History

Final Paper First Draft Instructions Due October 30, 2020 Submit via Blackboard on Microsoft Word or Google Docs The student is required to write one (6-8 page) analytical historical essay on a historical process. The purpose of an analytical history paper is to provide an argument that proves a specific thesis. This argument should demonstrate insight by employing primary and secondary sources to prove the essay’s basic claim. The success of an analytical history paper rests on the author’s ability to present information in a clear and concise manner so that the reader may easily follow the analysis. The students must use at least FIVE ACADEMIC ARTICLES in addition to the sources assigned in class to inform their argument. Encyclopedias, dictionaries and blogs and websites do not count as sources. However, both encyclopedias and dictionaries can be used as references. The student will use use opposing arguments and interpretations discussed in class to craft their analysis. 10% of Final Grade The heading of your paper will be left indented and contain the following information: Your name Professors name Class name and number Date Text Style and Guidelines The tile of your paper will be above the text, Centered, and in Bold. The tile must be creative and descriptive of the paper’s main argument. The main text must be double-spaced and aligned left. Papers should have 1-inch margins and use Times New Roman, 12-point font or equivalent. You must set up the page by going to “paragraph” and selecting “No extra space between paragraphs of the same style”. Number pages using Arabic/Indian numeral (1,2,3) Select “ Insert/ Page Number/Bottom of Page/Plain Number 3 Separate page for a Bibliography or “Works Cited” page. (Does not count for minimum page number) List sources alphabetically based on author’s last name. Follow Chicago style (See UNP documents from blackboard). “First line hanging” for paragraph style. Citations are required. Your paper should be free of typos, grammar, and sentence structure mistakes, and use vocabulary correctly. You must thoroughly proofread your work before submitting it. When you take material directly from the source you should use quotation marks and provide a reference. You must provide a reference when you paraphrase a source or use an author’s argument. You will use Chicago Style to format citations. (See UNP documents from blackboard) http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html You will use ENDNOTES or footnote for your citations. Arabic/Indian Numerals.

Even if you know little else about Medieval history, you have likely heard of the Crusades, a series of major military struggles between the European kingdoms and the rising Islamic powers for the control over the Holy Land (modern-day Israel, and especially, Jerusalem). But were the Crusades entirely about religion? And what was the impact of the Crusades on Europe, the Byzantine World, and the Islamic World both in the short term and in the long term? This essay is an opportunity for you to consider the origins of the First Crusade and its subsequent development in more detail through the eyes of eye-witnesses and subsequent medieval historians. Please select TWO sources from this collection of primary sources about the First Crusade: https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/sbook1k.asp#The%20First%20Crusade  Based on your sources and their chosen topics of focus, please write an essay considering 1-2 of the following questions: What were the causes of the First Crusade? What was the role of Pope Urban II in causing the Crusade?  Who attacked the Jews living in Europe during this period, and why? How were these attacks connected to the Crusade? According to the different historians, what were the aims and motivations of the Crusaders? Were their motivations entirely religious? How do different historians present the events of the First Crusade? Do they see the events as praise-worthy or problematic, and why?   How do the European historians of the First Crusade describe their Muslim opponents?  Writing Guidelines: Your completed assignment should be 2-3 pages in length (500-750 words) You must write in complete sentences and paragraphs. Bullet points or lists will not be accepted. Your essay should have a clear introduction and thesis statement that provides your proposed answer to the question prompt; body paragraphs; and a conclusion. Please cite your sources internally using parenthetical citations or footnotes, and include a complete bibliography at the end of your paper.  Please see the format guidelines contained in your syllabus.  There are also links to formatting information for APA, MLA, Chicago Style, and Turbian. Be original – All papers submitted in this class are reviewed via Turnitin.com, a proprietary software database that identifies unoriginal material in papers. Please review the syllabus statement regarding the penalty for plagiarism. Refer to the GUIDELINES FOR WRITING ASSIGNMENT on the syllabus for additional writing assignment criteria. Please keep in mind, however, that where syllabus instructions seem to disagree with the instructions for this specific paper, please follow the instructions for this paper. Submit your citations and bibliography within your paper.  Everything should be saved and submitted in one document.

1.Watch The Black Power Mixtape (until 1 hour). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_dCL2F571Q 2. Answer the below questions thoughtfully and critically:  A. Based on the video, what did you learn about the Black Power Movement that you did not know before? You should provide at least two different examples from the video (these examples cannot be just from the beginning of the video). You should also respond in at least four sentences.  B. Based on the video, what elements of the Black Power Movement did you appreciate and why? You should provide at least two different examples from the video (these examples cannot be just from the beginning of the video). You should also respond in at least four sentences.

