HIS 206
If you choose to write a paper, it must be four to five
pages in length, plus a title page and reference list, formatted according to
APA style. •If you choose to create a PowerPoint project, it must be 12 to 15
slides, plus a title slide and a reference slide, formatted according to APA
style. ?Please note that whether you choose to write a paper or create a
PowerPoint presentation, you must properly cite your sources according to APA
style.
To complete this project •Choose from one of the topics
below and analyze its history from 1877 to the present. •Select four specific
events or developments that span the years covered by this course, based on
their impact on the topic. Two of the events must be from before 1945 and two
events must be from after 1945. You must assess how the events in relationship
to the topic changed over time and explain how the changes occurred. Please
refer back to your Week Three Assignment, consider your instructor’s comments
and make any necessary revisions. •Write an introduction with a thesis. Your
thesis should summarize the main conclusions that you discovered while
researching your topic and that you will support with a logical argument based
on evidence (sources). Please refer back to your Week Three Assignment, consider
your instructor’s comments, and make any necessary revisions to your thesis
statement. •Connect each of the events or developments you have chosen back to
your main thesis. The information presented must be organized and in
chronological order. •You must use at least four Document iconsources in your
paper other than the textbook, with at least two Document iconprimary sources
and at least two Document iconsecondary sources. Please refer back to your Week
Three Assignment, consider your instructor’s comments, and make any necessary
revisions.
Choose one of the following topics: •Native Americans
•African Americans •Immigrants •Women
For example, a student writing a paper about the topic
African Americans might choose the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Power
Movement as two of their events. In that case, the paper would provide a
description of the two movements. It would explain what each one revealed about
the role of African Americans in broader American society in, respectively, the
1920s and the late 1960s, explain how and why the roles of African Americans in
the 1920s differed from their roles in the late 1960s, and explain how events
in the 1920s may have contributed to developments in the later decade.
Writing the Final Project The Final Project: 1.Must include
a separate title page with the following: a.Title of project b.Student’s name
c.Course name and number d.Instructor’s name e.Date submitted
2.Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a
succinct thesis statement. 3.Must address the topic of the paper with critical
thought. 4.Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis. 5.Must use at
least four scholarly resources other than the textbook, including a minimum of
two primary sources. Your secondary sources must come from the Ashford
University Library. 6.Must document all sources, including images, in APA style
as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. 7.Must include a separate reference
page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
If you choose to create a PowerPoint presentation, you
should use visual elements to contribute to your explanation of the topic.
PowerPoint presentations should avoid plagiarism and have proper APA citations
for all source material either in the note section at the bottom of each slide,
or on the last slide of the show indicating sources for each slide. The final
slide must be a correctly formatted reference list containing all of your
sources. You may use non-scholarly sources for your images, but not for the
text of the presentation. Make sure to pay attention to color and style.
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