Summary of the principal arguments and assess the arguments and evidence in the supplementary readings

Summary of the principal arguments and assess the arguments and evidence in the supplementary readings

Students will prepare a brief (2-3 page) summary of the principal arguments and assess the arguments and evidence in the supplementary readings that the instructor distributes electronically in the course. Each Journal is should be submitted by 11:59PM on the day that the supplementary reading is listed on the Course Schedule. [These items are preceded by “Reading” on that Schedule. Note students can take this opportunity up to four times in the semester.]?Besides briefly summarizing the findings of the article, each Journal submission should contain (1) identifying information about the author, i.e. “Professor of Economics at Michigan State University and director of the Center for Sustainable Economics”; (2) assess the strength of the article’s evidence and logic; and (3) conclude on the pertinence of the article to the study of Frederick Douglass’s life and times. .