Description
Unit 4 Essay Proposal Guidelines
EXPLAIN YOUR TOPIC
Which film, TV show, or comic book are you planning to use as your primary source in the Unit 4 Essay? Why did you choose this film, TV show, or comic book? What specific cultural value or belief does this superhero illustrate?
AUDIENCE
Who is your intended audience? Who do you want to share this information with? Who might most benefit? In addition to our class, is there another intended audience?
SOURCE EVALUATIONS
Applying the CRAP Test, find and evaluate 3 (three) sources for your research paper. The source can be from the Cuyamaca College Library (preferred), it can be a source you find on the Internet, or it can be a source you find in our class Canvas container. Your source evaluation may be in a bulleted format for this assignment.
Source 1:
- Title of Source:
- Author(s):
- Publication/Sponsor/Organization:
- Date of publication:
- What information does this source provide to help you to investigate into your research question?
- Why is the source credible?
- Link to source:
Source 2:
- Title of Source:
- Author(s):
- Publication/Sponsor/Organization:
- Date of publication:
- What information does this source provide to help you to investigate into your research question?
- Why is the source credible?
- Link to source:
Source 3:
- Title of Source:
- Author(s):
- Publication/Sponsor/Organization:
- Date of publication:
- What information does this source provide to help you to investigate into your research question?
- Why is the source credible?
- Link to source:
The sources must be from
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Articles
- The Purpose and Significance of Superheroes in American Culture (Links to an external site.)
- Why are we obsessed with superhero movies? (Links to an external site.)
- On the importance of having superheroes (Links to an external site.)
- Why America loves superheroes (Links to an external site.)
- Why we worship superheroes (Links to an external site.)
- How Stan Lee’s superheroes helped change the world (Links to an external site.)
- The greatest superheroes are always challenging culture (Links to an external site.)
- Heroic Moments: A study of Comic Book Superheroes in real-world society (Links to an external site.)
- The Superhero diversity problem (Links to an external site.)
- The Golden Age of Comics (Links to an external site.)
- Stan Lee quotes (Links to an external site.)
- Why are superheroes so popular? We live in a world of fear (Links to an external site.)
- The Rise of Superheroes (Links to an external site.)
- Into the Spider-Verse: Modern Heroes for a Modern World (Links to an external site.)
- “Into the Spider-Verse” and the importance of a biracial spider-man(Links to an external site.
- Why Miles Morales means so much to people (Links to an external site.)
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