Assignment 1 (About 500 words)
Differing Views & Opinions on History
History and historical interpretations are based upon the opinions formed from a specific personal view that is presented by a Historian. The argument, view, and discussion of a subject can be drastically or minutely different based on the person or group of people that are presenting the history. Politicians, entertainers, institutions, and many more individuals have used history to push a specific agenda, ideology, or concept.
Prompt:
Using the Supplemental Reading, Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick and the American Experience film, The Pilgrims
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQxgOZ4Q8zw,
analyze how these two sources with some of the same settings, characters and background have both differing and corresponding views.
Instructions:
Answer all parts of the prompt using the required source(s) as the basis for your argument. Include a well-developed question regarding the subject matter for the other students at the end of your post.
Grading will be based on the following:
The use of plenty of details and examples from the source(s) to support your original commentary in all your posts
An original and well thought out question for the other students.
Clarity, grammar, and spelling.
Assignment 2 (About 500 words)
Prompt:
Leading up to the Civil War there was a fierce debate articulated in American society regarding slavery. Using the film and one or more of the documents from the link below discuss both sides of the debate on slavery and then put forth a reasonable and peaceful solution between the two groups.
Instructions:
Answer all parts of the prompt using the film and one of the Documents from the link posted below as the basis for your argument. Include a well-developed question regarding the subject matter for the other students at the end of your post. Grading will be based on the following:
The use of plenty of details and examples from the source(s) to support your original commentary in all your posts
An original and well thought out question for the other students.
Clarity, grammar, and spelling.
Documents Link:
Please Click this Link to Access Documents
https://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/slaverys-opponents-and-defenders#sect-preparation
Assignment 3 (About 500 words)
Prompt:
Using the film, The Donner Party
(https://youtu.be/sgTm40LtolE),
discuss how people in the 1840s viewed the American West? How did the Story of the Donner Party help strike down the myth of frontier idealism?
Instructions:
Answer all parts of the prompt using the required source(s) as the basis for your argument. Include a well-developed question regarding the subject matter for the other students at the end of your post.
Grading will be based on the following:
The use of plenty of details and examples from the source(s) to support your original commentary in all your posts
An original and well thought out question for the other students.
Clarity, grammar, and spelling.