Primary Source Assignment

Article Region: ( Pick one of them regions ). Belarus. Bulgaria. Czech Republic. Hungary. Moldova. Poland. Romania. Russia.

THESE ESSAY ASSIGNMENTS ARE NOT JUST ASKING FOR A SUMMARY OF THE DOCUMENT, but rather an ANALYSIS of the article you choose, AS a primary source. 

See the Assignments tab in Blackboard-- General Instructions for Newspaper Article Source Analysis for details of this assignment. 

Name:

Requirements found in Instructions:

1. Submit essay to both Blackboard and turnitin—grade is zero if this is not done

2. Not same article if you did an extra credit assignment.

3. Article region: Syria or Iraq

4. substantive newspaper article from a newspaper. If the article you choose is too short you will have difficulty doing this assignment and will not receive full credit. “For these newspaper article and extra credit assignments you are to find a substantive newspaper article [most newspapers are available online--it must be from a newspaper, not a website only or cablenews organization--NOT yahoonews, not cnn.com, not foxnews, not msnbc--only a published newspaper.] This sentence comes from the assignment. IraqiNews is not a newspaper. I will accept it this time—but for the last two assignments, follow the directions.

5. Format: At the top of your paper put your name and the assignment number [first, second, third or fourth]. Under your name cite the article [author, title of the article, name of the newspaper, date of publication]. (2 points) Submit essay to both Blackboard and turnitin—grade is zero if this is not done. 2

6. Spelling/grammar (10 points) 6

7. Introductory and closing paragraphs (8 points) 8

8. Length at least 500 words; following directions--(2 points) 0 NO QUOTES

9. Summarize the article. (8 points) 7

10.  Identify any questions you may have that are not answered in the article. If you have none, it might suggest that it is a perfect article.  Does the author have a clear point of view? (5 points) 5

11. Indicate what primary source evidence the author uses to support his/her conclusions. Are you convinced by the sources the author is using? Indicate whether you agree or disagree with what is presented and whether your textbook sheds any light on the subject---use the index and cite the textbook pages. Comment on how history is “used” by contemporary authors to support their points of view or illustrate subject matters they deal with.  Does the article suggest how citizens of the United States see other regions of the world?  Have you learned anything from the article?

By paying attention to this we can become better able to analyze whether or not something or someone is giving us “fake news.”(15 points)