Category: History

Was the Cold War inevitable? Using the four documents provided to understand how world leaders viewed each other in the post-WW11 era make an argument about the inevitability of the Cold war. You should quote (although log quotes are discouraged) all four documents in your anwer. In order to answer the question well imagine what might have happened and consider why it did not.

.  For this assignment, students are expected to
write about the entire book, not just the first 30 or the first 130 pages.  Your essay needs to cover material and
connect topics from the whole book and not just cover or write until you get to
four pages.  To encourage this, your essay
must include short relevant
quotes from three different sections of Smarsh’s Heartland book.  The first
section is the prologue to chapter 3; the second section is chapter 4 and
chapter 5; and the final third section is chapter 6 to chapter 7.  Thus, section one is pages 1-84; section two
is pages 85-208; and the third section is pages 209-288.  Below are the topics to choose from.  Choose ONLY one. 
1.  Smarsh emphasized the importance of
family.  Provide evidence of the many
ways in which family shaped her life.  Discuss
examples of ways she referenced the importance of her family. 
2.  Explore the theme of poverty.  Discuss the many instances in which she or
characters in the book were struck back into cycles of poverty.  What were some of the ways in which Smarsh
and characters in her book tried to escape these cycles of poverty. 
3.  Describe the treatment of women in Smarsh’s
book.  Provide examples of the positive
and negative aspects of women in the book. 
How did where she lived influence women’s lives in her book?  What outside forces kept women down in her
book down?
4.  Sarah Smarsh has a vexed relationship
with the idea of social class, or socioeconomic status. In Chapter 1, she
recognizes “[something about my family was peculiar and willfully ignored in
the modern story of our country. My best attempt at explaining it was, “I grew
up on a farm.” But it was much more than that. It was income, culture, access,
language, work, education, food—the stuff of life itself” (Smarsh 14). In
Chapter 4, Smarsh writes: “Class, like race and all the other ways we divide
ourselves up to make life miserable, is what I’d later learn is a ‘social
construct.’ That’s what my family calls bullshit, and there are places in a
person that bullshit can’t touch” (136). By the end of the book, Smarsh states
unequivocally that “[class is an illusion with real consequences” (282). In an
essay, work through these differing representations of class and describe what
you think social class is and the impact it has on people’s lives. Does the
definition of class change for Smarsh, or does it just become clearer? How can
something that is an illusion have real consequences?  Consider the specific elements that define
social class and how one becomes identified with one class or another. Do not
use a dictionary definition, use Smarsh’s text to develop your ideas. Of
course, you should also draw on your personal experience to help develop your
points. (Attributed to the 2019 Loyola University Maryland Common Text: A
Resource for Students).  [This fourth essay
topic was one of the essay prompts for the One Book Community Read program contest
for Sarah Smarsh’s Heartland from last semester, which is why it is a
little different than the other three.] 
Your essay
should have an introduction and a concluding paragraph.  In addition, you should have a main thesis
you are proving.  Do not just write about
your topic but develop a thesis you will argue. 
Make your thesis clear to the reader in the introduction and the
conclusion paragraphs.  Do not over-quote
in your essay. While you are required to use quotes from three different
sections of the Smarsh book, try not to use long quotations that are longer
than two lines in your essay (about 35 words). 
You must use quotation marks anytime you copy something that someone
else has written even if it is only a phrase or a single sentence.  Failure to use quotation marks constitutes
plagiarism.  

compose a 2-page paper that reflects on how the chosen event, theory, device, discovery, etc., relates to our class work. Write about technology and sports history, innovation, and modernization.  must include
a paragraph on the historical time and place of the topic
another paragraph about the importance of the topic
a final paragraph as to why the student finds this topic of interest or significance

