Your papers will  consist of take home essays (expect to write 5 or more typed, double-spaced pages for each).  assignment will ask you to synthesize themes and information covered in course lectures, readings, films, and discussion.  To receive credit, your papers must be submitted through the Turn-It-In function on Time.  If you do not submit your paper […]

Primary Source Analysis #2 Harriet Robinson, “Early Factory Labor in New England”   In 1883, Harriet Robinson described her work in the textile mills between 1832 and 1845. A portion of her memoir was assigned for this week’s readings and excerpts from this document can be found below (following all of the questions). Write an […]

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 […]

IMPORTANT: AFTER PURCHASE, OPEN THIS PAGE AGAIN AND SCROLL DOWN BELOW TO DOWNLOAD FILES WITH ANSWERS. 1. Identify each statement about A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies as either true or false. The author of this document is a native of the West Indies. T/F The author of this document is sympathetic to the […]

 Representations of Brazil have long alternated between the edenic and the infernal, or between the erotic and the exotic. Using this clip from the animated film Rio as a starting point, and bringing in pertinent readings, discussions and film clips (e.g., Disney’s The Three Caballeros and Carmen Miranda), write a brief essay about representations of Brazil as a “locus […]