Assignment

Book required to do this assignment: African People in World History, John Henrik Clarke

1. What is the book about?

2. What are the main arguments of the book?

3. Are the arguments persuasive?

4. How does it impact your overall understanding of the contribution of African civilization to humanity?

Note that book reports are to be between 3-5 pages and must properly reference its sources including direct quotes from the book you are reporting on.

Book Report

1.You must state their interpretation of the question posed..

2. Provide your thesis statement or main argument to be developed throughout the paper..

3. It is an academic assignment and therefore requires proper referencing and citation of sources. Each written submission must have a cover page - on it should be the specific question being answered, your name, the course and professor's name and date of submission, pages must be numbered..

4. All reports must be submitted using the Chicago Manual Style 7th Edition.

5. The written assignment should be double spaced 12 font Times New Roman.

6. You must quote from the book - a book report requires engagement of the ideas within the text. These must not be ideas from secondary sources..

7. You must critique the ideas/arguments within the book. This means more than criticizing what you don't like about the book. To critique means to highlight and discuss the positive, praiseworthy aspects of the book. It also means to state the problems/issues and weaknesses with the book or its approach..

8. Finally, what are your overall views on the book, would you highly recommend, recommend, not recommend. State your reasons.