Killers of the flower moon and white supremacy
In what specific ways does Killers of the Flower Moon illustrate how white supremacy works? Be sure to draw specific examples from the text to support your points. In your discussion, include a few examples of the ways Leslie Marmon Silko and Jenny Tone-Pah-Hote represent the workings of white supremacy among the Laguna Pueblo Tribe and the Kiowa Tribe respectively. The focus of the essay, however, should be Killers of the Flower Moon.
Length: 3-4 pages, 12 point Times New Roman Font, double-spaced with one-inch margins. Use author-date system of in-text citation used by anthropology (e.g. Grann 2017: 6). No bibliography necessary.
Criteria
60–69%
70–79%
80–89%
90–100%
Knowledge of concepts and themes in KFM in particular and, to a lesser extent, Silko and Tone-Pah-Hote
Demonstrates limited knowledge of concepts and themes.
Demonstrates some knowledge of concepts and themes.
Demonstrates considerable knowledge of concepts and themes.
Demonstrates insightful knowledge of concepts and themes.
Critical and creative thinking skills
Uses critical and creative thinking skills with limited effectiveness
Uses critical and creative thinking skills with moderate effectiveness
Uses critical and creative thinking skills with considerable effectiveness
Uses critical and creative thinking skills with a high degree of effectiveness
Communication of information and ideas
Communicates information and ideas with limited clarity; multiple spelling and grammatical errors.
Communicates information and ideas with some clarity; some spelling and grammatical errors.
Communicates information and ideas with considerable clarity; a few spelling and grammatical errors.
Communicates information and ideas with a high degree of clarity; no spelling or grammatical errors.
Use of evidence
Demonstrates limited engagement with texts and fails to cite evidence.
Demonstrates some engagement with texts.
Demonstrates substantial engagement with texts and cites evidence.
Demonstrates careful engagement with texts and cites evidence appropriately (e.g. with author-date system: Grann 2017: 6). No bibliography is necessary for this paper!
