Essay Prompt: Please work from the essay uploaded
When our environments shape our outcomes entirely, we demonstrate little agency; on the other hand, when we shape our environments that can affect our outcomes, we demonstrate agency. Agency is a persons will to act.
with an Annotated Bibliography Links to an external site., consider lessons drawn from the texts you have read this semester and peer/scholarly articles you will research for this paper, to include your analysis of two people, one person or story of your choosing from And Still We Rise and the other being your interviewee (instructions above this prompt), to develop a clear and persuasive argument to the following question:
To what extent are students just products of their environments, and what should be done to help students utilize their agency to close the academic achievement gap?
You must also cite at least 4 (or more) peer/scholarly reviewed articles from the College Library Database to help support your claim.
You must have at least 6 sources overall. This means in addition to your 4 peer/scholarly reviewed Annotated sources, you can also use the interview, the Case study chosen, and any readings assigned this semester.
Please remember that you need an Annotated Bibliography, not a Works Cited page. No part of the abstract can be used in your Annotated Bibliography, otherwise, this is considered plagiarism.
Some Pre-writing Strategies:
Formulate a tentative thesis statement to the question Are we just products of our environments? The thesis should be formal and should not look like No, we are not just products of our environments. Be specific as to why or why not. Why this matters? How does it connect to a larger issue?
Gather your notes on your chosen two subjects from And Still We Rise AND the successful person you interviewed. Then review their journeys. Were you correct in your hypothesis? Did they find success, or did they become part of the statistics? Why or why not?
Completing peer/scholarly reviewed research takes time and experience with how to navigate the databases. Support from the Librarian is vital for this paper.
