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Assignment: Early American History
History lesson: Early American History
Textbook: The American Yawp History book chapter 1 to 15
Write Essay, this Essay will be three paragraphs, which will consist of at least 300 words each (900 words total). If you would like to write more on any of these three questions or prompts, you are more than welcome to do so, but you are not required to do so. Your Reflection Essay will be assessed by me.
Prompts
In the first paragraph, explain the importance of primary and secondary sources in studying history. How do historians use primary and secondary sources, and what do each of these sources provide for further historical research?
In the second paragraph, explain how any one event or idea that we learned in the class (or anything that we didn't discuss, but you know from your own historical understanding) is still relevant to you or to modern day society in some way?
In the third paragraph, explain what interested you most throughout the class. Why?
Skills List
I. Research:
• Primary source: find and use a Primary source
• Secondary source: find and use a Secondary source
• Scholarly source: find and use a Scholarly source
• Source analysis: show proficiency in using sources
II. Argumentation:
• Thesis statement: write an argumentative statement that contains a position (a stance you will defend in the essay) and a claim (justification for that stance)
• Providing evidence: give evidence that supports the thesis statement in the form of a quotation and citation
• Developing an argument: develop an argument around the thesis and the evidence
III. Critical Thinking:
• Current events: apply a historical source or event to current events
• Intersectionality: applying concepts of ethnicity, race, sex, gender and class to historical contexts
• Pattern recognition: understanding historical and symbolic patterns
• Historic bias and perspective: recognition of bias in all sources, including primary
• Terms and concepts: using historical terms to explain content
IV. Application of Knowledge:
• Recall of history: ability to recall historical aspects from previous weeks and use them in their context
• Historic understanding: use of events, people, or places in student's work
• Historic proficiency: understanding and use of historic content in a long form medium