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This assignment is extra credit. It is optional, not required, so students have the choice of
whether or not to complete it. It is worth up to 5% of the final course grade.
Assignment:
Watch Star Wars: Episode IV, A New Hope (1977). Based on this film, write a 500-1000 word
essay in which you analyze the movie in terms of the racial and religious trends of the 1970s
and how Star Wars not only reflected these trends, but also created new trends as well. Explain
why the film was so enormously popular in America.
Paper Requirements:
• Write in 3rd person voice. DO NOT use 1st person voice.
• Use Arial or Helvetica Font, 12 point size
• Margins should be 1? on all four sides of your essay
• Name block is single-spaced. The rest of the essay is double-spaced.
• Do not add extra space after carriage returns or any other paper stretching method.
Remember, the word count (500-1000 words) is the requirement, so trying to stretch a three
page paper into five pages is pointless. When you turn a paper in electronically, it gives a
word count. Short papers will receive a significant point deduction.
• Grammar, punctuation, spelling and proper essay formatting count. You should be able to
write a well organized essay, which includes an introduction with a solid thesis, a wellorganized
and cohesive body, and a proper conclusion. If you have trouble in these areas,
please go to the learning center to get assistance. It is located in University Hall (UH) 351.
• No outside sources are necessary or desired for this assignment.
• Double-check that you have cited your sources. I am ruthless when it comes to plagiarism,
so please make sure your sources are properly cited. Including only a bibliography at the
end is not enough. You must include both the proper citation notes in either MLA or
Chicago-Turabian style, and a bibliography in the same style.

histroy
This assignment is extra credit. It is optional, not required, so students have the choice of
whether or not to complete it. It is worth up to 5% of the final course grade.
Assignment:
Watch Star Wars: Episode IV, A New Hope (1977). Based on this film, write a 500-1000 word
essay in which you analyze the movie in terms of the racial and religious trends of the 1970s
and how Star Wars not only reflected these trends, but also created new trends as well. Explain
why the film was so enormously popular in America.
Paper Requirements:
• Write in 3rd person voice. DO NOT use 1st person voice.
• Use Arial or Helvetica Font, 12 point size
• Margins should be 1″ on all four sides of your essay
• Name block is single-spaced. The rest of the essay is double-spaced.
• Do not add extra space after carriage returns or any other paper stretching method.
Remember, the word count (500-1000 words) is the requirement, so trying to stretch a three
page paper into five pages is pointless. When you turn a paper in electronically, it gives a
word count. Short papers will receive a significant point deduction.
• Grammar, punctuation, spelling and proper essay formatting count. You should be able to
write a well organized essay, which includes an introduction with a solid thesis, a wellorganized
and cohesive body, and a proper conclusion. If you have trouble in these areas,
please go to the learning center to get assistance. It is located in University Hall (UH) 351.
• No outside sources are necessary or desired for this assignment.
• Double-check that you have cited your sources. I am ruthless when it comes to plagiarism,
so please make sure your sources are properly cited. Including only a bibliography at the
end is not enough. You must include both the proper citation notes in either MLA or
Chicago-Turabian style, and a bibliography in the same style.

histroy
This assignment is extra credit. It is optional, not required, so students have the choice of
whether or not to complete it. It is worth up to 5% of the final course grade.
Assignment:
Watch Star Wars: Episode IV, A New Hope (1977). Based on this film, write a 500-1000 word
essay in which you analyze the movie in terms of the racial and religious trends of the 1970s
and how Star Wars not only reflected these trends, but also created new trends as well. Explain
why the film was so enormously popular in America.
Paper Requirements:
• Write in 3rd person voice. DO NOT use 1st person voice.
• Use Arial or Helvetica Font, 12 point size
• Margins should be 1″ on all four sides of your essay
• Name block is single-spaced. The rest of the essay is double-spaced.
• Do not add extra space after carriage returns or any other paper stretching method.
Remember, the word count (500-1000 words) is the requirement, so trying to stretch a three
page paper into five pages is pointless. When you turn a paper in electronically, it gives a
word count. Short papers will receive a significant point deduction.
• Grammar, punctuation, spelling and proper essay formatting count. You should be able to
write a well organized essay, which includes an introduction with a solid thesis, a wellorganized
and cohesive body, and a proper conclusion. If you have trouble in these areas,
please go to the learning center to get assistance. It is located in University Hall (UH) 351.
• No outside sources are necessary or desired for this assignment.
• Double-check that you have cited your sources. I am ruthless when it comes to plagiarism,
so please make sure your sources are properly cited. Including only a bibliography at the
end is not enough. You must include both the proper citation notes in either MLA or
Chicago-Turabian style, and a bibliography in the same style.