Category: History

Over the course of the semester, we have explored the many different faces of Western        Civilization in the modern era. While the course was organized into three different modules    focused on three distinct phases of this era (the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth           centuries), the influence and legacies of many of the events, ideas, and movements              explored early on in the course were apparent in implicit and explicit ways later on in the       semester. Indeed, it is safe to say that it is impossible to understand twentieth-century        Western history without      appreciating the origins of this history in the philosophy,                  revolutions, colonialism, imperialism, and other developments in the West before 1900.
How did the events, ideas, and/or movements of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries      influence the events, ideas, and/or movements of the twentieth century? In an essay of 3-5 pages, give your own evidence-based answer to this question. To do so, choose three            events, ideas, and/or movements from the twentieth century and explain how they were        influenced by happenings in the two preceding centuries. Be sure to use at least three            non-textbook readings from the course in your essay (for example, Oroonoko, Resisters, Discourse on Colonialism, etc.). You may also cite my lectures and the textbook. Do not use sources from outside the class without seeking approval of the sources from me first. Doing so will result in a reduction of the grade for the essay.
All essays should:
Be at least 3 but no more than 5 pages;
Be typed, double-spaced, with one-inch margins;
Be written in Times/Times New Roman, 12-point font;
Include a title and your name on the first page.

Since history is, in essence, a story and not a series of random, disconnected facts, students should be able to transform the information covered in this class into a narrative form that articulates something about our nation’s past. Students will submit a 5-7 page essay related to the material covered in the class. The essay will be comprehensive in nature, and students are expected to incorporate information gathered through a variety of different sources. The paper will count 100 points toward the final grade. The paper will be typed and double-spaced and in the proper Chicago/Turabian format and include a works cited page with a minimum of five sources. Any paper turned in a week late will receive a 10 point deduction. No paper will be accepted after a week. The narrative will be turned in trough the eCampus research paper link.
For this paper, each student should choose one of the following topics:
A. Discuss the history of race relations and civil rights in U.S. history from Reconstruction to the present. Identify important events, court cases, and people involved in the story of civil rights and show how American attitudes and opinions regarding race have changed over time. Finally, in your opinion, where are we today regarding this subject?
B. Discuss the changing role of the federal government in American history since 1865. What circumstances brought about the changes in government’s role, and what movements and programs were created to deal with those circumstances? How have the American people viewed their government, and where are we today regarding this subject?
C. Discuss the changing nature of American foreign policy in the modern era. How has the American view of the world and the US relationship to it changed over time? What specific objectives have been emphasized? Identify important events, policies, and individuals that have shaped US foreign policy. Where are we today?
Writing Requirements:
Your essay should be a minimum of 5-7 pages. This page count does not include any cover sheet.
Your essay must be formatted using 1” margins for all margins (top, bottom, left and right).
Your essay should be typed using 12pt. Times New Roman font.
Your essay needs to be double-spaced.
Please do include any headers with page numbers.
Your research essay should be accompanied by a cover sheet that states your paper title, your name, your course, and date.
All of your sources should be cited using the Chicago/Turabian style.
You must cite your sources using footnotes formatted in the Chicago/Turabian citation method. just remember to be consistent throughout your essay with your citation method. Parenthetical reference is not permitted.
If possible, you will want to try to incorporate your image into your essay by embedding it into the text. Otherwise, placing the image at the end of your document is acceptable (after the conclusion and before your Works Cited/Bibliography page).
Your image should include a caption that describes the image and its relevance to your topic, this caption to your image should be at least 150 words. This word count does not count toward the overall word count of your essay.
You must include a Works Cited/Bibliography page at the end of the document. Be sure you are documenting all sources used for your research paper, including your image source in this section. There should be agreement between the sources you document in this section and the sources you cite in your footnotes/endnotes.
Grading Rubric:
Formatting 0-20 points: Paper is formatted correctly, does not include headers in written text, nor utilizes excessively large margins, paper is double-spaced and demonstrates clear organization in the form of paragraph breaks.
Image 0-5 points: Paper includes at least one appropriate image relevant to the research topic, and the image is properly captioned explaining its relevance to the essay.
Academic Honesty & Integrity 0-25 points: Paper is properly cited using either footnotes or endnotes. Includes a properly formatted Works Cited/Bibliography. Demonstrates agreement between documented sources and citations in the essay text.
Essay Content 0-50 points: Paper content is well-written, organized, has a strong introduction with a clear thesis statement, and is concluded with a summarization of research findings. Paper shows editing, lacking excessive spelling and grammatical errors.
Sources (Types and Recommendations):
Two Books, Two Articles, and One Primary Source are mandatory.
Primary Sources: Written materials, images, and artifacts that produced and are contemporary to the time-period of your subject matter. (examples: a cave drawing produced by an indigenous person, a speech given by an individual, a painting of a street scene).
Secondary Sources: Generally, written materials, images, and artifacts that are produced by individuals after the time-period of your research. Most secondary sources are based upon primary sources.
Internet Sources: Any use of Internet sources should be pre-approved by your instructor before using them in your research. Select internet sources that come from government entities, library archives, universities, and other online primary source repositories.
Internet Sources to avoid:
History.com
Wikipedia.com
Khanacademy.com
Britannia.com
UShistory.net
Huffington post
In no way are these lists all-inclusive. These are meant to represent examples of what is and is not acceptable. When in doubt, please contact me before posting any information.
• The use of unacceptable sources or the avoidance of using a source will result in the loss of points for an assignment.
For articles go to one of the following databases from the Dallas College Library or directly through the Internet:
Academic Search Complete
American History Online
American History and Life
Oxford Scholarship Online eBook in History
Project MUSE: Humanities & Social Science
Sabin
Library of Congress: Chronicling America

This is a research paper. The clear instructions are well detailed in the PDF provided. There are four mandatory sources which I have also provided. This is in MLA 12 format, times new roman 12pt double spaced, etc. Only complete Part B of this assignment. You may find scholarly sources from the NYT. Here is an online free version of Larson’s novel: https://archive.org/details/ingardenofbeasts0000lars/mode/2up

Question1: How did the Great Awakening both reflect economic changes and suggest revolutionary tendencies? What role did Great Britain’s reformation play in the colonization of the New World?
OR
Question 2: Did Great Britain lose more than it gained from its victory in the French and Indian War? Were the colonists justified in resisting British policies after the French and Indian War? Support your response with specific taxes or policies.

