The French Revolution Write a well-organized essay of between 1,000 and 1,500 on the following topic: The French Revolution was the consequence of the failure of absolutism. Discuss.
Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma Using Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma, you will need to write an essay of at least 750 words answering ALL of the following questions using specific evidence from the book to support your answers fully. 1) Discuss Pocahontas’ childhood. How did she fit into Powhatan’s larger family structure? How was […]
Paraphrase from J. David Barber: The president is the first political office children recognize. The president helps people make sense of politics. Congress is a tangle of committees; the bureaucracy is a maze of agencies. The president is one man trying to do a job – a picture much more understandable to the mass of […]
6-1 Project 2: Historical Context and Introduction Learning Objectives Analyze secondary sources. Develop an introduction to the research project. Explain the usefulness of specific primary sources to the research project. Module at a Glance This is the recommended plan for completing the reading assignments and activities within the module. Additional information can be found in […]
Write a scholarly review of Nature’s Metropolis. Be sure to evaluate Cronon’s argument(s), methodology, and use of primary sources. What are the book’s strengths and weaknesses (FYI: “The book is boring,” “the book is too long,” and/or “the book is difficult to read” are unacceptable weaknesses.)? Support your statements with specific evidence from the text.
Description For this response, you will look at the seedier and more violent side of the Comstock. Read the following 4 items (3 of the items are from chapter 4 of Uncovering Nevada’s Past ): “The Virginia Evening Chronicle reports on Opium on the Comstock”, the article about Julia Bulette at this link (Links to […]
Description For this response, read “Mark Twain and Gold Fever”, “The Old Corner Bar’s Water Filter”, and “Dan De Quille on Woodcutting in the Sierra Nevada.” In 250-500 words, discuss how the gold fever described by Twain led to some of the environmental problems described in the other two readings. Given the enthusiasm that Twain […]
US History Unit 2 Write a three-paragraph essay answering the following question: How was the Progressive Era a response to the problems of the Gilded Age? To what extent were the reforms successful? Give at least 3 examples of Gilded Age problems and the Progressive Era reforms for those problems. Write 1 paragraph about each […]
Harlem Renaissance Describe the importance of the Harlem Renaissance and the role it played on the political and cultural front of the lives of African-Americans of that time as well as a way for them to display their own expression.
In an essay of 1,000 words, explain the legacies of the European Renaissance and Reformation movements and assess the impact of these legacies on the 21st century. Include in your analysis a discussion of the historiography of the period (Refer to Burckhardt and Von Ranke). How does their interpretation of these events differ from modern […]
