Analyze your chosen documents using the skills highlighted in the Historical Thinking, Sourcing, and Historical Context videos from the playlist.

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History project

Project: The student will be responsible for choosing an event in American History approved by the instructor and create an argument on its significance using historical evidence of at least one primary and one secondary source. The student will also analyze and interpret the primary and secondary sources by explaining how the material impacted the chosen event. (Learning Objectives 2 and 3)

The LIFE history project is an opportunity for you to explore a topic, group, event, or time period that interests you the most as found in the LIFE Magazine archive on Google Books. The goal of this history project is two-fold: first, it gives you an opportunity to explore a topic of your choice in more depth. Secondly, this project gives us a chance to dig deeper to truly understand events in American History beyond the textbook as Americans experienced it. Below are the instructions for our project. If you have any questions, please let me know.

1. Explore the LIFE Magazine archive in Google Books. Choose a topic from the magazine to conduct your research on – keep in mind that it needs to be American History focused and must be within the time frame of this course. You can select a topic from anywhere in the magazines – the images, articles, advertisements, etc. You’ll need to specifically reference your LIFE Magazine selection in the beginning of your paper so that I can find it (Be specific about where you’ve found it). The goal here is to pick a topic by reading through a magazine through the eyes of someone in the past. What better way to do so than to read the same magazines that people read almost 80+ years ago!

2. Watch the videos in this YouTube playlist on the types of sources, how to conduct historical research, and how to analyze documents. These videos should guide you through the process of locating academically credible documents and sources.

3. Conduct the research – you need to locate at least one primary and one secondary source directly related to your topic. You must ensure that your sources meet the criteria for primary\secondary sources and that they pass the C.R.A.P. test. Both of these sources are in addition to the LIFE Magazine article you’ve chosen in step one.

4. Analyze your chosen documents using the skills highlighted in the Historical Thinking, Sourcing, and Historical Context videos from the playlist.

5. Write up your project according to the following criteria:

  • Write a 500 -1000 word (overall) synthesis of your topic and sources.
  • Your analysis should begin with a brief overview or summarization of your chosen topic (be sure to specifically reference where you found your topic from the LIFE Magazine archive).
  • Next, you will provide a description and analysis of each of your sources.
  • Lastly, you’ll need to corroborate all of your chosen sources and discuss how they relate or add information\perspective to your topic. Specifically, I am asking you to evaluate your sources in the context of the topic (i.e. Why is your primary source important to research being conducted on your topic? What do each of these sources do for us in terms of research?)

Explain how the freedoms guaranteed in the Fifth, Seventh, and Eighth Amendments limit the power of government. Use specific examples.

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Bill of Rights Essay

You are to write an original, standard essay on the following prompt. Your essay will ONLY be turned in through Schoology.

Question: What is a standard essay?
All essays, whether written in class or outside of class, will be written in a standard essay format. The essay should be 1-2 pages and have an introductory paragraph, with a thesis, a body containing at least three paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph. The essay will have a minimum of five paragraphs. Each paragraph should have a minimum of four sentences. All essays will use a standard font of Calibri, Times New Roman, or Arial. Use a type size of 12. Plagiarism rules will apply. Place your name, class period, and essay title at the top of the page. Technology and internet issues are responsibility of the student.

Essay Prompt:
Explain how the freedoms guaranteed in the Fifth, Seventh, and Eighth Amendments limit the power of government. Use specific examples.

In what ways is race an imaginary concept? Why, in a very real sense, are none of us a member of any single race due to human intermingling over the millenia? And what then does this say about the enormous power that the concept of race has been given in America?

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Week 1 Discussion

In what ways is race an imaginary concept? Why, in a very real sense, are none of us a member of any single race due to human intermingling over the millenia? And what then does this say about the enormous power that the concept of race has been given in America?

  • Watch https://youtu.be/No5ai6LZLFg

Choose two wars or armed conflicts that received significantly different levels of support from the American public and craft an essay in which you explain why you believe the variations occurred.

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Comparison Essay

Throughout this course, you have learned about how war and other armed conflicts have shaped American society since the colonial period. You have also examined the political and constitutional processes associated with engaging in war, how Americans have responded to war, and how war has changed during the last three centuries.

This assignment requires you to demonstrate your knowledge of major American wars or armed conflicts and their origins and outcomes. You will also need to draw on your analytical skills to assess how Americans have responded to wars and what factors might have influenced their reactions. Finally, you will need to use your research and critical thinking skills to find and employ credible sources to support your argument and analysis.

Compose a 2,000-2,500 word essay in response to the following prompt:

Choose two wars or armed conflicts that received significantly different levels of support from the American public and craft an essay in which you explain why you believe the variations occurred. As you write, be sure to examine the origins, events, and outcomes for each war or conflict when making your determination for why Americans reacted differently.

Finally, provide specific, detailed examples to support your claims and offer a conclusion that contextualizes the topic in relation to broader themes or issues in American history.

You may use these as reference for this assignment.

  • American Dissent During the Vietnam War
  • The Vietnam War: Causes, Conflicts & Effects
  • The United States During WWII: The Home Front
  • The Role of U.S. Women in World War 2

You must also use at least two primary and three secondary sources and cite them using Chicago Manual of Style (CMS) format.

Who wrote this text and what are the goals of the author(s)? To what extent the goals described in this text have been achieved in the history of the Ottoman Empire?

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WRITE DISCUSSION FOR HISTORY ARTICLE

Primary Source: The Edict of Gülhane (The Rescript of Gülhane– Gülhane Hatt-ı Hümayunu)

  • https://www.studypool.com/questions/download?id=2774997&path=uploads/questions/7047014/20230316193741edict_of_gu__lhane_1839.pdf&fileDownloadName=attachment_1

Discussion questions: Who wrote this text and what are the goals of the author(s)? To what extent the goals described in this text have been achieved in the history of the Ottoman Empire?

