San Diego Jewish Academy 9th Grade Humanities California by Rail Magazine Article Draft Specs

• Use 12-point type
• Double-space to leave room for suggestions, questions, and changes
• Include complete bibliography in the correct format
• Address the essential questions below with insight, thoughtfulness, and evidence (citing* direct quotes are great!)
• Write in your own personal VOICE

In our humanities study this year, we've explored elements of being human including: belief systems, love, hate, triumph, and creative expression. The questions below encourage you to examine these human traits in your subject.

1. Identify the location on our rail route in which your person or community is located.
2. Identify the individual or community you'll be researching and analyzing for their contributions to the state.
3. When did the subject of your article come to California?
4. Where did the subject come from?
5. Why did the subject come to California (belief systems, love, hate, or…)?
6. What contributions did the subject make to the establishment of a Californian community or state? Did the contributions reach beyond the community or state? Determine the longevity of the contribution. Does the contribution affect you today (belief systems, love, hate, triumph, creative expression)?
7. How did the subject keep traditions/religion/culture alive in California (belief systems, creative expression)?
8. What barriers did the subject find and overcome in California (triumph, creative expression)?

Please use the following format. Note the punctuation and spacing in the format and bibliography sample.

Film Format
Author. Title. Director. Distributor, Year.

Book Format
Author. Title. City: Publisher, Year.

Website Format
Author. Title. Date of Access. <URL>.

Gilbert, Martin and Rabbi Marvin Hier. Genocide. Director Arnold
Schwarzman. Simon Wiesenthal Center, 1981.

Wiesel, Elie. Night. NY: Bantam Edition, 1982

Miller, Franz J. "The White Rose". 24 March 1999.
<http://members.aol.com/weiBerose/index.html>.

*If citing from a source directly, complete the sentence in which the quote appears. After the end punctuation mark place the author's last name and page number where the quote appeared in parentheses. This citation in the text leads the reader back to the bibliography to find the source. For example:

Many critics believe that Spielberg's creativity "was nurtured by his high school teachers." (Smith, 26) Even after his first film, he attributed his imaginative ideas to his "fill-the-well-book from ninth grade." (Kipperman, 13)

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