In a well constructed essay (see the instructions below for specific requirements) thoroughly answer the following question based on what you have learned from the Week 1 to 7 discussions: What are main points of the following historical approaches and how were these approaches often a reaction to (often challenging) previous historical approaches? PLEASE USE THE REFERENCES AT THEN END. Make sure you discuss the key points of each approach, what it focused on, what it hoped it would explain in terms of History, and how it challenged previous approaches (which means you should look at these approaches in a chronological way). The approaches to discuss are:
• Empiricism
• Materialism (Marxist, class-based, and Economic History)
• the Social Science approaches (History with Laws)
• the New Social and New Cultural Histories
• Gender
• the “posts” (Postmodern, Poststructural, and Postcolonial).
Length and Content: Your paper should be six (full) to eight pages long. Use an essay format with organized paragraphs with topic sentences, no bullets or outline forms. This is a formal essay so you will need a thesis paragraph with a thesis sentence as well as a conclusion paragraph and supporting points that address the paper question and key aspects of that question. As there are six main approaches you will need to discuss, your discussion of each approach should be between three-quarters and a full page long. Format: Your paper should be double spaced with 1″ margins all around. Font size should be 10 or 12 with an easily readable font such as Times New Roman, Garamond, Arial, Calibri, or Avenir. Papers should be submitted in .doc or .docx format.
Thesis: You should have a thesis sentence in the first paragraph that tells the reader what you will argue. A thesis is a statement that provides an overarching answer to the question and introduces your main points of argument. Your thesis should explain the point of these approaches and how they developed in relation to each other in a big picture way. Start your discussion of each approach or related group of approaches with a sub-thesis that states what the approach(s) are about in a big way. A strong thesis statement is central to a strong paper. It is important enough that its presence or absence can mean the difference between an A or a B for a paper. Remember that in History we start off by telling our readers our argument and then present our facts to prove that argument.
Supporting Points: Your paper needs supporting points which both prove your thesis sentence and address the key aspects of the historical approaches we have studied. Make sure that your supporting points are presented in full paragraphs (4-8 sentences long) with a topic sentence for each paragraph. Also make sure that you present your supporting points in an organized manner. Your supporting points should come from the course readings.
Quotes: You may use short quotes from the readings in this final assessment paper, but they should not be longer than a sentence. Instead of stringing together a series of quotes as your supporting points, present the information in your own words. It is OK to use a short illustrative quote, but the best way to demonstrate that you understand the approaches is to present that information in your own words.
Citations and Sources: For this paper you should use short parenthetical citations with the author(s) last name and page number. Just use the author(s) last names. For multi-author sources, use both last names. Use only the course materials. Do not use outside sources as this paper is designed to measure your understanding of the course materials. You must cite any idea you found in one of the course readings. Because of that, your paper will need several citations, probably at least one or two per supporting point paragraph.
Helpful Notes: The final exam paper is designed to demonstrate your understanding of the historical approaches (the discussion 2s) we have discussed in Weeks 2 to 7 as well as the general need for historical approaches that we discussed in Week 1. So the discussions are the best places to review before writing your paper (along with the applicable readings). Look at what you wrote in the Discussion #2s of each week as that is what the content of your paper should be about. This paper is not about what is History, we covered that in our midterm paper, instead this assessment is about the approaches that historians have developed to help us approach and better understand the past.
Use the rubric to ensure that you are working toward the grade that you aim to achieve. Here are some other key items in grading: 1. Thesis: Does it thoroughly answer the question at the top of these instructions?
2. Supporting Points and Coverage of Key Points: Does the paper cover in some depth all of the historical approaches we have covered in the discussions and readings that are listed above? Does the paper demonstrate a solid knowledge of the approaches?
3. Use of Course Materials: Does the paper include supporting citations from the applicable course readings? Are the facts from the course materials correctly cited with parenthetical citations? Are the quotes less than a sentence in length?
4. Conclusion: Does the conclusion sum up the paper’s thesis and key supporting points rather than providing a vague philosophical point?
5. Presentation: Does the paper use fully formed paragraphs, have correct spelling and correct grammar, and is the paper clearly written?
6. Submitted by Due Date: Was the assignment submitted by the due date?
7. Overall, your paper’s grade will reflect your ability to demonstrate your understanding of the approaches to History we have studied in Weeks 1 to 7. Below is a of references that NEED to be used please. Fogel, Robert William. “A Quantitative Approach to the Study of Railroads in American Economic Growth: A Report of Some Preliminary Findings.” The Journal of Economic History 22, no. 2 (1962): 163–97. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2114353.
Stearns, Peter N. “Long 19th Century? Long 20th? Retooling That Last Chunk of World History Periodization.” The History Teacher 42, no. 2 (2009): 223–28. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40543675.
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Palmer, Bryan D. “Marxism and Radical History.” In Methods & Theory/Periods/Regions, Nations, Peoples/Europe & the World, edited by Peter N. Stearns, 49-60. Vol. 1 of Encyclopedia of European Social History. Detroit, MI: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2001. Gale eBooks (accessed May 5, 2024). https://link-gale-com.ezproxy.umgc.edu/apps/doc/CX3460500018/GVRL?u=umd_umuc&sid=bookmark-GVRL&xid=c3e863ec.
Burke, Peter. “The Annales Paradigm.” In Methods & Theory/Periods/Regions, Nations, Peoples/Europe & the World, edited by Peter N. Stearns, 41-48. Vol. 1 of Encyclopedia of European Social History. Detroit, MI: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2001. Gale eBooks (accessed May 5, 2024). https://link-gale-com.ezproxy.umgc.edu/apps/doc/CX3460500017/GVRL?u=umd_umuc&sid=bookmark-GVRL&xid=30759ae2.
Riehm, Grace E., Lydia Brambila, Brittany A. Brown, Lauren Collins McDougal, Danielle N. Effre, Robbie Ethridge, Morgan Komlo, et al. 2019. “What Is Ethnohistory?: A Sixty-Year Retrospective.” Ethnohistory 66 (1): 145–62. doi:10.1215/00141801-7217401.
McPherson, James M. 2003. “Revisionist Historians.” Perspectives 41 (6): 5. https://search-ebscohost-com.ezproxy.umgc.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f5h&AN=10850244&site=ehost-live&scope=sit
Scott, Joan W. “Gender: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis.” The American Historical Review 91, no. 5 (1986): 1053–75. https://doi.org/10.2307/1864376.
Caplan, Jane. 1989. “Postmodernism, Poststructuralism, and Deconstruction: Notes for Historians.” Central European History 22 (3/4): 260–78. https://search-ebscohost-com.ezproxy.umgc.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edsjsr&AN=edsjsr.4546152&site=eds-live&scope=site.

