Essay question: To what extent did the American political ideals of liberty, democracy, and independence shape the development of the labor movement in the nineteenth century?
Drawing on material from the lectures and readings, write a paper of roughly 1500 words (or 4-6 double-spaced pages) in response to the above essay prompt. Your essay should make clear how workers connected American political ideals to economic struggles over the workplace. Use clear and precise language and provide ample evidence to support your claims. Also make sure to cite your sources.
Drawing on material from the lectures and readings, write a paper of roughly 1500 words (or 4-6 double-spaced pages) in response to the above essay prompt. Your essay should make clear how workers connected American political ideals to economic struggles over the workplace. Use clear and precise language and provide ample evidence to support your claims. Also make sure to cite your sources. USE BOTH PRIMARY SOURCES
The first draft of the paper is due at the start of class on February 14th. Please submit your draft via the ASSIGNMENTS function on the course SAKAI page. Also bring two hard copies of the draft to class.
From the time of Reconstruction after the Civil War until the present, what progress have we made in the United States in terms of ALL three of our course themes―Liberty, Equality, and Power? YOU MUST write about ALL THREE THEMES.
history essay
The exam will be an essay you write at home and then post to Turnitin. The essay should be 5-7 paragraphs. Use your own words:
From the time of Reconstruction after the Civil War until the present, what progress have we made in the United States in terms of ALL three of our course themes―Liberty, Equality, and Power? YOU MUST write about ALL THREE THEMES.
Paragraph 1: Introduction
A. Attention grabber
B. Thesis statement –one sentence (underlined) (powerful)
-something to prove
-Answer the question – 3 themes
-show growth/change
– cover the time period
C. transition
Paragraph 2,3,4: main body paragraphs
Provide detailed evidence support of the thesis statement
Paragraph5: conclusion
A. restate/rephrase the thesis statement
B. highlight the most significant evidence
C. final transition
From the time of Reconstruction after the Civil War until the present, what progress have we made in the United States in terms of ALL three of our course themes―Liberty, Equality, and Power? YOU MUST write about ALL THREE THEMES.
Paragraph 1: Introduction
A. Attention grabber
B. Thesis statement –one sentence (underlined) (powerful)
-something to prove
-Answer the question – 3 themes
-show growth/change
– cover the time period
C. transition
Paragraph 2,3,4: main body paragraphs
Provide detailed evidence support of the thesis statement
Paragraph5: conclusion
A. restate/rephrase the thesis statement
B. highlight the most significant evidence
C. final transition
current business strategies report-highlight the strategic issues facing a particular firm or industry
current business strategies report
The report should be drawn from material in the business press and must deal with a topic within the last 12 months. should highlight the strategic issues facing a particular firm or industry and should be directly related to specific topics of this course. Your oral report should include the following points:
1. A very brief review of the key facts of the story.
2. Identification and explanation of the key course concepts, tools, topics that this report relates to.
3. Your analysis/evaluation of the effectiveness of this firm’s strategy and actions with respect to the relevant topic
Part 2
1. What benefits come from a nation having a written constitution like in the United States?
2. Are there disadvantages in having a written constitution such as ours? If so, what might they be?
3. Are there any advantages of having an unwritten Constitution like in the UK?
Supreme Court Assignment-You are required to outline the case from its origin (state level; appeals etc) provide extensive background on the case you select. This is a research assignment as opposed to a position paper. In other words, present facts in your paper rather than opinion. The paper length requirement is four pages (body) MLA format and a minimum of five scholarly sources.
Supreme Court Assignment
Supreme Court decisions regarding Civil Rights have created judicial policy and precedence that guides race relations in the United States. For your final writing assignment you are required to research Supreme Court decisions specific to civil rights and select one for your research. You are required to summarize the decision made by the justices and address four specific areas of the case: 1) the constitutional question being asked/debated; 2) arguments presented by the justices for and against the constitutional question; 3) how each justice voted on the decision and the type of decision (concurring/dissenting); 4) the legal doctrine established by the court.
You are required to outline the case from its origin (state level; appeals etc) provide extensive background on the case you select. This is a research assignment as opposed to a position paper. In other words, present facts in your paper rather than opinion. The paper length requirement is four pages (body) MLA format and a minimum of five scholarly sources.