This post must be at least 175 words in length addressing straightforwardly the discussion question.

Explain the rise of Charlemagne starting with his family’s rise to power. Discuss the impact of/during his rule, successes and failures of his reign and the aftermath of his rule, including what happened to his vast empire.

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Europe in M

In the first centuries since the coming of “the Barbarians” out of central Europe, it appeared that the previous understanding of stability and “nation-state” had been eradicated. Yet, by the 600-700 period, a few strong, former, tribes had gained control of old Gaul, the Iberian peninsula and the island of Albion. Still, no one central power had arisen and perhaps the legends of the old Empires would merely become myths. In the middle 700s, however, one man emerged with the drive to attempt to recreate the glory of the old Roman Empire. Your unit two assessment focuses on the rise, impact and world of Charlemagne.

 

You can best address this essay in four parts:

First, explain the rise of Charlemagne starting with his family’s rise to power.

Second, discuss the impact of/during his rule, successes and failures of his reign and the aftermath of his rule, including what happened to his vast empire.

Third, analyze the rising situation of church-state relative to the “Church as social glue” connected to his Empire, and then the impact of this in the years following. This section will go beyond Charlemagne into the 900-1100 time, looking at events or people from this time that reflect on the issue of church-state.

Finally make an assessment for the future of Europe (so, after Charlemagne, the years to come) based on his actions—what will be the impact of a new unified Europe, a new “Roman Empire”—a “Holy Roman Empire.” What do you perceive is going to happen? In other words, what sorts of issues, challenges or developments will emerge in the years to come BECAUSE of Charlemagne’s unificatio

The Buffalo Soldiers as a group had mixed feelings about participating in the Spanish American War. Who were the Buffalo Soldiers who fought in this war? What were the controversies about?

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History Discussion

1.) Why did Reconstruction fail? Who was president and why was he a failure in regards to Reconstruction? Should the Southern leadership have been punished? Refer to the “Disenfranchisement” section of your lessons in week two.

2.) It is surprising to see that so many black office holders existed in the South, just as Reconstruction was starting to fail. In what states did they hold office? But, then the situation changed and they were no longer in office. How were African Americans disenfranchised? What states had the worst voting rights laws? How did these states get away with doing this?

3.) Plessy v. Ferguson is one of the most famous Supreme Court cases in U.S. history. What happened in the case and what precedent did it set? Your chapters have an entire section on the legal system. Find your chapters under “lessons”. Be sure to incorporate that information in your answer (so expand on more than just the Plessy decision).

4.) The Buffalo Soldiers as a group had mixed feelings about participating in the Spanish American War. Who were the Buffalo Soldiers who fought in this war? What were the controversies about?

If you pick this question, start by referencing your lessons/text and here: https://www.nps.gov/prsf/learn/historyculture/buffalo-soldiers-and-the-spanish-american-war.htm

Explain what motivated the European world powers to explore the Americas. Describe the economic effects of exploration based on the Colombian exchange. Analyze the effects of exploration on Native Americans.

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HIST405N Case Study

Instructions
Pick one (1) of the following topics. Then, address the corresponding questions/prompts for your selected topic:

Option 1: Exploration and Effects on Native Americans

  • Explain what motivated the European world powers to explore the Americas.
  • Describe the economic effects of exploration based on the Colombian exchange.
  • Analyze the effects of exploration on Native Americans.
  • Based on research, analyze if Europeans might be held accountable for transmitting Old World diseases to people in the Western Hemisphere.

Option 2: Slavery vs. Indentured Servitude

  • Explain how and why slavery developed in the American colonies.
  • Describe in what ways the practice of slavery was different between each colonial region in British North America.
  • Analyze the differences between slaves and indentured servants.

Option 3: Women in Colonial America

  • Pick two colonies (New England, Middle, or Southern colonies) and explain how women’s roles differ in the two colonies of your choice.
  • Describe what legal rights women held during the colonial period.
  • Analyze how Native women’s lives were different from colonial women’s lives.

Make sure to use your course text and incorporate an additional scholarly source from the Chamberlain Library in your response.

Working alone, students will write a simple, clear and coherent reply to the following question: If you had a choice to pursue a career in media, what type of media would you want to work in and why?

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Media History Written assignment I

Terms of the assignment:

Working alone, students will write a simple, clear and coherent reply to the following question: If you had a choice to pursue a career in media, what type of media would you want to work in and why?

  1. The reply will be .400 words long.
  2. Use simian words
  3. Make sure to submit what is known in journalism as .clean copy” — your writing must be free of spelling,punctuation and guiththafisaLerms.
  4. I urge students to usc Grammarly or another online writing tool.

Explain (in your own words) what you believe the concept “Manifest Destiny” is about, especially in terms of racial formation in the U.S. How was “Manifest Destiny” operationalized into action against Native Americans and Mexicans in the West?

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Discussion: Manifest Destiny

This week we take a closer look at the histories of Native Americans and Mexicans in what is now the Western United States in our readings and videos. Additionally, we read and see the concept of “Manifest Destiny“, which is what this post will focus on in relation to the actions of the United States White population versus both Native Americans and Mexicans.

In this discussion post please make sure to answer the following 4 prompts:

  • Explain (in your own words) what you believe the concept “Manifest Destiny” is about, especially in terms of racial formation in the U.S.
  • How was “Manifest Destiny” operationalized into action against Native Americans and Mexicans in the West?
  • What types of resistance did we see from both Native American and Mexicans?
  • What stood out to you on a personal level from this week’s readings, videos and images?

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