INSTRUCTIONS, EZ OUTLINE/TEMPLATE, and CHECKLIST for Special Projects Assignments
Duplications of Instructions Should Be Followed ONLY Once Per Assignment Type
EZ Outline for SPAs (20% of Your Final Course Grade)
Instructions for ALL Special Projects Assignments
1. Read/watch any and all article(s)/video(s) provided by your instructor (35 words or more with a separate word count)
a. If there are no articles or videos except the information in the Assignment Setting, just move on to Item #2 and assess the information that is in the assignment itself
b. Look up what you don’t know in order to make sure of your understanding of the material
c. Summarize and explain any/all article(s)/video(s) provided by your instructor
d. Assessments must have three or more short, quotations with in-text citations from each source used
1. Three or more different sources are required
i. For example: one from the textbook, one from any article(s) or video(s) supplied, one from TED Talks—there’s a list in the Modules Tab in EO-Canvas, one from Ruth Dunn’s PowerPoints, one from any lecture notes by Ruth Dunn, one from any reputable, acceptable online source or sources within EO-Canvas
2. Summarize and Assess what you read/watched (35 words or more with a separate word count)
a. Summarize and discuss what you read/watched (35 words or more with a separate word count)
b. Assessments must have three or more short, quotations with in-text citations from each source used
1. Three or more different sources are required
i. For example: one from the textbook, one from any article(s) or video(s) supplied, one from TED Talks—there’s a list in the Modules Tab in EO-Canvas, one from Ruth Dunn’s PowerPoints, one from any lecture notes by Ruth Dunn, one from any reputable, acceptable online source or sources within EO-Canvas
3. What did you learn? (35 words or more with a separate word count)
a. Analytically discuss what you learned that you didn’t know before you completed this assignment.
4. Apply what you learned to your life and/or the lives of people around you. (35 words or more with a separate word count)
a. Analytically discuss how to apply what you learned that you didn’t know before you completed this assignment.
5. Describe one of the major sociological perspectives (Social Conflict—includes Marxism, Feminism, Queer Theory—Structural Functionalism, Symbolic Interaction, Post-Modernism, and Mid-Range)
a. Clearly discuss how the perspective you chose fits with the topic of the assignment and your assessment. (35 words or more with a separate word count)
6. You must have a Works Cited page and a Word Count
a. A Reference Page or a Works Cited Page contains ONLY the works from which you referred/quoted (cited) and should appear at the end of your document, before any Bibliography.
1. You must manually choose the end of your document to tell Word where the Bibliography, Reference Page or Works Cited Page will be located.
i. Scroll to the end of your document
ii. Press the “CTRL” key and hold the Enter Key at the same time
1. This creates a new page at the end of your document where you will put your Works Cited page
b. Correct and Complete Word Count Where Required
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EZ Outline/Template for SPAs
Follow the Instructions and address each section (1-6, above) completely
• Use Essay or Q&A Format
1. Use essay or Q&A format for each SPA
a. Do NOT rewrite the questions
2. Use three or more short quotations and in-text citations and use them correctly
a. Three or more different sources are required (for example: one from the textbook, one from any articles or videos supplied, one from TED Talks—there’s a list in the Modules Tab in EO-Canvas, one from Ruth Dunn’s PowerPoints, one from any lecture notes by Ruth Dunn, one from any reputable, acceptable online source or sources within EO-Canvas)
• Use Standard English
1. Use standard 11 point font: acceptable fonts are Calibri, Ariel, Tahoma, Trebuchet MS, Times New Roman, Cambria
a. Must be typed
b. Double space
c. Use standard, written, college-level American or British English
d. Use a free spelling and grammar check such as that available in TurnItInTM, MSWordTM, or the free version of GrammerlyTM, or another free spelling and grammar check to help correct writing errors
e. Make whatever changes are indicated by the spell and grammar check
• Use TurnItInTM
1. Use TurnItInTM to check for plagiarism
2. 35% or more plagiarized is unacceptable and must be corrected or a grade deduction of 35% will be taken that may not be made up
a. Make corrections to any plagiarism based on the suggestions from TurnItIn™
• Summaries are Correct
1. Summaries clearly state the major ideas in any/all article(s)/video(s) supplied by Ruth Dunn, or articles/videos that you have found based on the topic of each SPA (35 words or more with a separate word count)
• What Did You Learn?
1. What did you learn that you didn’t know before completing this assignment? (35 words or more with a separate word count)
• Apply What You Learned
1. Apply what you learned to your own life and/or the lives of people you know. (35 words or more with a separate word count)
• Assessment and Perspective
1. Assessments are your clearly stated ideas about the topic(s) for each SPA and the way the topic(s) are addressed in any and all article(s)/video(s) that were assigned or that you found that support/contradict the premise of each of the topic articles/videos
2. Describe one of the major sociological perspectives (Social Conflict—includes Marxism, Feminism, Queer Theory—Structural Functionalism, Symbolic Interaction, Post-Modernism, and Mid-Range) and clearly discuss how it fits with the topic of the assignment and your assessment (35 words or more with a separate word count)
• Works Cited and Word Count
1. Correct Works Cited Page (three or more different sources are required)
a. A Reference Page or a Works Cited Page contains ONLY the works from which you referred/quoted (cited) and should appear at the end of your document, before any Bibliography.
 You must manually choose the end of your document to tell Word where the Bibliography, Reference Page or Works Cited Page will be located.
 Scroll to the end of your document
 Press the “CTRL” key and hold the Enter Key at the same time
 This creates a new page at the end of your document where you will put your Works Cited page
2. Correct and Complete Word Count Where Required
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CHECKLIST
You MUST Use This Checklist for each Written SPA Assignment
Yes
No
TASK
Read/watched any and all article(s)/video(s) provided by your instructor
Used essay or Q&A format for each SPA
Did not rewrite the questions
Used a readable (11-12 point) font such as those shown
Double-spaced
Used a separate word count where indicated in the EZ OUTLINE/TEMPLATE
Used TurnItIn®
Followed the instructions exactly
Used standard, college-level, American or British English.
Did not use bold or italics unless necessary
Left-justified
Name (last name first), the course title (e.g. SOCI 1301), the CRN, the Assignment Designation and your instructor’s name typed in the upper left corner
CHECKLIST
You MUST Use This Checklist for each Written SPA Assignment
Yes
No
TASK
Submitted assignment through the Assignments Tab in EO-Canvas
Had a separate word count for all Sections of the EZ OUTLINE/TEMPLATE
Used quotation marks and correct in-text citations
Works cited page listing every source used
Summarized and discussed what you read/watched
Assessed what you read
Had three or more short, quotations with in-text citations from each source used
Used three or more sources such as your textbook, relevant TED talks or YouTube videos, etc.
Discussed what you learned that you didn’t know before you completed this assignment
Apply what you learned to your own life and/or the lives of people you know.
Described one of the major sociological perspectives (Social Conflict—includes Marxism, Feminism, Queer Theory—Structural Functionalism, Symbolic Interaction, Post-Modernism, and Mid-Range) and clearly discussed how it fits with the topic of the assignment and your assessment
Had Correct Works Cited Page (three or more different sources are required)
A Reference Page or a Works Cited Page contains ONLY the works from which you referred/quoted (cited) and should appear at the end of your document, before any Bibliography
Manually chose the end of your document to tell Word where the Bibliography, Reference Page or Works Cited Page will be located
Scrolled to the end of your document
Pressed the “CTRL” key and hold the Enter Key at the same time
Create a new page at the end of your document where you will put your Works Cited page
Had a Correct and Complete Word Count Where Required