History of Kenya
Mrs.
Nardi's 9th Grade World History Class
Lenox Memorial High School, Lenox, Massachusetts
Thesis Paper Assignment
Topic:
During the study of the struggle for independence in Kenya in the mid-20th Century, the British East African Protectorate used force and violence to deny black Kenyans from advocating peacefully, and then, not so peacefully for the right to suffrage and equality under British Common Law. The British blocked black Kenyans from participation in their own countries' affairs and violated their own signed agreement to follow the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights convention. Other countries on the African continent have had similar histories. Your research project will be to document other parts of Africa where human rights have been or are being violated.
Thesis Paper:
Choose one country , other than Kenya, where human rights have been violated. Research the issue carefully, giving the historical background to the conflict, and a fair hearing to both sides of the issue. Explain the situation on the ground today and if there has been any satisfactory resolution. You must consider the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rigths in your paper, quoting the violations of this document. You must have an argument for your thesis.
Examples:
Darfur, Sudan
Rwanda
Algeria
South Africa
Zimbabwe
Nigeria
Somalia
Others
Note: The violation of human rights need not have been only at the hands of colonial powers.
Format for the Thesis Paper:
1. The paper must be six to seven pages long, not including endnotes and bibliography.
2. It must have a title page. You must use Chicago Style format for historical research.
3. You must use either Times New Roman, Arial or Tahoma font.
4. You must have a word count of, at least, 1500 words, approximately 250 words per page. More is welcome.
5. You must have evidence from at least three academic sources besides the Declaration itself. Hence a total of four academic sources are necessary. Primary sources are considered superior to secondary sources.
6.
When handing in your paper, you must include all drafts, outlines,
brainstorms and xeroxed quotations with yellow highlighting. No paper will be accepted without these items and it will be considered past-due.
Timeline: (subject to change)
March 1 : Topic and some sources are due.
March 12 : Outline of argument and all sources xeroxed
March 26 : First Draft with complete list of sources,will be returned in two weeks for completion.
April 5: inclass conferences on papers
April 15
: Final Paper due with all notes, resources, drafts and outline.