Category: History

Examine these documents adds to, expands upon or changes the concept of the social contract/compact as articulated in those ealier documents that you will utilize for the comparative essay.

No matter the format, the project must:
1. Present an Argument
(10 points): The ESSAY will be about what coastal technologies and practices the Europeans got from the indigenous people- primarily in New England but not strictly- from the 1600s-1900s 
Your
project should have an overarching idea or takeaway. In this case, your
argument will probably be an answer to a question you have about the past (no
need to stick with the same question you started with—think about what question
your sources allow you to answer.)
2. Share Basic Information
(20 points):
Explain
in depth details of the topic you’ve studied: who/what/when/why/where/how? What
context surrounded this topic?
3. Engage with Primary Sources
(20 points):
Your
project should draw on at least 4 primary sources created at the time the
history was happening or by someone who was there. In previous weeks, you’ll
have found these sources using our Research Guide and analyzed them for Project
Dues. Your project should reflect this work you’ve done—present and explain
sources or pieces of them to your audience, or use information you learned from
the sources.
4. Engage with a
Secondary Source (5 points):
Your
project should draw on at least one secondary source created by a scholar who
used primary sources to make an argument about the past. A previous Project Due
uses our Research Guide to lead you through the process of finding and reading
a reputable secondary source (History.com and most sites you’d find with a
simple google search do not count.)
5. Cite Your Information
(10 points):
Every
quotation, idea, or piece of information that came from somewhere other than
your own brain should be credited (this goes for primary and secondary sources,
as well as any additional google research that shaped your project.)
*If
you write an essay, blog post, historical fiction, or any other chunk of
writing, please use footnotes (InsertàFootnotes)
to show where you got each piece of information. Timelines can include
citations at the end of each caption. If your project format makes these kinds
of citations awkward, please talk to me, or submit a bibliography listing the
places you found information that you used, along with 1-2 sentences about what
you learned from each.
Please
use Chicago style citations to explain where you learned things included in
your project. (On the right-hand side of the page, find the description that
most closely matches your source, click on it and follow the directions for
either “Note” or “Bibliographic Entry,” depending on what kind of project you
are working on. 
6. Show Depth of Thought
(15 points):
This
project asks you to learn and think about something that happened that you
weren’t there for, using scraps of evidence as clues to the past. Forget
anything you learned about History being a process of memorization and reciting
“facts.” No matter what kind of project you create, there’s creativity in this
process. Let yourself wonder and follow your curiosity. Try to practice
historical empathy, imagining how it felt to live through this moment. If you
open yourself up to what you’re learning and let it touch you, your final
project will come across as interesting and complex, rather than feeling stale
or simple.
7. Catch Typos and
Errors (10 points):
Editing is a crucial step that you should be
sure to always make time for. I don’t expect perfection, but you should make an
effort to catch mistakes. 
Find any other primary and secondary sources that can help support the essay but the ones below also need to be in it.  Need to have at least 4 primary and 1 secondary source
Must use primary:
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015006869104&seq=1
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Travels_Through_North_and_South_Ca
rolina/WrJgAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1
Secondary:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Science_and_Technology_in_Colonial_Ameri/fp
LDEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1

Jan Gross encourages us to think deeply about the categories of perpetrators, bystanders, and victims as we study the Holocaust. In your essay, explain what we learn about these categories in Neighbors and compare these insights to other material assigned in the course (see options for combinations below). In your discussion, you should also explain what our course material says about how the roles of perpetrators, bystanders, and victims have shaped the memory and history of specific events related to the Holocaust.
1-Jan Gross, Neighbors 
2- excerpt from Christopher Browning, Ordinary Men Jan Gross, Neighbors 
3-Peter Fritzsche, “Babi Yar, but not Auschwitz: What Did Germans Know about the Final Solution?

This exercise tests your understanding of the lectures in Unit 5: The Cold War during the Truman and Eisenhower Eras. Answer one of the questions below in the form of an essay that is three to five double-spaced typed pages. Your essay should use specific examples from the lectures as evidence for the claims you assert in your essay. The more examples you have from the lectures the stronger your essay. 
When writing your essay, keep in mind that historians are concerned with change over time and causality. Reread Ramón Veloso’s chapter on Historical Causality from the unit on “What is History” for instruction on how historians try to understand and explain the past. 
What events and decisions during World War II contributed to the rise of the Cold War?
How did the United States combat communism during the Truman and Eisenhower administrations? 
What was containment? How did the Truman and Eisenhower administrations implement it? How successful was the implementation of containment? Discuss both the supporters and critics of the policy. 

The topic of the paper will be any World Civilization topic from prehistory to 1650. This is a 5-7-page paper that must utilize 4 academic sources and one primary source. I prefer Turabian, but if you are in a major that does not use this or Chicago, I will accept MLA, APA, or another recognizable citation style. This is worth 100 points. The paper must be handed in through Blackboard. No exceptions.

Choose ONE of the following four questions, and answer it in a 2-page, double-spaced essay. Remember to follow the Written Assignment Guidelines, including fully citing your sources!

Resource is from this book called Magstadt, Thomas. Understanding Politics: Ideas, Institutions and Issues.  New York: Worth Publishers, 2021. and please cite propertly and read the instructions.

The differences and simularites between WWi and WWII on how men were treated, how it affected the battlefield, moral, and their enemies.

One of the main jobs of historians is to interpret the past by
reviewing primary documents, scholarly secondary sources, and then
creating an analysis of this research. After listening to the
appropriate course lectures and reviewing the assigned reading materials
below, evaluate John Brown and his contribution to U.S. history.
Consider these questions: What motivated John Brown? Was he a hero or a
terrorist? Does his cause determine the answer to the previous question?
And given what we know of the centrality of slavery in causing the
Civil War, how significant was John Brown’s Harpers Ferry Raid in
triggering the war? Would Lincoln’s election likely have led to war,
even if Brown had never made his raid? Why or why not?This assignment requires you to post an original post by of at least 500 words
For full credit, your posts must be substantive, constructive, and
respectful. Do not simply sum up the lectures and readings or repeat
points made there,
Make use of the evidence to engage one another in enriching discussions.
I am looking for you to create your own interpretations and to discuss
original insights, but remember that your analysis must be supported by
the provided source material (e.g., lectures, readings). Opinions have
no value if they lack this support. Adhere to this quote from President
John Adams: “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes,
our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the
state of facts and evidence.” Include parenthetical references to the
lectures and provided sources in both your original post and your
response posts.
the source are the documents and dont use anything that isnt in the source

In this critique I need citations intertwined into text WITH FOOTNOTES !  The essay should focus on the Salem witch trials of 1692 and how they parallel with the 1st and 2nd Indian war . Also heavily surround the significance of how expanding the geographical scope of 1692 redifines the historical context in a broader way