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GEOGRAPY 107 Mini Term Paper (40-50 points)

Due Friday of Dead Week

The following are instructions for how to do the paper for this course. This mini term paper should be 5-6 pages in length, written in 11 point Arial font, with a line spacing of 1.5. The body of the paper should have in-text citations and an alphabetical list of references at the end. You must have at least four references from scholarly sources. The grade you earn will be based on the organization and clarity of your writing and arguments, together with how well you have supported your statements with scholarly literature and research. You may utilize any ideological position. The paper is due Wednesday of dead week at the beginning of class. Please just staple together the sheets of your paper, no folder or binder is desired or helpful.

Paper topic: The longer immigrant groups are in the United States, the worse off they are in terms of most measures of well-being.* Explain why.

Required Sources:

1. A base article that describes the declining levels of well being is Rumbaut, Assimilation and its Discontents. (can be found through Google) Another article you should have a look at is on the site for this course in the optional sub folder of the human migration folder, titled “segmented assimilation article.”

2. For your other sources, which should also be scholarly, as a minimum do a JSTOR search using library resources, with at least the following terms: assimilation, acculturation, immigration, role reversal, dissonant acculturation, segregation,. You are also recommended to do other searches of the scholarly literature.

*there are exceptions; fortunately income and ability to speak English improve.

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