Your paper should be at least 3 pages long, double-spaced, and written in Times New Roman. You must cite at least 4 scholarly sources (books, book chapters, documentaries, government sites, and/or peer-reviewed journals). You may add additional sources may be included such as YouTube videos, blogs, and social media, but these are not considered scholarly sources. A bibliography following Chicago Style author-date must be included on a separate page. This a Dominican History class

For Steve Biko, what was the significance of “Black Consciousness” in the South African context?
Answer this question in a thoughtful essay of three to four pages, typed and double-spaced.  Your essay should contain a clear thesis statement and adequate evidence drawn from the assigned book and other relevant course materials.
Be sure to explain quotations; do not insert them as stand-alone sentences, and do not eat up space with lots of lengthy quotations that do not advance your argument.  Quotations should be cited in Chicago style (i.e., footnotes).
Need use the book name is “I write what I like” for the source. 

Seperate the two prompts into two parts on the esssy. They are the same essay but two different prompts. 
1. What is heresy? What are millennial ideas?  Discuss in general the overall nature of heretical and apocalyptic movements in the western tradition and in detail one of the movements discussed by N. Cohn or presented in class.  How does heresy relate to mysticism? These topics will be discussed on Week IV. Please see the inquisitorial documents in the website readings. They deal with the Inquisition’s activity against the Waldensians.
2. Who was Francis of Assisi? What was his background, and how did it influence the direction of Franciscan spirituality?  Why was Francis’ evangelical quest so successful? What in his teaching and his ways appealed to other Christians and new converts? How were his teachings subversive (or where they?)? You need to make references to the Little Flowers and to the discussion of the Stigmata!

respond to question 1 from the guidelines that i will attach. only use sources that i provide if you need more ask me and i will provide.

Respond to each person below either agreeing with something they said or giving positive feedback in 150+words the original question being asked is also included

Write a 8-12 paper in times new roman font 12 double-spaced. Your paper should have a properly cited bibliography using Chicago and it should include 6-8 primary and secondary sources at least, a literature review section and an introduction and conclusion. The topic of this paper should be coffee houses and coffee in the Middle East in the 1780s. How did it benefit or effect the Middle East? Use the book attached as one of the sources.