Select one historical issue, question, or problem and write a pro or con essay
U.S. History Openstax – View Online Chapters 1-8 1. From one chapter, select one historical issue, question, or problem and write a pro or con essay. 2. Use three sources. a. The course e-book is ALWAYS source one. b. Sources two and three are your choice. Use the “Primary & Secondary Resources Module” located in this course, or ‘Google’. If you ‘Google’, use academic quality sources. NO Wikipedia. 3. Use ONE quote from each source. (Three quotes per chapter.) 4. Cite quotes: “Wars are often fought…(Harris, 59)”. No page number?: “Wars are often fought…(Harris, np)”. No author? First 3 words of the title.: “Wars are often fought…(Major Wars of, 59)”. 5. Post a separate “Works Cited” under EACH chapter essay. Example: Works Cited http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/cortes_h.com (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. http://www.purdue/history/cortes.aztecs.edu (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. http://www.historychannel/history/cortes.com (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. Repeat steps 1-5 for remaining chapters. 6. Title chapters: ‘Chapter 1’, ‘Chapter 2’., etc. Combine all chapters in one MSWord.docx. Tip 1- Your exam is 1,500+ words divided evenly among all required chapters. Approximately 500 words are quotes; 1,000 words are yours. TIP 2: Find an historical issues, questions, or problems that you feel strongly enough about that you can argue for or against it. (Do not write a synopsis of Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation; write about why you like or dislike it.) Tip 3: Decide your pro or con position, find three sources, select one quote from each source, write a theses sentence stating your position, write a pro/con essay incorporating your quotes. Tip 4: Copying from sources like HomeworkMarket.com is plagiarism and will cost points.
