For this essay, you should address a particular newsworthy event or issue of recent social signficance, and show (through careful research) how this contemporary event or issue was an almost inevitable result of prior decisions, policies, or practices (or the lack of them) at the national or global level.
Requirements
• Your essay should be approximately 1300- 1600 words in length, and it should feature in-text citations in MLA style, and a properly formatted Works Cited Page.
• Your essay should include at least two documented (cited) secondary sources (but probably more).
• Your thesis sentence and all topic sentences should be placed in bold.
• Your essay should include your signed Hofstra Honor Code statement, “I pledge on my honor that I have done this work with honesty and integrity, without giving or receiving unauthorized assistance.”
• Your essay should have a meaningful, “tell-tale” title. It should include an introduction culminating in a thesis statement, a minimum of four body paragraphs with focused topic sentences, and a conclusion.
