MONDAY 03/12/12 - evaluating sources, annotations, research

I. Review types of claims.

• Definitional arguments

II. Immigrant Misappropriations (CR p. 248)

1. Work with a partner to write a summary of the  main point Kang is trying to get across. Post on your blog.
2. Imagine you were working on an exploratory paper devoted to one of the following topics. Chose one and extract the perspective that Kang's essay suggests:

the view on Baseball as the American Sport

the of life racial and ethnic stereotypes in sports

the social markers of true Americanness

3. Together with your partner write an annotation with the chosen topic in mind.

III. Research 

• Research a few terms and names from Kang's paper you did not know. How did your research illuminate your understanding of the article?
• Research terms "Asian American", immigrant, and sports using Acadmic Search Premier article database. What kind of articles to you get?