Instructions: Write a 750-1000 word essay (not including title, quotes and references)
\ndiscussing Cadbury D. (2001) The Dinosaur Hunters: A True Story of Scientific Rivalry and the
\nDiscovery of the Prehistoric World. In support of your reading, please watch the following
\ndocumentaries:
\n1) Dinosaur Hunters: Uncovering the Past (2010), Directed by: Kage Glantz, Discovery,
\nepisodes 1 and 2. https:\/\/tubitv.com\/series\/4224\/dinosaur-
\nhunters?start=true&utm_source=google-feed&tracking=google-feed
\n2) The Bone Wars || Pt 1 || By Prehistorica, Aug 31, 2018 on YouTube,
\n(https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XaEFwNGwHxk)
\n3) The Bone Wars || Pt 2 || By Prehistorica, Jan 18, 2019 on YouTube,
\n(https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V16wrDvP8hI)
\nDo not simply summarize this book or the films. Discuss social, political, and religious dynamics
\nthat helped to shape early paleontologists and the contributions they made to our understanding
\nof evolution and extinction. Compare what you have read in this book to 2 other scholarly
\nreference materials (see below). How does the information in this book compare to other authors
\nwriting on the same subjects? Essay must be typed, double spaced, 1\u201d margin all around, Times
\nNew Roman, and 12-point font. Cite your sources using APA formatting and cite them in a
\n\u201cReferences\u201d section at the end (https:\/\/libguides.csudh.edu\/ld.php?content_id=52097964).
\nUpload to Canvas.
\nAcademic Publications: Sources used for \u201cReference\u201d section must be scholarly publications
\nsuch as books and articles published in a newspaper or journal. Online access to scholarly
\npublications is available through the CSUDH online library page. Do not use online articles that
\nhave not been peer reviewed. You may use the lectures or online sources in addition to scholarly
\narticles. Make sure to include the book and the films themselves in addition to 2 outside
\nreferences for a total of 6 minimum.
\nBook Analysis Rubric
\n3 Length (750-1000 words) can go a little over but not under
\n8 Interpretation and Discussion (see below)
\n4 Use of academic references in your argument
\n4 Evaluate significance to cultural understanding of fossils and evolution (see below)
\n2 Document Format (follow all instructions)
\n3 Cite your sources using APA formatting with reference section
\n1 Upload to Blackboard in timely manner
\nWhen evaluating your discussion consider the following:
\n1) What is the premise of the book and the films? Summarize the main ideas presented and
\nbriefly reflect on how they come together in a narrative.
\n2) Interpret in your own words how this book presents the concepts of evolution and extinction.
\nCompare to the history of how dinosaurs were introduced to American culture versus European
\nculture.
\n3) Compare to the ideas we have discussed in class and what is stated in other scholarly
\npublications. You can quote directly, paraphrase, or cite statistics or data from different sources.
\n4) Do not tell me what you think I want to hear or might agree with. Truly take the time to
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