Texts: Chrétien de Troyes, The Knight of the Cart; Dante: Inferno; selections from supporting documents
Please examine the brief excerpts from other documents carefully; I expect you to refer to them as evidence as you craft your responses.
TEXTS FROM SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
from the document “Hum 302 Dante Essentials”:
2 kinds of love (from St. Augustine, De doctrina Christiana 1.4):
uti  (“use”: directed; love of things in the world for their relation to God)
frui  (“enjoyment”: intransitive; God alone its proper object; love of anything else for its own   sake is considered idolatrous). 
Moral progress in the poem:
The speaker, representing all humanity in its quest for God, undergoes a process of reformatio animi  (reformation of the soul): the soul becomes more godlike (and thus more like itself–cf. Augustine Confessions 7.10, regio dissimilitudinis) as it proceeds. [Dante starts his journey reacting like a man to God’s judgment; eventually, his soul’s reformation will allow him to accept and embrace the rigor of Divine Justice]
from the document “Hum 302 Dante Love in Christian Theology”:
Wisdom 13:5-10
For from the greatness and the beauty of created things
their original author, by analogy, is seen.
But yet, for these the blame is less;
For they indeed have gone astray perhaps,
though they seek God and wish to find him.
For they search busily among his works,
but are distracted by what they see,
because the things seen are beautiful
But again, not even these are pardonable.
For if they so far succeeded in knowledge
that they could speculate about the world,
how did they not more quickly find its LORD?
But doomed are they, and in dead things are their hopes . . .
ASSIGNMENT
In Inferno Canto V, the Dante Pilgrim encounters the Carnal, the souls of those who have succumbed to their passions and sinned in the flesh; he spends most of the Canto in an encounter with two famous lovers, Paolo and Francesca. 
Writing at least 400 words but NO MORE THAN 500 WORDS, compose three coherent and roughly equal-length paragraphs, in response to each of the following three questions (I realize this gives you a lot to do in 500 words, so be concise, and only write what you need to):
1) Consider the concept of the two forms of love described in Augustine’s De doctrina Christiana and the lines from the Book of Wisdom (above) that illustrate this doctrine.  How can you interpret these writings as informing Dante’s response to the sin of Paolo and Francesca?
2)  Keeping these same doctrinal pronouncements in mind, consider the vast differences between the fates of the damned souls in Canto V and the treatment of characters in Chrétien de Troyes’s courtly romances (from the previous Lesson).  Think of Lancelot, for example, who relentlessly pursues and literally adores another man’s wife.  What kind of “religion” is the basis for Lancelot’s love of Guinevere in the romance?  Is Lancelot condemned or celebrated for his “observance” of courtly love?  Finally, how would Dante’s system of divine retribution deal with Lancelot and Guinivere?
3) With reference to the concept of reformation animi, briefly explain why the Dante Pilgrim reacts the way he does in Canto V to the sufferings of Paolo and Francesca.

Choose only one of the following to answer: 
Question 1:
How did the growth of tobacco impact the land, culture, economy, politics, and social relations both in North America and throughout the Atlantic?
OR
Question 2:
The absence of gold in Canada and North America influenced colonial behavior toward the land and the natives. Do you think that this statement is accurate or inaccurate? Why did the Spanish, French, and English come to the New World and how did their colonies develop differently from one another?

Should be written from a third person perspective 12 point font size 
The main source must be Alexander The Great by James S. Romm 
Answer the question how was Alexander the Great different other “conquerors” during his time and future generations? What societies did Alexander leave and incredible mark upon and were the effects positive or negative?

FINAL RESEARCH PAPER
This assignment will allow you to further explore a topic related to our course that is of interest to you and research your chosen topic in depth. Accordingly, you will submit a research paper that is 5-8 pages of written content (a minimum of 5 written pages, not including covers pages, pictures, maps, citations, etc.), typed, double-spaced, and of standard font (10-12 font size). In addition, you must use at least five sources (your textbook can be used as a source). Use APA, MLA or any other writing format to show your sources for summarizing, paraphrasing or for direct quotes.
topic of research paper:
The 1937 Parsley Massacre (Dominican Republic)

(Your thesis must be on ONE theme + two examples from 2 of the first 4 Chapters.)
Remember: your 1-sentence thesis statement ends with a list of predictions. Each body paragraph follows that list of predictions, one prediction at a time, in order (see EW). Each body paragraph must begin with a topic sentence, have sufficient examples to prove each of the points, and your citations (see FW #8) must be added parenthetically at the end of each sentence. Also see the Citing Sources handout.

What is the role of the body in medieval mysticism? You may wish to discuss the place of pleasure and pain in mystical experiences (think Francis or Bernard or Theresa of Avila).  Discuss specific examples from two of the mystics found in your readings. Be original!
Select one of the mystics discussed in class or in your readings. Provide a short biographical outline and account of his/her/its mystical experiences and an analysis of his/her/its role within a historical context.  DO NOT ANSWER THIS QUESTION IF YOU HAVE ANSWERED PART I, QUESTION 1.
(NEEDS TO PASS AI AND PLAIGIARISM CHECKS)