Compare and contrast the actual history of the event(s) as opposed to Hollywood’s representation of the event(s). What did the writer/director/creators get right? Wrong?

THE HIDDEN FIGURES MOVIE 2017

Description

Hidden Figures tells the story of three African-American women who worked as computers to solve problems for engineers and others at NASA. For the first years of their careers, the workplace was segregated and women were kept in the background as human computers.

Research Component: The research component for HIS 222 is a standard research paper.

• Individual grades within the assignment:

o Topic: 5%

o Working thesis, outline, sources (WTOS): 20%

o Final draft of research paper: 75%

• Requirements:

o 8-10 pages (Works Cited/Bibliography and title page DO NOT count in page total)

o You should make a cogent, persuasive argument to prove your argument.

o Cite all sources using MLA format or Chicago Manual of Style. Either is acceptable, but should be an appropriate, correct usage of the selected style.

o You must use in-text citations. Remember – when you paraphrase, you must cite. When you quote, you must cite. When you use someone else’s ideas in any form, you must cite. It is far, far better to over-cite than to under-cite. Refer the plagiarism section on the syllabus.

o Sources: 5-8 academic sources. You must use at least two (2) books. Your textbook is not an acceptable source for this paper. Acceptable sources include journal articles, some web sources and various primary sources.

• Paper Topic: History v. Hollywood

o Choose a movie or tv series (will generally require watching a full season) dealing with some aspect of Global Women’s History.

o The essential question to answer in your paper: If one knows nothing about the time period, topic, person, etc will viewing this movie/tv series help or hinder his/her understanding of the time period, topic, etc?

o To answer this question, you should compare and contrast the actual history of the event(s) as opposed to Hollywood’s representation of the event(s). What did the writer/director/creators get right? Wrong? Be detailed.

o The details are important. If the costuming or sets are inaccurate, that is worth noting. The same goes if they are accurate.

o Determine if the movie/tv show would have been better if it were a more accurate representation.

*short papers (less than 8 full pages) will automatically earn zero (0) formatting points. Further, short papers generally may not earn more than 35 points in the support category as the amount of necessary information is simply not there.

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