History - American history Homework

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Read this   Source Analysis.pdf

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that explain how historians evaluate the credibility and reliability of primary documents. Based on the criteria given in these two resources, determine if Booker T. Washington's speech is/is not reliable evidence.  

Reliable source?.pdf

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Links to an external site. Can Washington's speech be considered reliable evidence? Your thesis statement should respond directly to this question. Bear in mind, you are not determining if it is a reliable source, but if it can be used as reliable evidence. Support your claim with a structured argument that mobilizes specific pieces of evidence from the document. 

Begin your paper with an introduction to the source that ends with your thesis statement. You may not know what your argument should be until you have read through your notes on the source. You may want to start writing the paper and then compose your thesis statement once you have decided what you think. Just be sure to put the thesis in the first paragraph. End with a brief concluding paragraph that summarizes your main points. 

You will write 750 words on this document. This is approximately 3 double-spaced pages. 

 Criteria

Submit your paper to this assignment box. 

These papers will be evaluated mainly on the basis of organization (how clearly and logically organized is presentation of the material?), analysis (how perceptively and fully is the evidence interpreted?), and style (how grammatical, fluent, and effective is the writing?). There is no correct or incorrect thesis, so focus on supporting a clear response to the prompt as well as you can in the space allotted. 

Important(!): This is not a research paper; it is an analysis of a primary source already collected for you. You are NOT allowed to use OTHER SOURCES other than the textbook for this assignment.

This assignment is due by 11:59 pm on Monday, June 26th. There will be a 1 point deduction for each day the essay is late.