Newspapers frequently are used by historians as primary sources. So this study of a current newspaper article which you locate is the study of what may very well become a primary source used by historians in the future. Write in the third person. Your instructor should not be able to identify your race, your gender or your nationality. You will lose points if you do not follow these directions! NO quotes are allowed in these assignments. Paraphrase everything. Your essay must be at least 550 words in length and must address the numbered issues below. Do not number these points in your essay. Write an essay divided into paragraphs.
The assignments consist of finding a newspaper article that appears during the time period of the course listed in the assignment, either in a local paper or in an on-line newspaper such as the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Sun Times, Washington Post, Greenwood Commonwealth or any other United States or English language newspaper. This means CNN, yahoo, Fox News, MSNBC, Huffington Post, etc. are not eligible for these assignments. ONLY NEWSPAPERS/NEWSPAPER websites. Time period of the course means the designated weeks in 2024.
1. These articles must come from newspapers, not websites unconnected to a print paper.
2. Cite the article [Title of the article, author [if given], name of the newspaper, date of publication] AT THE TOP OF YOUR PAPER. No repeat headers allowed in your papers. Length must be at least 550 words.
3. You are to summarize the article and the point of view of the author.
4. Then indicate whether your textbook sheds any light on the subject.
5. Comment on how history is “used” by the author of this article to support their points of view or illustrate subject matters they deal with.
6. Have you learned anything from the article?
7. Finally, and most importantly, what are the specific sources the author(s) cite(s)/uses to support the article? How does the author prove to the reader that they have facts to back up their writing? [for examples, interviews of a particular person, a government document, a poster created for an event, etc.]