You are required to outline the case from its origin (state level; appeals etc) provide extensive background on the case you select. This is a research assignment as opposed to a position paper. In other words, present facts in your paper rather than opinion. The paper length requirement is four pages (body) MLA format and a minimum of five scholarly sources.
Research paper on Civil Rights Leaders-Explain the goals that the leader or organization fought for
Civil Rights Leader
Research Assignment
For your second writing assignment you are required to write a research paper on a civil rights leader (excluding Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X) . Your research paper must include the following: Description of the leaders early life and introduction into the civil rights movement; major contributions to the civil rights movement; how would the leader react to the pressing civil rights issues of today; any specific civil rights cases the leader was actively involved in; what specific methods/strategies were used/implemented by the leader; provide a detailed time line for the leaders activities in the civil rights movement.
Consider the following civil rights leaders: Assata Shakur, W.E.B. Dubois, Thurgood Marshall, Stokely Carmichael, Elijah Muhammad, Louis Farrakhan, Ida B. Wells, Fannie Lou Hamer, Marcus Garvey, Huey P. Newton, Bobby Seale, Medgar Evers. You may select an individual not listed, the list is merely suggestive.
Consider the following outline for the major three sections of your paper (intro, body, conclusion)
Section One: What were this leader / organization’s goals?
Explain the goals that your leader / organization fought for.
Explain why these goals were important.
Provide historical context for your leader / organization’s goals.
You may use biographical details to explain why these goals were important to your leader.
Section Two: What were the methods and strategies that this leader / organization used?
Explain the methods and strategies that your leader / organization used.
Provide specific examples of when, where and how these methods were used.
Explain why these strategies were successful or unsuccessful.
You may want to contrast their methods with the methods of competing groups.
(ei: nonviolence vs. self-defense)
Section Three: What were the results that this leader / movement achieved?
Explain the changes or advancements that your leader / organization achieved.
Discuss specific laws, political changes, accomplishments, awards, etc…
Explain how they influenced future generations of Americans and activists.
You may want to include information about how your leader was remembered after their death.
The paper should be written in MLA and a minimum of four pages and a maximum of six pages. Be sure to review all the requirements for writing in MLA. The paper must include a minimum of 10 sources with five sources being scholarly articles (consider jstor)
This assignment is due by March 1st. Midnight.
Consider the following civil rights leaders: Assata Shakur, W.E.B. Dubois, Thurgood Marshall, Stokely Carmichael, Elijah Muhammad, Louis Farrakhan, Ida B. Wells, Fannie Lou Hamer, Marcus Garvey, Huey P. Newton, Bobby Seale, Medgar Evers. You may select an individual not listed, the list is merely suggestive.
Consider the following outline for the major three sections of your paper (intro, body, conclusion)
Section One: What were this leader / organization’s goals?
Explain the goals that your leader / organization fought for.
Explain why these goals were important.
Provide historical context for your leader / organization’s goals.
You may use biographical details to explain why these goals were important to your leader.
Section Two: What were the methods and strategies that this leader / organization used?
Explain the methods and strategies that your leader / organization used.
Provide specific examples of when, where and how these methods were used.
Explain why these strategies were successful or unsuccessful.
You may want to contrast their methods with the methods of competing groups.
(ei: nonviolence vs. self-defense)
Section Three: What were the results that this leader / movement achieved?
Explain the changes or advancements that your leader / organization achieved.
Discuss specific laws, political changes, accomplishments, awards, etc…
Explain how they influenced future generations of Americans and activists.
You may want to include information about how your leader was remembered after their death.
The paper should be written in MLA and a minimum of four pages and a maximum of six pages. Be sure to review all the requirements for writing in MLA. The paper must include a minimum of 10 sources with five sources being scholarly articles (consider jstor)
This assignment is due by March 1st. Midnight.
The US Bill of Rights- Review the Bill of Rights in your textbook and select one of the first ten amendments and research it thoroughly
Assignment 3: Bill of Rights
When the Constitution was completed in the summer of 1787, approval by representatives from nine of the thirteen states was needed for it to become the nation’s law. The issue of individual rights was managed—though this, too, created conflict among the Framers—with the addition of the Bill of Rights. Change was written into the supreme law of the land; since then, legal institutionalization of changes has occurred. Since the Constitution’s adoption, change has taken place through the amendment process identified in the Constitution. Change has also occurred under the direction of the branches of government established in the Constitution: the executive, the legislature, and the judiciary.