Originality is worth 30 points: Treatment of the theme should show imagination and human interest. Content is worth 35 points: Clearly express your ideas in an organized manner. Fully develop your theme and use transitions to move smoothly from one idea to the other.

The critical analysis is a 700-800 word review of George Orwell’s Animal Farm.  Animal Farm is a 100-page children’s story. I encourage you to start reading it as soon as possible. In the introduction of your review of Animal Farm, you want to succinctly state why you think Orwell wrote the book. In subsequent paragraphs, you will need to highlight key themes. As you analyze the book, you should seek to place Animal Farm in the context of major historical events, both by highlighting the figurative importance of characters and by linking the book to ideological struggles that shaped the 20th century. Feel free to cite the text as well as additional materials in support of your analysis, including course materials.

Guidelines: Responses should be a minimum of 825 words. Plan out your answers to answer each effectively and make sure you don’t give detailed answers to one or two questions and brief ineffective answers to others.  Utilize examples from the text.  Cite utilize Chicago Style Footnotes, a guide is available on the Canvas homepage.   It is good writing practice to try to do a cohesive narrative essay!  Make sure to answer every question though!  There is no need to address each guiding question individually, address the questions holistically throughout your essay. If your analysis papers are not in Times New Roman, 12 point font, and double spaced I will not grade them!    Chapter 4 In “Tyranny is Tyranny” how did pressure put on the Colonies by the English drive people to resist their imperial masters and local elite in the colonies? Chapter 5:  How did the treatment of revolutionary soldiers endanger the revolution?   Did the elite betray the interest of the common people? What were their motives and intentions in the framing of a new nation?   Chapter 6: How does Zinn’s narrative about working women compare to traditional views of the social and cultural roles of women before the suffrage movement?   What are the long term consequences of the treatment of women as laid out in this chapter?   Zinn: Chapter 7 Why do we write out Jackson’s Indian policies from our history?    How is the treatment of Indians under Jackson different than decades of popular media presenting Indians as savages in the way of White progress?

Answer one (1) of the following questions in an essay with a clear thesis, a cogent argument, and a judicious use of evidence from primary and secondary sources (60 minutes, 60%) A.  Compare and contrast the culturally approved status of women in the following: Hammurabi’s Code (Sources 2-2) The Laws of Manu (Sources 3-5) Ban Zhou’s Lessons for Women (Sources 7-2) Aristotle’s depictions of women in his political thought (Greece Assignments) Are there commonalities between them all? Do you see any continuities between related cultures? What are the major differences? B.  Compare and contrast notions of salvation and enlightenment in the following texts: Osiris: The Prototype of Every Soul that Hopes to Transcend Death (chapter two Assignments) The Dead Pharaoh Ascends to Heaven (chapter two Assignments) The Analects of Confucius (Sources 4-3) Jain Practices (State Society and the Quest for Salvation in Classical India Course Documents) The Buddha Obtains Enlightenment (Sources  3-2) The Upanishads On the Nature of the Soul (Sources 3-3) Socrates’ Apology (Sources 5-3) Are there commonalities between them all? Do you see any continuities between related cultures? What are the major differences? C.   Compare and contrast the image and role of kings in the following texts: The Epic of Gilgamesh (Sources 2-1) Ashur-Nasir-Pal II (Sources 2-6) The Analects of Confucius (Sources 4-3) Ashoka’s Rock Edict (Sources 3-6) Descriptions of Alexander the Great by Arrian (textbook, p 205) and Ephippus (Greece Assignments) Are there commonalities between them all? Do you see any continuities between related cultures? What are the major differences?

Write an essay in which you compare religion in Merchant of Venice and in Richard III.  How does religion function in each play?   **Make an argument that connects the two plays and makes a broader point about religion in general for Shakespeare.** Please number your pages in the upper right-hand corner and italicize the titles of plays. Only use the sources given below to cite  SOURCES: Merchant of Venice  https://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=merchantvenice Richard III https://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/playmenu.php?WorkID=richard3

