1. 1848 was a worldwide “year of revolutions” In the United States, 1848 also marked a potentially revolutionary turning point in both the womens’ rights and antislavery movements, with the Seneca Falls Convention calling for women’s voting rights and the antislavery Free Soil Party garnering 10% of the national popular vote. In a well-organized, thesis-driven essay, students will select EITHER the women’s rights OR antislavery […]

 HIST 318 – HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN AMERICAN CITIES SPRING 2021 POLICING AFRICAN AMERICANS IN AMERICAN CITIES RESEARCH PROJECT (20%) DUE DATE: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2021 Since the end of the second wave of the Great Migration in 1970, American cities have witnessed the ongoing contentious relationship that has existed between the African American community and local police departments. In addition to controversial criminal […]

The final weekly argument summary paper will not summarize the readings for the last week of class. Instead, the final weekly argument summary paper will reflect on the student’s own process of writing the history of interpretation paper. Students should defend the various decisions they made in writing this paper using a critical thinking and values-based model. Instead of summarizing the arguments you read, summarize […]

Writing Assignment–Art, Expression, &the Great WarDirections:Essays should be doubled–spaced, size 12 font, with one inch margins all around.Essays must be a minimum of 1page and should be a maximum of 3pages. All references from the textbookor documents must be cited parenthetically (Tindall, pg) or (Author).All references to the art mustbe cited parenthetically by an abbreviatedtitleand artist (Wounded, Dix). All references to thememorials must be cited […]

Among the Toraja people of Sulawesi, Indonesia, not all was going well with tourism. In fact, resentment became so great over the way in which sacred funeral ceremonies were being adapted to meet tourists’ needs that in the late 1980s, a number of Toraja communities simply refused to accept tourists. The result is that host communities find culture and traditions under threat from the purchasing […]

You must write a final paper, as a form of critical “meditation,” on one (or more) case study artworks or exhibitions covered in class.  This paper must also address, in depth, 2 -3 texts covered in class. Only one text may be from the same week as the case study. The idea is to reflect upon a combination of artworks and texts covered over the […]

Phillis Wheatley (featured in the documents on pages 141–146) is considered the first African-American woman poet of the United States. As you can see from the documents in our textbook, beyond being a published poet she had recognized correspondence with a number of state leaders, including George Washington (the letter not printed in that section unfortunately, but you may read His Excellency General Washington. How […]

In the years between the end of the French and Indian War and the skirmishes at Lexington and Concord, 1763-1775, the colonies and the mother country debated the right of Parliament to legislate for the colonies. The British claimed that Parliament held this right without question while the colonies insisted that only a body which they actually elected could tax them. While the British espoused […]

 In this course we have been discussing the factors that led blacks to migrate from rural to urban communities during and after World War II. The challenges facing blacks in American society are examined in the documentary, “The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow (Part 4).” For this extra credit assignment, please watch the documentary and write an essay on your review of the film. […]

 How was Ancient Mesopotamia characteristic of civilization in general? Why is it the first society in which detailed historical study is possible? You should make references from the Uruk Period down to the Old Babylonian Period under Hammurabi (4300-1750 BC). Briefly discuss the significance of the Assyrian Empire or Persian Empire. In the final part of your essay, please do the following: Read the excerpts […]