Assignment Instructions

 

For this assignment, you need to visit theNational Archives Experience. Historians typically use two types of materials, secondary source, and primary source documents. Secondary sources are typically books and articles written on a particular historical event, well after the fact. Primary source documents are usually generated by first-hand participants. Good historians rely heavily on original materials created at the time of the event. For this reason, historians spend a good deal of time at the archives. There are many types of archives, but by far, the largest in the United States, is the National Archives in Washington, D.C.Y ou are allowed to choose your own topic as long as it pertains to the subject of this course American History before 1877.All information must be cited

Power Point Option: This allows you to be somewhat creative, but has templates that are easily navigated.

· Pick a topic that is broad enough that you can have three points you are making about it.

a. An example would be the Civil War – you would have one section about the political issues, one section about the military issues, and one section about the cultural issues.

· Your presentation must have at least 13 slides and there are 5 distinct sections in your project

a. Title Page (1 slide)

b. Introduction (1 slide)

c. Body (3 focus areas with 3 slides each = 9 slides )

d. Conclusion (1 slide)

e. References (1 slide)

 

For a minimum of 13 slides

 

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