HST202

Extra Credit Opportunity

You will write an original 3-4 page paper (typed, double-spaced, 1 inch margins, 12 point font) that is due Sunday, March 8 by midnight.

This paper will be based on your reading and analysis of several primary source documents, accounts of people who lived at the time in question (late 19th Century United States). The paper will be a synthesis (a single, coordinated essay) of answers to the questions that follow each of the documents. You will not receive any credit for a paper consisting of 6 to 8 short paragraphs which answer each question individually. Together, these questions should provide you with a theme or thesis on which to write.

It must be turned in to the Moodle class site where it will be checked for plagiarism. When in doubt, cite your facts and sources (in parentheses) for direct quotes and paraphrases. Three examples:

"Four score and seven years ago..." (A. Lincoln, Gettysburg Address) or (textbook p.468)

Sherman was the Civil War general most associated with the term "total war". (class video)

"This change, however, is not to be deplored." (Carnegie, document 18-1)

Although subjective in nature, these papers should be based on factual information and must not be written in first person (eg. "I think", "I feel", "My opinion", "We are told".). You should also write history in past tense. ("Jackson thought or believed", not "Jackson thinks or believes") Each paper is to be typed, source-noted, spell-checked, grammatically correct, and proofread.

You will choose one of the two following topics and set of documents. Look at both and choose the one you can best address. They are found in the xc folder under Class Handouts

Native Americans & Government
Read documents
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