After selecting a historical topic to research further, the next step in the research process is to create a research plan that compiles primary and secondary sources. First, applying what you just learned about narrowing research questions, revise your research questions from your Topic Exploration Worksheet. Explain how you approached revising your research questions to […]

Views on Imperialism: Alfred T Mahan   Mahan wrote that influence in world affairs requires underlying military readiness, like the proverbial iron hand under the velvet glove. To provide this, three things are needful: First, protection of the [nation’s] chief harbors by fortifications and coast-defence ships, which gives defensive strength . . . Secondly, naval […]

Submitting a text entry box (Turnitin enabled) Available until Jun 1 at 11:59pm All extra credit assignments are optional. Objectives of Extra Credit John Green: This assignment will not be graded on the following scale. Exceeding Credit: Student answers all the questions to one video and connects John Green’s presentation to the lessons of the week. A […]

Read Chapters 23 and 24 and this selection from The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan: The Problem That Has No Name. Once all reading is complete, respond to the following: How were women pressured into accepting the role of “housewife” in the post-war years? What is the problem that has no name? What caused the problem? What solutions does […]

Instructions by instructor>>>>> In Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi chronicles the lineage of two sides of one family and how the Transatlantic Slave Trade impacted each branch of the family. This book gives us a fictional window into the development of the African Diaspora. In a 4 to 6 page paper, elaborate on the significance of two (2) formative […]