Assignment 3 – Source Check
Check a pair of references from Bruce Schneier’s Data and Goliath. To do this do the following:
- Find a reference in the text, a place where Schneier refers to an outside source.
- Find that source and read it, summarizing it’s primary argument and whatever points are relevant to Schneier’s discussion.
- Evaluate Schneier’s discussion of the source and his interpretation of its argument
- Repeat this for an additional source.
5 pages double spaced
Note that if you choose a short source then you will have less to summarize and the evaluation will be less interesting. You want to find a more involved source as it will have more opportunities for you to evaluate Schneier’s evaluation.
Rubric
- Student has identified 2 sources from the text (5 marks)
- Student has summarized 2 sources from the text (5 marks)
- Student has provided 5 double spaced pages (5 marks)
- Student has evaluated Schneier’s discussion of both sources (10 marks)
Total: 25 marks
Type of assignment: Essay
Subject: Social studies
pages/words: 5/1375
number of sources: 2
Paper format: APA
Line spacing: Double
Language: CA writer
