\nDescription
\nStudents have two options for completing the document analysis writing assignment.
\nThe first option is to write an assignment focused on a single source. Students who choose this option will:
\n1. work with a single primary source selected from the sources posted online (including any selection from the
\nAmerican Yawp Primary Source Reader)
\n2. explain how that single document illustrates a few key concepts \/ ideas \/ sensibilities characteristic of the
\ntime, place and culture in which the source was written. It is up to students to decide which ideas \/ sensibilities
\nare evident in the selected source.
\nThe second option is to write an assignment focused on a single idea. Students who choose this option will:
\n1. identify a central concept, idea, or sensibility that was salient in American thought and culture from the period
\nof 1607 1865.
\n2. trace the development or permutation of that single theme \/ idea over time, drawing evidence from multiple
\nprimary sources. It is up to students to decide which sources can best illuminate the historical development of a
\nparticular idea \/ theme.
\nFor either option, students must:
\n1. follow the guidelines listed in the syllabus regarding appropriate secondary sources
\n2. format the paper according to the guidelines listed in the syllabus, making sure to stay
\nwithin the word length boundaries of the assignment
\n3. use Chicago Manual of Style citation style for all citations. Use footnotes, not endnotes,
\nand include a bibliography page. For specific details on CMS citation style and formatting of footnotes, you may
\nconsult the following online resource for guidance: https:\/\/owl.english.purdue.edu\/owl\/resource\/717\/01\/
\nThere is no minimum number of secondary sources required to complete this assignment. What this assignment
\ndoes require is that you make an argument based on evidence evidence from the primary source(s), further
\nilluminated or contextualized by reference to evidence from relevant secondary source(s).
\nThis paper must advance an arguable claim.
\nThat claim could take one of two forms, depending on which option you choose. A claim for Option A might go
\nsomething like this:
\n[Primary Source X] reveals the importance of [or the relationship between, or the contested nature of, etc]
\nthe ideas of [A and B, or A B and C, etc] in American history during [the time period this document represents].
\nA claim for Option B might go something like this:
\n[Primary Sources A, B, and C] reveal that [idea X] has been an important [or contested, or influential, or
\n fairly stable or constantly changing, etc.] idea in American history from [era Y] to [era Z].
\nThat claim is your paper s thesis statement.
\nThe body of your paper will advance that central claim, one step at a time.
\nEach paragraph of your paper is a single step toward advancing your larger claim. So the first sentence of each
\nparagraph will make an assertion about one aspect of your larger argument. And the rest of the sentences in each
\nparagraph will support that assertion and only that assertion. Thus, each paragraph has one topic, and the first
\nsentence of each paragraph is the topic sentence for that paragraph.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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