Order 982319: American History

HISTORY 15200 sec. 06 Prof. Haverty-Stacke

PAPER DUE AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS, FRIDAY, May 4th

• Late papers will be marked down ONE FULL LETTER GRADE for each business day that they are past due.

• For this paper you are required to submit a copy of your paper electronically to turnitin.com in addition to bringing a hard copy to class on May 4th.

YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE A GRADE FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT IF YOU FAIL TO SUBMIT YOUR PAPER TO TURNITIN.COM.

See the attachment with instructions for using turnitin.com. If you have any problems with turnitin.com, please communicate with me so we can work together to fix it.

THE ASSIGNMENT:

Your paper is to be based on a close reading of selected documents from the Major Problems text. Make sure you use the SECOND EDITION (red book).

You MUST discuss ALL of the documents indicated for the question you choose. You may draw on other documents in the same chapter to support your argument if you find that helpful, but you are not required to address more than the documents selected below.

DO NOT USE INTERNET SOURCES.

In a typed, 12-point font, double-spaced, five-page paper address ONE of the following questions:

• Referring to documents 1, 2, and 4 in Chapter 8, how did President Hoover's approach to the Great Depression differ from that of President Roosevelt’s? Be sure to address what each president believed was the proper role of the federal government in addressing the crisis of the Great Depression when answering this question.

• Referring to documents 4, 5 and 6, in Chapter 10: How did the fear of communism shape both American foreign policy and domestic politics during the height of the Cold War?

• Referring to document 6 in Chapter 12 and document 6 in Chapter 13, discuss how BOTH Malcolm X and George Wallace use the language of revolution to support their very different arguments about race relations in 1960s America. Be sure to note the different revolutions they address and how their words support two very different visions for America's future.

• Referring to document 8 in Chapter 11 and document 7 in Chapter 12: According to Betty Friedan, what is the “problem that has no name”? How did the National Organization for Women (NOW) propose to solve this problem?

PLEASE KEEP TO THE PAGE LIMIT. I will not read anything beyond page 5.

A Note on Plagiarism: Your work on this paper must be your own. As the Department of History's Statement on Plagiarism states: "Plagiarism is a very serious academic offense which will result in penalties ranging from reduction of class grade to failure in the course.  Plagiarism occurs when the ideas and words, published or unpublished, of others are presented as one’s own without citing the original source.  Plagiarism also occurs when the papers, research, or works of another person are presented as one’s own work." Please see the full Statement on Plagiarism on the Department's website:

http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/history/departmental-policy-on-plagiarism/

Please also see chapter 3 of Robert Frakes’ Writing for College History for further guidance on how to avoid plagiarism.

Anyone found guilty of plagiarizing on this paper will receive an “F” on the paper, and may receive an “F” in the course.

Advice on writing this paper:

Break the assignment down step-by-step:

· Think about the question you have decided to answer.

· Read though documents carefully and mark any useful passages for citation in you essay.

· Compose a thesis statement that addresses the question you plan to answer.

· Draft an outline of your argument: what are your main points? What evidence from the sources do you want to use to support those points?

· Draft the essay according to the outline. Keep your focus.

· Read through the draft and make corrections. Is it clear and concise? Are

there areas of repetition? Have you made a convincing argument? Have you

supported all your points with evidence and cited that evidence correctly?

Please refer to chapter 3 in Writing for College History for additional tips on writing.

A Note on Format: all papers are to be typed and should adhere to the common standards of historical writing:

• a separate title page

• adequate margins (one and one half inches on the left and one inch elsewhere)

• pages must be numbered

• normal font size (12cpi)

• full double-spacing

• proper grammatical construction

• Citations must be done according to the Chicago Manual of Style

(do NOT use the MLA style).

Note: to use footnotes, place your cursor at the end of the sentence where you want the note to appear. Select "footnote" (or "reference") from the "INSERT" menu on Word (if you have the newer version of Word, you then chose "footnote" from within the "reference" option). This will automatically insert the numbered footnote in the body of your paper and open up a window for you to place the notation. That notation will automatically appear at the bottom of the page of your paper.

Here is an example of how you would footnote from the Major Problems reader:

In a letter to President Roosevelt, dated May 9, 1944, Charles F. Wilson, a private in the Air Corps, complained about the persistence of segregation in the armed forces. He noted how this black-white divide was taken so far as to determine the literal color of the men's barracks. He recalled how, "the Negro Section C are covered with black tar paper, while all the other barracks and housing facilities on the base are painted white." Such measures struck Wilson as not only undemocratic but also dehumanizing. Let’s say you now go on to develop this point by citing some material from another document in the reader. Although you are not quoting directly from the source, as you have done above with Wilson, you are paraphrasing something from this other document here. You would thus need to cite it, so the reader knows where you got the information.

Now let’s assume you have transitioned into a new theme in this new paragraph. And you’re quoting “some great material from the document here” as you build this argument. But then you go on to bring in some evidence from Wilson again. You would need to cite that too at the end of your argument here.

· Remember you MUST cite whenever you refer to anything written by anyone else, even if you are just paraphrasing.

· Remember you also MUST not only footnote but also place the text in QUOTATION MARKS when you quote directly from a source, as I have done above.

· Incorrect or inadequate footnotes may be interpreted as plagiarism, which will result in a failing grade. Make sure you take the time to get it right!

For CMS footnotes you need the following information in the following order with the following punctuation:

Author’s first name and last name, “Title of the Document in the MP reader,” Major Problems in American History. Volume II, Second edition, ed. Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman and Jon Gjerde (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2007), page number(s) you are citing.

� Charles F. Wilson, "An African American Soldier Notes the 'Strange Paradox of the War, 1944," in Major Problems in American History. Volume II, Second edition, ed. Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman and Jon Gjerde (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2007), 235. NOTE: When you first use a source you MUST cite if fully as I do here (author’s full name, name of document in quotes, name of the book in italics, name of edition and editors, place of publication, publisher and date in parentheses followed by the page numbers you are citing).

� Franklin D. Roosevelt, “Roosevelt Identifies the ‘Four Freedoms’ at Stake in the War, 1941,” in Major Problems in American History. Volume II, Second edition, ed. Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman and Jon Gjerde (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2007), 229.

� Roosevelt, 229. NOTE: once you have cited a source fully on the first use (as in footnote #1) you can abbreviate when you use it again by just citing the author’s last name, page number as I do here and below in footnote #4.

� Wilson, 234.