Prompt:  Why are people poor? This topic will of necessity deal with causality and class. What is the connection between the rich and the poor? Please do not do a simple report basically saying that people are poor because they are statistically poor. Why are they poor and who does their poverty benefit?
In order to write a good essay you will have to draw from the reading or other sources for your material. Please note: Ideology is a part of each topic and you will need to understand what ideology means and how it impacts on your selected topic. You are not limited to what we have read for support, BUT (and this is critical) you must use our reading and video material to a large extent.  You may use it as support, or you can use it as a foil to argue against or a combination of both.  The important thing is that you use the sources in this module extensively and delve into the implications presented by the material. In order to score an A on the essay, you will need to bring in at least 2 different sources into each paragraph. 
A requirement of the essay is that you use in some way all three sources, Loewen, Zinn, and Chomsky.  IF YOU DO NOT INCLUDE ALL THREE SOURCES,  I WILL JUST RETURN IT TO YOU TO REVISE FOR MORE SUPPORT. 
A few words about paragraph length: Everything in an essay needs to be proportional, meaning right-sized for the length of the essay. For a 4 or 5 page essay, you would want your paragraphs to be at least 2/3 to a page long. They need to be that long to get in the support you need (at least two sources) and also your own argument. BUT paragraphs should not be much longer than that. You could have a two page paragraph in a 15 page essay because it would be right-sized for the project. And you need at least THREE topics to support your argument.