ASSIGNMENT #1 — ESSAY
SPORTS & THE COMMUNICATION OF UNIFICATION, IDENTITY, NATIONAL PRIDE & POLITICS
In this course, we have seen numerous examples of how sport has inspired and fostered national identity, pride, and unity in major national and international sporting events such as the Olympic Games, 9/11, World Cup Soccer and other events of consequences in both good times and in the most trying of times. What this essay commands is your selecting and thoroughly researching one such major national or international sporting event that is of interest to you, and how this was the stage for pride, unification and/or national pride for a country, state, people of a particular culture or race, etc. Professor Elizalde will be available for any assistance you need in deciding what that subject will be and/or other questions regarding the assignment.
Select one such event, and write an essay about how that major national or international sporting event is/was a forum for instilling nationalistic pride, identity and unity through that particular sport in that particular arena or forum, at that time and place. Bring in what you learned, insights and observations from the related Lesson Notes and/or Video Lessons Overviews
Be detailed and specific, and provide examples that illustrate what you are writing about, such as (but not limited to) videos, audio, photography and other illustrations, and/or articles and headlines, etc. Remember this is a research-based assignment, so while opinion is important, it needs to be based not only on your accumulated knowledge but also on the facts of the situation and presentations to let the uninitiated reader know what you have learned and analyzed.
ALSO: THIS ESSAY MUST BE YOUR ORIGINAL WORK AND NOT A CUT-AND-PASTE JOB FROM ONE OR A FEW SOURCES. IF SO, IT MAY BE CONSIDERED PLAGIARISM WHICH IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AND WILL BE GIVEN A GRADE OF 0%. REMEMBER — SOURCES YOU USED MUST BE INCLUDED IN YOUR LIST OF REFERENCES AND AS IN-TEXT CITATIONS. “What is Plagiarism?” https://poorvucenter.yale.edu/undergraduates/using-sources/understanding-and-avoiding-plagiarism/what-plagiarismLinks to an external site.
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BELOW ARE THE REQUIREMENTS & INSTRUCTIONS FOR THIS ESSAY
PDF of what is below: COM 270_Essay #1_Sports Unification_Identity_National Pride.pdf
No less than four (4) complete pages, using 1” margins on top and bottom of the page.
Length requirements do not include space taken for the required Reference List or any illustrative examples that you add to your work (e.g, photos, diagrams, figures, charts, and other images)
Make sure you put your name at the top of the page, the date, and the assignment name
Use Times New Roman or Times 12 pt. fonts and double-space your paper Number each page sequentially.
Use proper paragraphing, grammar, punctuation, spelling (please spell check) and complete sentences.
Cite your sources using either APA or MLA Citation Style in your reference list, as well as in-text citations — and
it must be evident that you used those sources in your essay. Do not just add links to websites, videos, etc.
It is required that you do research for each essay using only academic or credible sources. You also may use references that I include in my lesson notes,