WOMEN IN POLITICS

DEPARTMENT APPLIED SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCES

READ IN ITS ENTIRETY: Type your responses directly on this document and once you have completed it, please upload the exam to Turnitin. If you do not follow these instructions, you will receive a zero for your final exam, no exceptions.

The exam is based on our assignments for WEEKS 4, 5, and 6.  Review your readings and videos. You are expected to take what we have read and watched and demonstrate your understanding by providing your responses to four (4) short essays in your words (do not just copy and paste information or you will not receive credit). Your writing should clearly illustrate that you learned the information from our materials by making the connections with particular points from the readings and videos (name the materials and exact events, people, thoughts, concepts, etc.). Review the rubric for standards for all writing assignments.

Watch passages to answer question

  • https://youtu.be/wMVg6hxXWnE “Viola Davis and Stacey Abrams On Black Women of Awards Season”
  • https://youtu.be/y3mj1yG38ig “The 2017 MAKERS Conference: Excerpt from the documentary, Makers — Women Who Make America”
  • https://youtu.be/-XVK2C7cKq8 “PBS Makers Women Who Make America 3of3”

 

INSTRUCTIONS: You are to write four (4) separate short essays (each one is worth 25 points) Each short essay must be a minimum of two (2) well-written paragraphs with no less than eight (8) comprehensive and definitive sentences.  For each of the following articles/videos write about the main themes and ideas, major argument and conclusion, and finally how did the article/video contribute to your understanding of women in politics. Your essay must cover all of these points.

Essay #1 – Conversation Between Viola Davis and Stacey Abrams (Video)

Essay #2 – Women and Social Change Leader (Article)

Essay #3 – Why Women in Politics 2012 (Article)

Essay #4 – You may choose to write about either Dr. Dorothy Height or Dr. Angela Davis (Video)

Extra Credit (worth 5 points): What were two important segments in the PBS Makers Women Who Make America 3 of 3 video (key people/events) that added value to your knowledge and understanding of women in politics (be specific how)?