Research
The Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Review the Bill of Rights in your textbook and select one of the first ten amendments and research it thoroughly. Give the impacts
Also,
select at least three peer-reviewed books about the amendment you have selected. Look specifically for articles that focus on current events or controversies related to the amendment and be prepared to summarize the content of each article.
Annotated Bibliography
Prepare an annotated bibliography of your research. Please read Annotated Bibliography.pdf for an overview on annotated bibiographies. Click here for an example of what an annotated bibliography looks like. Include the following:
- For each article, write details such as the article title, author name, journal title, and publication date.
- Write a summary of each article in 200–250 words.
- Write the conclusions you have drawn from research and your opinion in 1–2 paragraphs.
- Write a reference list of the selected articles in APA style.
Although not exhaustive, please select several songs and listen to them. Read the lyrics that accompany the music. What is the role of music in the evolution of the movement? Please reference specific songs in the argument. Why do many historians say that music had such a crucial role in this movement? Discuss whether the movement helped to create the Civil Rights music studied in this lesson, whether the music helped to create the movement, or both.
Freedom and American History- Perhaps no movement has utilized music within its confines than the African American Civil Rights Movement. This movement morphed into the Black Power Movement, and then into the Black Lives Matter Movement. This movement covers basic rights, equality, police brutality, and general socioeconomic conditions of African Americans since the early twentieth century.
history paper
Topic: Freedom and American History
Rationale: No idea is more fundamental to American sense of self than freedom. To the United States, freedom and liberty are interchangeable and seemingly universal. However, that is misleading. Freedom is not fixed or a lone definition; rather, it is an ideal as well as a reality. Because the United States is a free country, the act of protesting is one of the most precious liberties that Americans possess. Protests can happen in the streets; however, music has been a longtime outlet for dissent. Music has been the viaduct of American protest movements through rock, hip-hop, and folk music. Vietnam, unequal distribution of wealth, minority treatment, police brutality, presidential elections, and more protest topics have been covered through music.
With this primary source question, the meanings of freedom will be explored, as well as the social conditions that make freedom possible in the United States. In addition, the boundaries of freedom will be a focus, including the myth of freedom, and how freedom is juxtaposed off of servitude.
NOTE: Some of these songs have offensive and strong language. Please know that before you begin this assignment and realize this is an academic course.
QUESTION ONE:
Perhaps no movement has utilized music within its confines than the African American Civil Rights Movement. This movement morphed into the Black Power Movement, and then into the Black Lives Matter Movement. This movement covers basic rights, equality, police brutality, and general socioeconomic conditions of African Americans since the early twentieth century.
You are required to use at least three different songs to provide your argument for this question. You may not use outside documents for your argument. Your response will be uploaded through SafeAssign in eCampus to check for plagiarism. Any portion of your response that does not follow the directions and guidelines regarding writing, grammar, mechanics, plagiarism, or fails to answer the question will result in a zero for this portion of your exam.
Your response should be a minimum of two full pages, Times New Roman, 12 point font, 1 inch margins, and no other heading than your first and last name. Remember, all papers are uploaded in either a PDF or DOC format. No other format will be accepted.
You are required to cite all quotes and sources in MLA format. This does not count toward your minimum total length. So, your response will be longer than two pages because you need to include your citations. These citations need to be included in the text and in a works cited sheet (which is a separate sheet at the end of your response). If you do not know how to craft a works cited page, please visit the Brookhaven library. Noodle Tools is available for you to use via the library website.
Please understand that you are required to answer the questions asked. This includes college level writing and editing. There should be no first person anywhere in your response, as you were not there to witness these events.
If you have questions, ASK before the night it is due. I am available to assist you, and the history tutors are available to assist you. Do not wait until it is too late to attempt completion.
