Assignment Description: This activity seeks to sharpen your critical thinking skills. Analysis entails dismantling and studying parts. Accordingly, students will identify the thesis of their chosen reading and provide supporting evidence to back up their claim. For each week, students will choose an author to critically analyze from the selected readings for the week.
Assignment Requirements:
The title of your chosen reading.
A clear statement in your own words that identifies the authors thesis from the reading.
A page citation from the reading that provides supporting evidence for your analysis of the authors thesis.
A minimum of 4 sentences.
Choose one reading from the following:
Franco, Franklin J. The Black Population in Blacks, Mulattos, and the Dominican Nation. 25 58.
Moya Pons, Frank. Sugar and Slaves and Cattle and Contraband and The Devastaciones in The Dominican Republic: A National History. 37 50.
