Read the prompt below. Consider your position on the issue. Then respond to the prompt with a well-developed multiparagraph essay.You have 30 minutes to complete this assignment. Your assignment will be graded based on the Persuasive Prompt Grading Rubric. The rubric can be found in your Unit Resources.

Prompt

Many teens and young adults have personal music players, such as MP3s, that allow them to take their favorite music with them wherever they go. Such devices require earbuds, and users can often be seen with at least one earbud firmly in place, listening to music as they go about their daily business. Some critics of these music players, however, argue that users tend to be isolated in the world of their music. Users, these critics say, do not really pay attention to what is going on around them; and they behave rudely when they carry on conversations with others while wearing at least one earbud.

Assignment: Do personal music players such as MP3s isolate their users and hamper social interaction? Should such devices be set aside in some situations to promote social interaction and even safety? Plan and write a response in which you state your position and persuade readers to agree with you. Support your opinions with reasons and examples.

Type your draft here.

Evaluating Web Sources and Identifying the Audience” Please respond to the following:

• Identify three credible web articles (and their URLs) that you plan to use for your research on a paper to convince.
• When evaluating, think of yourself as an investigative reporter who is checking the claims of a politician who used these three sources in his or her proposed bill. Evaluate each article regarding the following:
  • The target audience
  • The updating of information
  • The use of professional peer reviews
  • The information’s accuracy, relevance, and thoroughness

TIP: This is a good place to practice your APA formatting when you list these web articles!

Writing Assignment (Part 3): Investigate a Social Issue DraftDue Week 8 and worth 120 points

Working from the outline and from the feedback of your professor, you will now develop a draft paper in which you formally write up your findings.  Specifically, you will submit a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you address all of the following:

1. Specific Hypothesis.  Introduce your paper by identifying the specific hypothesis you are evaluating in this paper. 
2. Applicable Sociological Concepts. Identify the sociological theories and terminology from the text that apply to your social issue
3. Practical Implications.  Discuss the value of sociological research into your issue.  Determine whether or not there are (or would be) practical implications of sociological inquiry into this issue.  
4. Evidence.  This is the most important part of the paper.  Analyze  at least two (2) lines of evidence that pertain to the hypothesis you are evaluating.  Does the evidence support your hypothesis?  For each type of evidence, consider possible biases and alternative interpretations.  
5. Conclusions.  Draw conclusions based on the evidence that you have discovered. Does the evidence confirm or refute your hypothesis?  Is the evidence sufficiently convincing to draw firm conclusions about your hypothesis?  

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Evaluate the various methodologies for sociological research.
• Apply the sociological perspective to a variety of socioeconomic and political problems.
• Critically examine how society shapes individuals and how individuals shape society.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in sociology.
• Write clearly and concisely about sociology using proper writing mechanic

grading rubric:

Paper clearly introduced with the specific hypothesis you are evaluating.

Thorough job of completely and correctly identifying sociological concepts and terminology.

Thoroughly discussed value of inquiry into the issue. Thoroughly determined whether or not there are (or would be) practical implications of sociological inquiry into this issue.

Thoroughly analyzed a line of evidence, using sound reasoning. 

Thoroughly analyzed at least one (1) additional line of evidence, using sound reasoning. 

All of the conclusions logically follow from the evidence discussed.

Consistently free of errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

Sources are consistently integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing, using in-text citations.

Minimum of three (3) references and the quality of references is good.

Background: In 1938, in Munich, the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain made a deal with Adolph Hitler allowing Nazi Germany to annex Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland. Hailed as a hero for his diplomacy at the time, Chamberlain is now widely reviled for his policy of “appeasement” to Nazi aggression. Yet one year later, Chamberlain led Britain into war against Germany in defense of Poland once it became clear that appeasement had failed. By contrast, the US did little to halt Hitler’s initial expansion, and entered into the war only gradually, attempting, until attacked directly, to sway the outcome without going to war itself. Never again would the US remain so aloof for so long from such a momentous international affair. As such, the Second World War represents a turning point in American foreign affairs, and it is perhaps hard for us to understand why the US took so long to take effective action against the Axis Powers.

Resources: In your response, draw from material from AT LEAST TWO of the following documents and videos:

1. Hogan, H. (Writer). (2003). World War II: The road to war. [Television series episode]. In R. Hawksworth (Executive producer), America in the 20th Century. New York, NY: Films for the Humanities & Sciences. Retrieved from http://digital.films.com/OnDemandEmbed.aspx?Token=36220&aid=18596&Plt=FOD&loid=0&w=640&h=480&ref= 
2. Hogan, H. (Writer). (2003). World War II: The world at war. [Television series episode]. In R. Hawksworth (Executive producer), America in the 20th Century. New York, NY: Films for the Humanities & Sciences. Retrieved from http://digital.films.com/OnDemandEmbed.aspx?Token=36221&aid=18596&Plt=FOD&loid=0&w=640&h=480&ref= 
3. Lindbergh, C. (1941, Sept. 11). Des Moines speech. Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lindbergh/filmmore/reference/primary/desmoinesspeech.html
4. United States Congress. (1936, Feb. 24).The Nye report. Retrieved from https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/nye.htm 
5. Roosevelt, F. D. (1939, Sept. 3).Address of the President delivered by radio from the White House.Retrieved from http://www.mhric.org/fdr/chat14.html 
6. United States Congress. (1936, Feb. 24). Neutrality act.Retrieved from https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/interwar/neutrality2.htm 
7. United States Congress. (1941).Lend-lease act. Retrieved from http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=71&page=transcript

Instructions: After reviewing your Instructor’s Guidance and completing the weekly reading assignments (including those in the resource section above), please post a substantive discussion post of at least 200 words that examines the evolution of American foreign policy in the 1930s: What arguments were made in favor of isolationism? How and why did America’s isolationist stance erode entering into the 1940s? How did American foreign policy goals shape the American approach to the war?