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Instructions:

Book Review:  Each student is required to write one book review. The student will choose a non-fiction book of at least 300 pages that deals with any aspect of the course (from the Puritan era to Reconstruction).  The review should be 4 to 6 pages in length (double-spaced) and should include a brief background of the author, a summary of the book’s main thesis, an analytical discussion on whether the author accomplished his/her objectives, any bias that the author may have, and your overall opinion of the book.  If you choose to include direct quotations from the book, be sure to cite the page number from which the quote(s) came.  Students will need to receive prior approval of the book before beginning the review assignment.  You may select a book from the “Selected Bibliography” that is located on the Selected Bibliography Module on Canvas, but you may also select a book that is not on the Bibliography list. Students are not permitted to review the same book, so the sooner you make your selection, the better the chances of getting your first choice.
The font size of the print should not exceed 12 and the margins should be one (1) inch around the perimeter of the review.  The book review will be evaluated on:

•    Substance, summary, and discussion of the book selected (70%)
•    Grammar, spelling, etc. (15%)
•    Overall evaluation of the book (15%)
    
    The book review should contain a title page that includes the title of the book, author, publisher, place of publication, date of publication, and your name. The title page is NOT to be considered one of the 4-6 pages of the review.
    
    The book review selection is due on November 30 and the book review is due on November 30 and should be submitted online through Canvas. Note: submitting papers through Canvas automatically directs them to Turnitin.com. Please be aware that papers with more than 10% similarity are considered highly suspicious for plagiarism if there is no documentation. DO NOT copy and paste information from any website and submit it as your own work. This is considered plagiarism and is a form of cheating. Any evidence of this will result in failure of the assignment and possible failure of the course. 
•    The primary daily assignment in this course will be the essay reading assignments that will be discussed during class. Students are expected to read the assigned readings prior to class. Unit tests may include material from the reading assignments that may not be discussed in class. See the course schedule for the reading assignments.