This discussion forum offers you the opportunity to share the project on which you’ve been working all semester with your classmates, and to receive from them comments that you might want to consider before you submit your final research essay to your instructor. Here’s what I’d like you to do:   Prepare the rough draft […]

Discussing the legacies of reconstruction After completing the reading for this Module and reviewing Dr. Becker’s lecture notes, please consider the impact of Reconstruction on America, and answer the following questions in your initial post:   What were the failures of Reconstruction and what were its successes?   Why did the Reconstruction collapse, and how […]

Putting the Early 21st Century into Perspective “2015-04-15_195opens in a new window” (CC BY 2.0opens in a new window) by OFL Communicationsopens in a new window   The essays and documents in Chapters 15 and 16 of our course text offer a look at foreign and domestic policies that have dominated the United States since […]

The Conservative Turn in America “Ronald Reagan televised address from the Oval Office, outlining plan for Tax Reduction Legislation July 1981opens in a new window” by White House Photo Office; Originally uploaded to Wikipediaopens in a new window by Happyme22opens in a new window Licensed under Public Domain via Commonsopens in a new window.   […]

Adams Corner – Schulhaus 2opens in a new window” by Wolfgang Sauber – Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0opens in a new window via Commonsopens in a new window.   This initial assignment is designed to help you gauge your understanding of some of the basic research skills we’ll be utilizing throughout the semester. […]

Adams Corner – Schulhaus 2opens in a new window” by Wolfgang Sauber – Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0opens in a new window via Commonsopens in a new window.   This initial assignment is designed to help you gauge your understanding of some of the basic research skills we’ll be utilizing throughout the semester. […]

Comparative Book Review Essay “Afrika Bambaataa and DJ Yutaka (2004)opens in a new window” by Sean-Jinopens in a new window. Licensed under Public Domain via Commonsopens in a new window. The practices of sampling and mixing that are a part of hip-hop are similar to the skills gained in writing such papers as multiple book […]

The culminating assignment for this course is to prepare a research essay of significant scholarly value. The final paper should be at least 2500 words with an effective argument and scholarly sources.   We will work on this project throughout the entire semester, beginning with the written assignment in Module 2. All of the written […]

Annotated Bibliography This assignment might be one of the most important building blocks toward your final research essay because it starts to bring together all of the pieces that you have compiled so far. If all goes well, you will have completed about 40 percent of the research essay by the time the annotated bibliography […]

Bibliography for Research Essay A bibliography is a list of sources that an author uses to research a topic. It includes all books, journals, Web sites, periodicals, and any other documents that you cite in a research essay. While the final bibliography often is developed at the end of the writing process, it is useful […]