These are the instructions for the first essay. This is a short essay of between 500- and 900-words length. It is worth 20 points or 10% of your final calculated grade. Remember that an essay makes a point and defends it. Your introduction informs the reader what the point of your paper is, the body paragraphs bear out the reasons why your point is valid, and your conclusion sums up the case you have just (hopefully) made. Prepare your paper using a standard, easily legiblell-orl2-point font, double spaced with 1" margins on all sides. Always use proper and formal academic language and avoid slang, incorrect grammar or misspelled words (except in direct quotes, of course). Give your essay a title, be it ever so basic, and make sure your name at the top of the page. Course materials should be enough to answer any of these questions, but if you use any outside sources, cite them in your essay and with a bibliographic citation afterward, and use them with the course materials and not in place of them. The preferred citation format is Chicago (author-date), but SHA, SSA, and Turabian are fine as well. Save your file in Word or rich text. accept PDF's but I may have trouble giving feedback on them. Use (.odt) as a last resort; they usually open, but not always. Please avoid the (.pages) extension; I almost never get them to open. It is up to you to make sure you have uploaded the correct file for the assignment. Always submit your work by the deadline listed in each folder. Late submissions must be uploaded in the correct format into the "late" folder and will result in a deduction of points. 3. How are systems of swidden farming most commonly misunderstood, and what, if anything, do you feel that swidden farmers have to teach those of us who live outside of the tropics?
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