Ethnicity

Instructions
As part of your final course project,< https://vcccd.instructure.com/courses/48487/assignments/1573489> you will explore a racial or ethnic category. For
this week’s approval submission, please submit an outline of your final paper (bullet points are fine). The purpose of this outline is to help you develop a
coherent plan and structure for your final project. This outline should allow you to present a framework for presenting your main ideas so that you simply
have to fill in the details with your academic research and analysis for your final project. As you think about your ethnic group, consider how the subtopics all
work together to inform their experience in the U.S.. Keep in mind that you can always switch/change your outline (just make sure you send me a notification
of your change).
For this assignment, please submit an outline of your paper. This should include your introduction, your five chosen subtopics, at least one sociological
perspective, and a conclusion.
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Example Course Project Outline
Course Project Outline- Ethnic group: Jewish American
1. Introduction (1-2 Paragraphs)
* Hook, topic sentence
* Discussion of the ethnic group
* Thesis
2. History in the US
* Jewish Immigration
* Refugees from Nazi Germany
* Immigration from Soviet Union
* Assimilation
* Current demographics
* Antisemitism in the US
3. Religion
* Description of the Jewish religion-Judaism
* Religious practices- clothing, prayers, dietary laws, ritual purity laws, leadership
* Holidays
4. Economics
* Income
* Wealth
* Inequality
5. Education
* Trends in education–majors, level of education completion
* Inequality
6. Families and intimate life
* Relationships
* Family structure
* Traditions
7. Connection to a sociological perspective
* Conflict theory
8. Conclusion Paragraph
* Relate back to the intro
* Thesis restated
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Here are five steps to a strong outline, according to Herzing University (Links to an external site.)< https://www.herzing.edu/blog/herzing/5-steps-createperfect-outline>:
1. Choose Your Topic and Establish Your Purpose. A lot of writers struggle to define the initial focus for their paper. Trying to come up with a topic from a list
of possibilities is a difficult task, but understanding your essay’s larger purpose is just as important. Having a goal or objective in mind will help you set
guidelines and limitations on what is appropriate content for your essay. What do you want your readers to learn from reading your paper? What do you want
them to understand about your topic? These questions can help you focus your ideas around the specific take-home messages you want to leave with your
readers.
2. Create A List Of Main Ideas. This is the brainstorming part of the writing process. The goal here is to come up with a list of essential ideas that you are
planning to present in your article or essay. This step can be a list of arguments to answer a question, a list of resources, or it could even include tips on how
to do something. No matter what the topic is, this step gives you a chance to get all of your ideas out and have a list of possible topics that you can touch on
in your essay.
3. Organize Your Main Ideas. The goal of this step is to rearrange the list of ideas that you came up with in Step 2, putting them in an order that will make
sense to you and the reader. There are many different strategies for organizing your ideas, and these will vary depending on the type of essay you are writing.
Some common organizational structures are cause and effect, classification, chronological and process. Once you have put your ideas in order, you’re well
on your way to developing the structure of your essay