Read: Brenda Dixon Gottschild Ch. 1 of Joan Myers Brown & the Audacious Hope of the Black Ballerina Analysis Question: What is Brenda Dixon-Gottschild’s main argument in Ch. 1 of Joan Myers Brown & the Audacious Hope of the Black Ballerina? Cite three examples of evidence that the author provides to shore up her argument. […]
Construct an essay describing the suffrage movement during the early 20th century and the efforts that finally led to the final victory of allowing women to cast a ballot.
Week Two Discussion Choose ONE of the following questions below and write a minimum 250-300-word essay, using at least three citations from our classroom readings, lectures and web sites and other reliable outside sources that you find relating to the subject. Be sure to cite your sources of information; you can do this by using […]
Find pictures. Then make up any stories about them as long as it’s related to the 5 vignettes in the instructions.
Family Story Map Find pictures. Then make up any stories about them as long as it’s related to the 5 vignettes in the instructions. Make sure to cite any text or photos that you will be using in this assignment
Discuss the social status of women in colonial America (what some male leaders felt their roles were etc.) and what roles women played in and outside their homes.
Revolutionary Mothers Discuss the social status of women in colonial America (what some male leaders felt their roles were etc.) and what roles women played in and outside their homes. As hostilities escalated, how were women put in the crossfire during early days of the war, what roles did they play in their homes and […]
Write a research paper about finding primary sources on the US census from the three books mentioned.
PRIMARY SOURCE Write a research paper about finding primary sources on the US census from the three books mentioned: Margo Anderson, The American Census: A Social History. Paul Schor, Counting Americans: How the US Census Classified the Nation’s original French Daniel Bouk, Democracy’s Data: The Hidden Stories in the US Census and How to Read […]
Explain. In 1860 the North had specific advantages over the South that helped the Union prepare for the war, then describe 4-5 of these advantages and show how they led to Union victory.
AMERICAN HISTORY Submit your topic in week 1 (non-graded assignment). By week 6 students should email at least 2-3 sources demonstrating that they have started the research. Papers should be between 6-8 pages in length. Choose 1 of these to write about for your essay: In 1860 the North had specific advantages over the South […]
Read Edmund Morgan's paper, "Slavery and Freedom: the American Paradox. Then explain what evidence does Morgan provide that proves his point?
Slavery and Freedom Read Edmund Morgan's paper, "Slavery and Freedom: the American Paradox" and as a class evaluate his argument that wealthy English anxieties about English poorer people living in the colonies encouraged the development of a race based slave system. What evidence does Morgan provide that proves his point? Task 1: Create a new […]
Explain your choice with information from secondary sources with clear explanations of why you made this choice and what evidence supports your decision.
PROMPT Textbook: https://openstax.org/books/us-history/pages/1-introduction (chapters 4,5 and 6) After viewing/reading the course page and conducting your own research via the GMC library and course text book, respond to the following prompt. In at least two well-developed paragraphs (and a paragraph is at least five to seven sentences) discuss: Many people, ideas, and events served as key […]
Compose an essay about the recent discoveries that suggest that the first people came to the Americas much earlier than previously thought.
Assignment – Earliest Americans: New Discoveries Compose an Essay about the recent discoveries that suggest that the first people came to the Americas much earlier than previously thought. Your essay should: Describe the discoveries that suggest the first people came to the Americas earlier than previously thought Describe the locations in which these first people […]
Articulate the respective viewpoints and strategies of your chosen authors, produce an argument about how geographical form is important for the analysis of geography and how it might influence the larger project of East Asian Studies.
East Asian Studies With reference to lectures, assigned readings, films, and the poem answer only one of the following three questions. For questions 1 and 2, you must refer to at least three essays covered in class and at least one of the four films or poem. For question 3 you must refer to at […]