History Assignment
Part I
Accuracy: Are references provided? Does the reference list include other scholarly sources?
1) Relevancy: Would this article be useful for a paper examining the similarities between political sentiment in states that granted women the right to vote before the Nineteenth Amendment? Would it be useful in an essay focusing on the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA), an activist group based in New York that was dedicated to nationwide woman suffrage?
2) Intent: What is the point of this article? Is the author making an argument?
3) Authoritativeness: What are the author's credentials? What about the publication's?
Part II
Building on the keywords you identified in Modules One and Two and the research of secondary sources you have done so far, what subjects, events, people, and time period are related to the topic you have chosen for your historical analysis essay? Identifying these pieces will be useful as you search the primary-source databases.
Part III
1) Who (either a single person or an organization) created this poster? Why did this person or organization write it?
2) Who is the intended audience? What methods does the creator(s) use to target this audience? How might the intended audience have encountered this poster?
Part IV
1) Can you detect any biases in this source? What words does the creator use that might point to his or her biases or assumptions?
2) What biases might you bring to your interpretation of the source?
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
(1) The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
(2) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
(3) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.