Using our course readings and the discussion postings, answer the following questions.    Be sure to back up your answers with facts from our readings and discussions.    Provide the name of the source (reading title/author and/or discussion title/author) for all your facts/statements.    No need to provide a formal citation.  Don’t just list all your sources at the end of your answer.   Integrate your sources into your […]

There’s an old adage that says that history is always written by the winners. Although this is not always the case, it is true that people’s sense of historical events is often influenced by the viewpoints of the historians who write about them. During the Watergate scandal in 1974, many policy pundits wrote columns demanding that President Richard Nixon resign from the presidency because he […]

Description of the assignment: Go online and look at the following three Renaissance portraits: (1) Jan van Eyck, Man with a Red Turban (1433); (2) Domenico Ghirlandaio, Old Man with His Grandson (c. 1490); and (3) Raphael, The Woman with a Veil (1516). Pick one of these portraits and write a 2-paragraph essay that (a) describes the painting in your own words, and (b) demonstrates […]

Write your two editorials in the space provided at the end of the assignment. Suppose it is February 15, 1774. The BostonTeaPartyhappenedtwomonthsbeforeandnewshasjustarrivedinLondon,buttheIntolerableActshavenotbeen passed yet. First write an editorial for the Boston Patriot, a newspaper that opposed the Tea Act and therefore supportstheTeaParty.ThenwriteaneditorialfortheLondonTory,apaperthatsupportsthepoliciesoftheKingandParliament. Since this paper is in favor of the Tea Act, it is highly critical of the Tea Party. Remember, both editors sincerely believe […]

Pick a research topic that is of interest to you. Make certain that the topic is notable enough to locate at least one published article. Some examples of effective topics could relate to: home town, a prominent family member, place of worship, annual (local) cultural event, locally specific profession/interest, or local leader. After you have selected your topic, locate at least one peer-reviewed article about […]

Unit IV Scholarly Activity  With the times quickly changing, and the recent division among those who support the Federalists and Anti-Federalists, public rallies in the town center have become a common thing.   For the next rally, you have been asked to give a speech regarding how/why you have been influenced by that particular side. After choosing which side to support, use the PowerPoint reading from […]

Unit II Journal Assignment Being new to a place is challenging. The list below includes some provocative discussions related to the events in this unit’s reading and related to being new to the United States. For this assignment, you will write two journal entries that reflect on Parts 1 and 2 below. The total length of your journal assignment must be a minimum of three […]

*READ ALL OF THIS FIRST*. Then  start by reading ALL of  the “Primary Source.docx” that I attached FIRST! That will explain a lot and is the specific instructions given by the professor. The objective is to write about two primary sources, which the instructions will state. I already chose the two primary sources. The primary sources that i chose are described in detail under the […]

This graded Source Analysis Assignment (S.A.A.) for this module is completed in two parts. One is a submission of a blog of between 350 and 450 words, which you will submit here. Make sure to use your textbook and outside sources (including the web) to formulate your writeup. You must list your references at the end of your writeup even if you are not using […]

 United States History during the late 1800 and early 1900s was shaped by continuous social, political and economic changes. In a detailed, well-thought out, scholarship based response discuss the social changes which occurred in the United States from Reconstruction to the Progressive Era (Jim Crow/segregation, working conditions, social Darwinism, advancements in education laws passed- 13th, 14th & 15th Amendments, and black codes etc.) Second, discuss the political […]