Context and Primary Sources
Music has always kept company with protest and American History. Protest songs are associated with any number of movements for social or political change. Many times, music and lyrics are the best delivery system of the broader political message. Some artists, like Bob Dylan, are synonymous with protest songs. Other artists may only have one song that discusses a particular topic. In the midst of the Civil Rights Movement, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said: “The freedom songs are playing a strong and vital role in our struggle. They give the people new courage and a sense of unity. I think they keep alive a faith, a radiant hope, in the future, particularly in our most trying hours.”
Directions: Each song can be found for free on YouTube. Please reference the artist and the song below to search for a video. You can also get lyrics for each song as reference.
Civil Rights
Unknown: Eyes on the Prize (date unknown)
Unkown: Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around (date unknown)
Shirley Verett: Oh Freedom (date unknown)
Bill Broonzy: Black, Brown, and White (date unknown)
Lead Belly: The Bourgeois Blues (1938)
Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit (1939)
Pete Seeger (also Joan Baez later and Mahalia Jackson): We Shall Overcome (1945)
Mahalia Jackson: How I Got Over (1963)
John Coltrane: Alabama (1963)
Peter, Paul, and Mary: If I Had a Hammer (1963)
The Freedom Singers: Woke Up This Morning (1964)
Sam Cooke: A Change is Gonna Come (1964)
Joan Baez: Birmingham Sunday (1964)
Nina Simone: Mississippi Goddamn (1964)
Mavis Staples: We Shall Not Be Moved (1968)
James Brown: Say It Loud (I’m Black and I’m Proud) (1968)
Gil Scott Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (1971)
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five: The Message (1982)
Public Enemy: Fight the Power (1989)
Public Enemy: 911 is a Joke (1990)
Melba Moore: Lift Every Voice and Sing (1990)
Body Count (with Ice-T): Cop Killer (1992)
KRS-One: Sound of da Police (1993)
Mos Def: Mathematics (1999)
Common and John Legend: Glory (2015)
Kendrick Lamar: Alright (2015)
Kendrick Lamar: The Blacker the Berry (2015)
Prince featuring Eryn Allen Kane: Baltimore (2015)
Beyonce: Formation (2016)
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis: White Privilege II (2016)
New York Times: article about songs as a weapon
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/archival/19620820songsweapon.pdf
Primary Source Archive of Lynching Postcards in the United States (NOTE: these are graphic, so please be warned before you open the page. They are not photoshopped or sensationalized – this is history). This is in reference to “Strange Fruit.”
http://withoutsanctuary.org/main.html
Rationale: No idea is more fundamental to American sense of self than freedom. To the United States, freedom and liberty are interchangeable and seemingly universal. However, that is misleading. Freedom is not fixed or a lone definition; rather, it is an ideal as well as a reality. Because the United States is a free country, the act of protesting is one of the most precious liberties that Americans possess. Protests can happen in the streets; however, music has been a longtime outlet for dissent. Music has been the viaduct of American protest movements through rock, hip-hop, and folk music. Vietnam, unequal distribution of wealth, minority treatment, police brutality, presidential elections, and more protest topics have been covered through music.
With this primary source question, the meanings of freedom will be explored, as well as the social conditions that make freedom possible in the United States. In addition, the boundaries of freedom will be a focus, including the myth of freedom, and how freedom is juxtaposed off of servitude.
NOTE: Some of these songs have offensive and strong language. Please know that before you begin this assignment and realize this is an academic course.
QUESTION ONE:
Perhaps no movement has utilized music within its confines than the African American Civil Rights Movement. This movement morphed into the Black Power Movement, and then into the Black Lives Matter Movement. This movement covers basic rights, equality, police brutality, and general socioeconomic conditions of African Americans since the early twentieth century.
You are required to use at least three different songs to provide your argument for this question. You may not use outside documents for your argument. Your response will be uploaded through SafeAssign in eCampus to check for plagiarism. Any portion of your response that does not follow the directions and guidelines regarding writing, grammar, mechanics, plagiarism, or fails to answer the question will result in a zero for this portion of your exam.
Your response should be a minimum of two full pages, Times New Roman, 12 point font, 1 inch margins, and no other heading than your first and last name. Remember, all papers are uploaded in either a PDF or DOC format. No other format will be accepted.