Research Paper Guidelines for HIST 17B This is your Research Paper assignment for the Semester. Below is a list of topics to choose from. This is not an exhaustive list. If there is another topic that is not on the list that you would like to do let me know via email to make sure that is acceptable. 1. African Americans after the Civil War: How were they affected by Reconstruction policies? How were they affected after the return of white supremacy? Discuss social, legal, and economic factors. 2. Wealthy industrialists in the late 1800s: “Robber Barons” or “Captains of Industry”? 3. Describe the subjugation of the Plains Indians in the latter half of the 19th Century. How did the U.S. deal with Native Americans? (You may want to focus on the Carlisle School as well) 4. Spanish-American War: What were the causes and/or effects? 5. Women’s suffrage movement: Who were the founders and what methods did they use? What were their successes and/or failures? 6. Harlem Renaissance: What were the causes? What were the effects? 7. Stock market crash of 1929: What economic factors caused it? 8. The New Deal: What was its impact on the United States (political, social and economic factors)? And was it effective in fighting the Great Depression? 9. How did WWII affect minority groups? Pick a group: Mexican-Americans (Bracero Program), Asian-Americans (Japanese Internment), or African-Americans (Double V Campaign). 10. Cold War: How and why did it originate? What were its effects on U.S. foreign policy? How have attitudes toward communism changed since it ended? 11. Brown v. Board of Education case: What was its impact? 12. Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s: Evaluate the tactics and accomplishments. 13. Social protest in the 1960s: What forms did it take? What was its impact on American society? 14. Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society: What were its successes? What were its failures? What was the impact of this program on the creation of a welfare system in the United States? 15. Vietnam War: Why did the United States lose? Evaluate goals, policies, decisions, and/or the role of geography and the nature of guerrilla warfare to analyze the failure. 16. American Indian Movement (AIM) and the 1973 occupation of Wounded Knee: What motivated the takeover? What was its impact on relations between Native Americans and the government? 17. Watergate and Richard Nixon: What was Watergate and how did it impact Americans trust in the government? The paper is to be 4-5 pages in length. Instead of a cover page, the first page should include the following information in the upper right hand corner: title, your name, your student ID#, the class and section number. The paper should be double spaced, size 12 Times New Roman font, standard margins. To cite your sources, you can use parenthetical citations with “GML” for Give Me Liberty, and “VOF” for Voices of Freedom, followed immediately by the page number where it was found in the source. Ex: (VOF: 123) ?Along with using Give Me Liberty and Voices of Freedom, you will also need to use 2-3 outside sources such as book or peer reviewed articles. You MUST use at least 3 Primary Source Documents from your VOF book in your paper. The Bakersfield College Website has a list of sites to help you find sources. JSTOR, EBSCO, and GALE are a few that might be helpful with this assignment. Here is the link to the BC Library homepage: https://www.bakersfieldcollege.edu/library Here is the link to the BC Writing Center: https://www.bakersfieldcollege.edu/writing-center ?Also, I require that you have the BC Writing Center assist you with your paper. This is worth 10 points and will help you with any grammar errors, help with your thesis and crafting your argument, as well as making sure you produce a cogent paper. The goal of this assignment is to have you construct a complex thesis, supported by evidence from numerous textual citations. Again, make sure you use your GML and VOF books as well as 2-3 outside sources. Also include 3 Primary Sources from the VOF book. Grading You will be assessed on how effectively your paper does the following; receiving the maximum number of points only when your paper achieves the goal flawlessly. 1. Paper has a clear thesis statement that makes an argument.?????10pts. 2. Every paragraph has a very clear connection to the thesis.?????40pts. 3. Paper cites three primary sources and makes effective use of them.????10pts. 4. Paper was revised with help from, the Writing Resource Center????10pts. 5. The paper is formatted correctly. (margins, font, size, citations)????10 pts. 6. The paper is free errors. (spelling, grammatical, etc.)??????20 pts. Note: To get any points on #4 you must have verifiable proof as in the Writing Resource Center (CSS 193C) stamp. Since we are online they have other options for WC proof. Ask them about it. All final papers will be submitted by the official start time of the class on the day the paper is due December 1st. All submissions will be made via turnitin.com per the instructions posted on Canvas. Please email me or come to office hours on Tuesday nights viz Zoom for any questions regarding your paper. Start working on this sooner rather than later. This is a major portion of your grade in this class and you will want to have every shot at getting full points. Consider all the people and the events we have studied, and ask yourself, “What has interested me most?” Then adjust your focus to a more narrowly definable group and make an argument! Remember, you can always change your thesis as you think about different pieces of evidence and gain insight. The one thing you can never do is travel back in time and start your paper when it would have made things much easier.

History 2010 Discussion questions Complete one of the following discussion questions. ONE: Describe the southern economy.  What were the profitable crops, and did the region do more than simply base their growth on agriculture? TWO: How did African American culture develop in spite of the horrors of slavery?  Were rebellions in the antebellum years frequent?  Why or why not?   When you are ready to post your answer, please use the ‘add a new discussion topic’ link. Place your answer in the ‘message’ box and click ‘post to forum’. Please also keep the following in mind: The answer is worth fifteen (15) points and must consist of at least 150 words, written in your own words.  Plagiarized work or work copied from another student will be receive a zero (0) grade.  The instructor reserves the right to deduct points for content, grammar, spelling, and punctuation.