional words and phrases?
- Questions:
- Why did most slaveholders believe that “education and slavery were incompatible with one another”?
- What were some of the various stratagems that Douglass used to learn to read and write?
- What effect did Douglass’ education have on him as a slave? How does this re-enforce the view of the slaveholders that slavery and education are incompatible?
- Does Douglass’s account of his struggles to become educated show us anything about our own views and actions regarding education?