You are required to cite all quotes and sources in MLA format. This does not count toward your minimum total length. So, your response will be longer than two pages because you need to include your citations. These citations need to be included in the text and in a works cited sheet (which is a separate sheet at the end of your response). If you do not know how to craft a works cited page, please visit the Brookhaven library. Noodle Tools is available for you to use via the library website.
Please understand that you are required to answer the questions asked. This includes college level writing and editing. There should be no first person anywhere in your response, as you were not there to witness these events.
If you have questions, ASK before the night it is due. I am available to assist you, and the history tutors are available to assist you. Do not wait until it is too late to attempt completion.
Context and Primary Sources
Music has always kept company with protest and American History. Protest songs are associated with any number of movements for social or political change. Many times, music and lyrics are the best delivery system of the broader political message. Some artists, like Bob Dylan, are synonymous with protest songs. Other artists may only have one song that discusses a particular topic. In the midst of the Civil Rights Movement, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said: “The freedom songs are playing a strong and vital role in our struggle. They give the people new courage and a sense of unity. I think they keep alive a faith, a radiant hope, in the future, particularly in our most trying hours.”
Directions: Each song can be found for free on YouTube. Please reference the artist and the song below to search for a video. You can also get lyrics for each song as reference.
Civil Rights
Unknown: Eyes on the Prize (date unknown)
Unkown: Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around (date unknown)
Shirley Verett: Oh Freedom (date unknown)
Bill Broonzy: Black, Brown, and White (date unknown)
Lead Belly: The Bourgeois Blues (1938)
Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit (1939)
Pete Seeger (also Joan Baez later and Mahalia Jackson): We Shall Overcome (1945)
Mahalia Jackson: How I Got Over (1963)
John Coltrane: Alabama (1963)
Peter, Paul, and Mary: If I Had a Hammer (1963)
The Freedom Singers: Woke Up This Morning (1964)
Sam Cooke: A Change is Gonna Come (1964)
Joan Baez: Birmingham Sunday (1964)
Nina Simone: Mississippi Goddamn (1964)
Mavis Staples: We Shall Not Be Moved (1968)
James Brown: Say It Loud (I’m Black and I’m Proud) (1968)
Gil Scott Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (1971)
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five: The Message (1982)
Public Enemy: Fight the Power (1989)
Public Enemy: 911 is a Joke (1990)
Melba Moore: Lift Every Voice and Sing (1990)
Body Count (with Ice-T): Cop Killer (1992)
KRS-One: Sound of da Police (1993)
Mos Def: Mathematics (1999)
Common and John Legend: Glory (2015)
Kendrick Lamar: Alright (2015)
Kendrick Lamar: The Blacker the Berry (2015)
Prince featuring Eryn Allen Kane: Baltimore (2015)
Beyonce: Formation (2016)
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis: White Privilege II (2016)
New York Times: article about songs as a weapon
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/archival/19620820songsweapon.pdf
Primary Source Archive of Lynching Postcards in the United States (NOTE: these are graphic, so please be warned before you open the page. They are not photoshopped or sensationalized – this is history). This is in reference to “Strange Fruit.”
http://withoutsanctuary.org/main.html
Alien Menace-Think about how discrimination shaped the experiences of each group. What particular challenges and opportunities did each group confront during this period
- Explore the Alien Menace
- African Americans
- Reflect on the restrictions and beliefs based on race, gender, ethnicity, and national origin that were common in American society during the last half of the 1800s.
- Think about the changes (both positive and negative) that came about as a result of the industrial revolution and westward expansion.
- Think about how discrimination shaped the experiences of each group. What particular challenges and opportunities did each group confront during this period?
- How did your chosen group impact the history of this period?
DISCUSSION 2
This discussion forum is an opportunity for you to explore topics that interest you, share critical insights and questions that you are working with, share your struggles and triumphs, and discuss difficulties that may have arisen this week, hopefully finding solutions. Your initial post should describe your experiences in the course this past week, prompting further discussion. You should address at least two of the following questions:
- What struck you in particular as you explored the course materials this week?
- What insights have you had?
- What have you been struggling with?
- What questions have come up for you at this point?
- Do you have any helpful tips that you’ve picked up in this course or in a past course?
- Do you have questions about the assignment that your classmates might be able to help with? (If you have a question for the instructor, be sure to contact your instructor through email or in the Ask Your Instructor Forum).