1. Write a statement about each source/genre that describes what kind of information or insights the genre of Migrant Farmworkers, photos by Dorothea Lange of Depression-era Migrant Farmworkers/farmers, fiction by a Mexican-American writer) would offer to a research project. To complete this task, ask yourself:
What kind of information do you get from interviews? From photographs? From a short story?
How is each genre different/similar to one another?
2. Now, come up with a question that occurs to you as you look at/read these sources. Much of what is in these sources engages displaced women’s issues—but, you may see other topics and issues too. Feel free to use any of the example questions if you are having trouble coming up with one. Examples: *How are the challenges women face different from and similar to the challenges men face in migrant agriculture life? *What are the effects on children in these three situations and are those children affected in different or similar ways? *How has the medium of photography impacted social justice through history? *How do immigrant artists like Cisneros use imagery to address immigrant experiences in America?
3. Find a quote from each source that you feel gives evidence toward answering your question.
What quote answers your question in some way?
What quote seems to support your thoughts about the question?
Write down the quote and include an in-text citation for it. Check with perdueowl.com for the MLA intext citation format for that genre.
4. For each quote, write the reasons you chose it; explain how it would fit into a research paper exploring your question.
