home work for American history class

HIST 1103 Fall 2018 Homework Assignment 1

The Homework Assignments in this class will general revolve around the “Readings From the Norton Mix: History” section found in the back of your textbook. Generally, you will be asked to read three of the small, 2-4 page readings, and then answer a number of questions based on them.

Your responses should be 1-2 pages, double spaced, typed, in 12pt Times New Roman font. They are to be turned in, printed out, to your assigned grader on the due date indicated in your syllabus.

For the first assignment, due Wednesday, August 29, please read the following readings

Richard Frethorne, An Indentured Servant’s Letters to His Parents, 939-942

Ottobah Cugoano, Narrative of the Enslavement of a Native of Africa 947-952

Thomas Jefferson On Race 957-962

In your written response, please answer a total of five (5) questions, with at least one (1) coming from each of the readings. Although your answers should be in paragraph form, do not feel like you must compose this assignment as if it were an essay. Feel free to label your answers as “Reading 1, Question 2:” and then compose a paragraph, and then “Reading 1, Question 4:” and your response to the second question. Please clearly indicate which questions you are responding to.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.