Selecting a Work of ArtPaper Description: For your paper assignment, select a single work of art from your textbook or the Google Arts and Culture website (https://artsandculture.google.com/) that represents the art featured in a chapter covered in class and write a research paper analyzing it both visually and historically. The works of art must relate to the class. In other words, you should select works of art that match the cultures and t...
Social Status of Women in Colonial AmericaFirst, discuss the social status of women in colonial America (what some male leaders felt their roles were etc.) and what roles women played in and outside their homes. Second, as hostilities escalated, how were women put in the crossfire during early days of the war, what roles did they play in their homes and how did this differ based upon their class and affiliation as a patriot or loyalist? Thi...
Types of Sources and Their ImportanceIn answering these questions, you should feel free to consult materials other than the course materials, but you must CITE any source you use in order to avoid plagiarism. 1. List the source you are analyzing. 2. What types of Sources of this (e.g., law code, letter, poem, grocery list, archaeological remains, sculpture, etc.)? Why is the answer to this question important for how we analyze an...
Task: Citation: Who created the primary source? When? Context: Context allows historians to situate a source within the larger framework of what was happening at the time.What was going on at the time that the primary source was created? Content: Content refers to the main ideas of the source.What do you think are the most important parts of this letter? Argument: The argument is the point that the author most wants to get across to t...
ContextThis assessment task is designed to further the student’s skills in investigation, research and planning in order to understand the pathway to successful design solutions. Students are required to form a proposal for the development of a photographic or illustrative tableau, influenced by a historical era, that examines the construction of identity, the nature of representation and the artifice of imagery. Drawing on the concep...
Task Write an essay on one of the prompts beiow: 1. "Although Hobbes and Locke seem to argue for radically different forms of government, when compared to the divine right absolutism advocated by Bossuet, they are in fact more similar than different: Do you agree with this quotation? Why would the author make this claim? Do these similarities outweigh the differences, particularly in the context of the seventeenth century? (hint: ...
Operation Wetback: Who, What, When, Where, Why, and HowAnswer Only one of the following questions: 1. Operation Wetback - What is Operation Wetback? Who participated in it and why? Why was it started and for what purpose? Who benefited from the operation and how? What occurred as part of the operation? What resulted from it? Show the significance of Operation Wetback by breaking it down, showing the Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How of t...
Identifying the Date and Nature of the TextText commentarry : 1. Identify the date ( when was it written and what do you know about this period?)2. Identify the nature of the text ( is it a letter, a speech, an article from the press? What can we expect? For example a letter can easily send a personal idea to..)Â 3. Â Identify the author, his name, his quality4. Identify the recipient ( to whom was it addressed, for 1, f...
Choose Your EvidenceA paragraph is like a mini-essay. A paragraph should begin with a claim that introduces the central argument of the paragraph and contain evidence from a primary source to support that claim.Make a claim that identifies your argument in the paragraph. Since you must first analyze the evidence to formulate argument, it is best to write your topic sentence after you have completed the analysis.Introduce the evidence that you ...
Preparing for the untestThis is an open note/material/resource assignment. You may discuss all you want about the history under discussion through participation activities, but this assignment is to be your own original work. All unit Untests will utilize the following format. See the Untest Helpful Hints” document for an example untest. 1. Participate in the Connections Discussion and History Jam 2. Pay attention to the Guiding Ques...
ObjectiveThis activity asks you to consider how colonial protesters defined America’s rights during the Townshend crisis of 1767–70. Objective: In this activity, you will analyze primary sources to better understand a topic of historical significance and to cultivate strong critical thinking, analysis, and writing skills. Activity Prompt: American colonists used many different mediums to protest British policies in the 1760s and ...
Questions: Guidelines: This assignment is about the application of realists concept of polarity to a case study, the Cuban Missile Crisis. Watch Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmqM7uaGfrk&t=1s Answer These Questions In Detail Read chapters 4 and 5 (Mingst et al) and watch the History Channel documentary, the Cuban Missile Crisis. In a summary, explain the concept of polarity and levels of analysis. How do realists justify ...
The Crisis Europe is FacingThere is one fact which, whether for good or ill, is of utmost importance in the public life of Europe at the present moment. This fact is the accession of the masses to complete social power. As the masses, by definition, neither should nor can direct their own personal existence, and still less rule society in general, this fact means that actually Europe is suffering from the greatest crisis that can afflict peo...
FeudalismPlease be as specific as possible and be sure to include key names, dates and concepts in your answer.Your answer should include an introduction, summary/discussion and conclusion. The essay should be 1–3 pages single spaced. Anything under 1 page (400 words) will most likely be inefficient. The Eurasian land mass underwent a period of crisis and upheaval between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries due to three major catastr...
Tensions between US and China and Russian Interference in the Baltic States 1. How likely is interstate war with more than 1,000 battle deaths between the United States and China in the next decade?  2. How likely is Russian military interference in any of the three Baltic states, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, in the next five years, given that all three are NATO members?  3. How likely is civil war wi...