Touchstone 3: Creating a Slide Presentation SCENARIO: You represent your company at a service organization dealing with one of these two issues: Facing Economic Change Engaging Civil Rights Your supervisor asked you to research information related to the history of one of these issues for your organization to help new employees and volunteers understand it […]
Conduct research into a topic in U.S. History. Write a paper that shows through analysis of primary and secondary sources the use of contextualization, sourcing, close reading and corroboration the logic of their argument.
US History Historical Argument Conduct research into a topic in U.S. History. The topic you will work on for this Historical argument is the Cuban Missile Crisis. Develop a historical research question that defines a period of time, a specific place and/or figure(s) and presents multiple historical perspectives. Gather primary and secondary sources relevant to […]
How does your topic demonstrate the concept of “historical change over time? What were some of the causes of the event, and what were the short and long-term consequences?
CHIS 212: US History Since 1865 Provide a short response to each question about your pre-selected topic. 1). Write an introductory paragraph about the topic including a main statement. Explain the historical context of the topic. 2). Identify three or four sub-topics related to the broader topic. Explain why it is related. A). B). C). […]
What is the difference between the public family vs the private family, and how has this changed throughout US history?
Question 1 Answer the following question. When you refer to the reading in your answer, put the author’s last name in parentheses – example: (Coontz). Do not repeat the question; simply number then answer. Your total word should be minimum 300 words, typed, double spaced. You will submit this as a Word doc. All answers […]
Compare and contrast “Lawful/Effective Policing” and what the author calls “Rightful Policing”.
Discussions The second article on the Week 3 Learning Resources page is “The Good Cop: Knowing the Difference Between Lawful or Effective Policing and Rightful Policing” (the link is below) The past few years have seen an erosion of trust between the police and the general public. This is not the first time this has occurred in US […]
Describe the conflicts within the army itself, from the common soldiers (racial difficulties, officers vs. enlisted men, etc) to the differences between civilian and military leadership.
In your study of US History you’ve encountered many stories of soldiers in many settings. Vietnam has always been described as different than any of the other American wars that preceded it. Using O’Brien’s book and your textbook and lectures, discuss the character of the Vietnam War. Describe the conflicts within the army itself, from […]
What similarities and differences exist between settler colonialism and colonization, and how has US history sought to remove and invalidate American Indian and Native Hawaiian claims of sovereignty?
3. Settler Colonialism and Colonization In this week, we examined the origins of the United States in terms of colonization, settler colonialism and the erasure of American Indian and Native Hawaiian claims to sovereignty . Citing at least two of the supplementary materials, answer the following questions in a few paragraphs: What similarities and differences […]
. Create an assignment demonstrating that you have gained knowledge on any person, event, aspect, or idea on US history from 1600 to 1782.
Anything Before 1782 This is an individual assignment. Create an assignment demonstrating that you have gained knowledge on any person, event, aspect, or idea on US history from 1600 to 1782. You will create the assignment. Then do the assignment demonstrating knowledge of the person, event, aspect, or idea. Finally, answer this question: How would […]
What is the most important theme of US history in the period of time up until 1865?
What is the most important theme of US history in the period of time up until 1865? There must be 1 primary source, in which you analyse the source and talk about how it applies to the question.
xplain to that imaginary reader what was going on at that time, then describe what makes these documents a product of that time.
It is very important that you place the documents in their historical context. One of the purposes of this assignment is for students to demonstrate their knowledge of the era in which these documents were written. Therefore, it is crucial that you describe what was going on at the time these authors wrote. Your discussion […]