History Assignment
You will be describing and analyzing a secondary source for purpose, content accuracy and whether it achieved its purpose.
A secondary source is a document, book, video documentary or film that describes, portrays, and/or represents a real historic event or person. For this assignment you will be using a video documentary or a film.
SUBJECT -Race Issues –
Ragtime (1981) Rosewood (1997) Malcolm X (1992) Mississippi Burning (1998) To Kill a Mockingbird (1962
Chicago Style Bibliography: Three Sources Minimum. (Due Nov. 17th) You must provide a list of sources that analyze and/or discuss your video documentary or film.
(25 points) No general “Jr. High” type sources such as History.com or Brittanica.com. Legitimate website and newspaper reviews are acceptable.
They must be properly formatted in Chicago Style.
(https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citationguide-2.html)
References:
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlcIzQNOGJ0) In-text citations:
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZbZ1W9i1N8
Your paper will cover multiple aspects of your secondary source (documentary/movie).
a. Paragraph 1:
Describe, in detail based off of our research, the secondary source (documentary or film). Summarize the film. Make sure you use in-text citation (see #2 above). Write in 3rd person (https://www.grammarly.com/blog/first-second-and-third-person/)
b. Paragraph 2-3:
Based off your research, what are the positive aspects of the source (film, documentary)? What about it was historically accurate? Did the film-maker achieve their goal?
(Make sure you use in-text citations)
c. Paragraph 4-5:
Based off of your research, what are the negative aspects of the source (film, documentary)? What are some of the unforeseen and unexpected consequences of the film? What was historically inaccurate? (Make sure you use in-text citations).
d. Final paragraph:
College appropriate first-person analysis of the source (film, documentary.
Students should present their own analysis of the film/documentary and argue whether they believe the source was successful in trying to accomplish what it set out to do, and how the source is, or is not, relevant to today. (Write this in 1st person.)
Assignment details:
*Double-spaced *Default font (nothing fancy) and font size (12pt)
*Default margins (1”)
*Submission attachments must be in PDF or Word ONLY.
*Final paper will be submitted through a plagiarism filter.
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