Formatting and Source Requirements: You do not need to include a title page. You should create a title for each essay. You should position each essay on the same file. Your sources should be footnoted as referenced in the actual text of the essay, and also included in a works cited section at the end of your third essay. The works cited section can be located a few spaces below the conclusion of your third essay. See the citation tips tutorial for guidance.
Due date –10am on July 5
HIST 2301 –Book Topic Essays (3)
Objective of this Assignment: This assignment will be used to evaluate student progress on the state and college learning objectives for HIST 2301. Students will create three essays; requirements for each essay have been outlined below. Review the three essay requirements for your book choice.
| The Train to Crystal City (Russell) |
Essay 1—Citizenship
- · Research Questions: What does citizenship mean to those who were not born in the United States and to those navigating the citizenship process? How does one’s understanding of identity compare when contrasting a parent without citizenship to the offspring with naturalized citizenship? What is repatriation and do people ever really agree to leave the United States or surrender U.S. citizenship? Are some people more important than other people?
- · Requirements: This essay should be approximately 400-500 words and should be supported by information in the Russell book and an additional two sources.
Essay 2—Detention Centers
- · Research Questions: Under what circumstances have people/groups been denied citizenship or due process and basic rights guaranteed to citizens? Does wartime justify restriction of basic rights or implementation of procedure contrary to the principles of the U.S.? How do current detention centers compare to WW2 centers? What was the public perception about detention centers during WW2 and how is perception similar or different today? What did the law permit and how is the law different today?
- · Requirements: This essay should be approximately 400-500 words and should be supported by information in the Russell book and an additional two sources. This essay should also include an image, situated appropriately in the body of the essay.
Essay 3—Scholarship
- · What have other scholars said about Russell’s book? After reading the book, do you agree with one scholarly critique more than the other critiques you have studied? Explain. What sources did Russell depend upon to complete this research? What sources were most essential? What other scholarly books have been published about Galveston’s history?
- · Requirements: This essay should be approximately 300-400 words and should be supported by information in the Russell book and an additional three sources.
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Formatting and Source Requirements: You do not need to include a title page. You should create a title for each essay. You should position each essay on the same file. Your sources should be footnoted as referenced in the actual text of the essay, and also included in a works cited section at the end of your third essay. The works cited section can be located a few spaces below the conclusion of your third essay. See the citation tips tutorial for guidance.
Due date –10am on July 5
Do we have questions about footnotes? You include a footnote at the end of the sentence ONLY when you have included a direct quote in your statement, such as Adams stated “who cares about the lazy Virginia farmers.” In another journal entry Abigail called the rebels “weak and illiterate.”
To insert the footnote, place the cursor where you want your notation, and then click on reference and insert footnote.
When paraphrasing multiple sources but not quoting directly, then you should still cite your sources at the end of the paragraph. For instance, Roger Stills described Shaysites as reckless. This viewpoint is different from Bob Mackey, who believed Shaysites were less focused than Daniel Shays, but aware of their mission.
If I decide not to include a specific example, but I thought I was interesting and the reader might want to know, then I can footnote that information as well.
Inserting and formatting an image is also easy. Find the image you want to include, then copy and paste into your essay, or select “insert” and “pictures.” Once the image appears in your essay, right click on the image, and select “wrap text,” and choose from the list of options. “Tight” and “square” are most useful for news/journal/essay style works.
Do we have questions about footnotes? You include a footnote at the end of the sentence ONLY when you have included a direct quote in your statement, such as Adams stated “who cares about the lazy Virginia farmers.”[1] In another journal entry Abigail called the rebels “weak and illiterate.”[2]
To insert the footnote, place the cursor where you want your notation, and then click on reference and insert footnote.
When paraphrasing multiple sources but not quoting directly, then you should still cite your sources at the end of the paragraph. For instance, Roger Stills described Shaysites as reckless. This viewpoint is different from Bob Mackey, who believed Shaysites were less focused than Daniel Shays, but aware of their mission.[3]
If I decide not to include a specific example, but I thought I was interesting and the reader might want to know, then I can footnote that information as well.[4]
Inserting and formatting an image is also easy. Find the image you want to include, then copy and paste into your essay, or select “insert” and “pictures.” Once the image appears in your essay, right click on the image, and select “wrap text,” and choose from the list of options. “Tight” and “square” are most useful for news/journal/essay style works.
[1] Adams, Abigail. “The Rebels are Weak,” in Massachusetts Documents (Library Central, MA), 1789.
[2] Ibid. (means same source as the previous footnote)
[3] Stills, Roger. Shay’s Rebellion, A New Interpretation. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), 2015. Bob Mackey, “When the Rebels Called and the Courts Closed,” in Massachusetts Gazette, No. 142 (Fall, 2004).
[4] There is cool stuff in the Adams source. See her comments about button sizes on uniforms.
