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Write a short paper (1100-1300 words, approx. 3-4 pages, double spaced) with a thesis statement and argument in response to prompt listed

For this assignment, you will need to visit the Wilsonian, FILI's museum in South Beach in the city of Miami Beach. and pick at least 2 artworks on display to analyze as primary sources.

Using the knowledge you have acquired in our class this semester. combine these primary sources with the other sources provided on canvas to complete your paper. All of your papers must:

• closely analyze and describe primary sources using specifics and details

• use scholarly secondary source texts for evidence about the historical context

• select evidence to prove a thesis

• draw conclusions beyond those that are immediately obvious from the evidence

• write a paper that has a clear thesis, evidence organized into logical paragraphs, and a conclusion

• use correctly formatted footnote citations as described in the Footnote FAQ handout

Prompt: As Europe descended into the Great War, later titled World War I by historians, national governments began to employ propaganda as a tool to motivate entire populations in favor of war. How was propaganda manipulated by European nation-states to alter popular opinion?

What ideologies that we have studied so far did they lean upon to change public perceptions of their supposed enemies and the war? Ultimately, was World War I a war that was prolonged because of propaganda or did government propaganda have little to no bearing on the war itself?

- Photos of the works you are analyzing included in your bibliography

- A close-u p photo of the exhibit label for the work (the text on the label must be legible) accompanying the images of your selected artworks also in the bibliography

The goal of this assignment is not only to introduce you to a valuable and interesting local cultural resource. but to give you the opportunity to demonstrate the skills you have developed this semester, by conducting a sustained written analysis of a visual or material primary source using your historical knowledge.

The argument of your paper should be a detailed and specific answer to the above question, rooted in a close analysis of the primary sources and a clear explanation of the historical tOtatext drawn from the assigned secondary source readings. You Mary not end up using all the sources. but at the sources to form your arguments. however, a strong paper will cite evidence from many different sources. You do not need to find outside sources for this paper.

Note that this question does al ask you to evaluate which of the sources you agree with, nor dc.es it ask you to evaluate whether either of the sources is reliable or biased. All sources are reliable sources of evidence about what their authors thought at the time. and both authors have biases and underlying assumptions. Your task is to gauge to what these massive revolutions shaped the world around them and if and how they are related to each other.

Formatting Requirements

• Typed, double-spaced. 12 pt-font. 1" margins

• 1100-1300 words: or about 3-4 double spaced pages NOT including footnotes

• Include a header (single-spaced) that lists your name. your Panther ID. the date

• Use footnote citations including a page number (see my Footnote FAQ handout for step y. instructions) Please also include a bibliography on a separate page!

Review for errors of spelling and grammar-this is a formal written report! I recommend using the advanced spelling and grammar check functions in MS Word.

• Submit the paper online using the appropriate turnitin link on Canvas

• Use quote marks and correct footnote citations with page numbers to protect yourself from being accused of plagiarism

Paper Organization

Your paper must include an introdurtion, several distinct &Agoras/0a and a conclusion.

Your introduction should not begin with broad. overly general statements, but instead should introduce the specific time, place, and topic you are writing about. Do not assume that your reader knows anything about the history you are describing. Your introduction should also include a) a thesis statement that interprets your primary sources within the historical context. and b) an overview of how the remainder of your paper will be organized (a "roadmap" for your reader).

Your tatty_paragraphs should each be organized around a main idea and should offer evidence to support that main idea. Be sure that your paragraphs each have a topic sentence. Check to be sure that all of the evidence you offer in the paragraph relates to and supports that topic sentence.

Your conclusion should summarize your ideas and suggest connections to course themes.