Question US History
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QUESTION.docxHISTORY 1301
DIRECTIONS
· 1) On page 2 of this document, you will find the Final Exam Assignment. Your response to the question must be typed—twelve point font, double-spaced, one-inch margins. In writing your answer, please do not exceed five pages.
· 2) In your response, use only your assigned text(s), the instructor’s handouts, videos, or class notes taken from discussions. Do not use additional library or internet sources .
· 3) Your generalizations must be supported by direct citations from the text, class notes, or instructor’s handouts.
· 4) Citations should be made in MLA format. Click on HELPFUL LINKS: MLA button on eCampus if you need additional help.
Note: You must cite parenthetically throughout your narrative. Please follow this format. should be many citations throughout your response taken from the sources noted above because assumptions and interpretations must be bolstered by citations. The strength of your response is dependent largely upon your citation of the assigned sources.
· 5) To earn your full points, please include in-text citations AND a Works Cited Page.
· 6) You must write your own, unique, independent answer to this question. Please try to write using your SCHOLARLY VOICE (3rd person Point of View: He, She, It, They).
· 7) Please use proper grammar and spelling, and try not to overuse 1st person POV: “I, Me, You, Your, Us, We.” Or 2nd person POV: “You, Your.” Also, please try not to use rhetorical questions or questions of any kind, but write a coherent, persuasive essay.
· 8) Please look at the sample Rubric handout (under Final exam button) to see how your exam will be graded.
· 9) All papers will be checked for plagiarism! Make sure you properly site your sources in your essay (in-text citations) when quoting or paraphrasing source materials. Students caught cheating will face failure of the course and will be reported to the Dean. (and it will affect your academic record).
10) Date Due: See eCampus Instructions. NO LATE WORK ACCEPTED!!
FINAL EXAM QUESTION
Please watch Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Tedtalk:
https://www.ted.com/talks/doris_kearns_goodwin_on_learning_from_past_presidents
The first part of Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Tedtalk discusses the life of Abraham Lincoln. Consider what you have learned about the people we have studied this semester. Please select three people (or events) in US history (from Unit 03 and 04) whose accomplishments and lives need to be re-told in US History and explain why. Consider some of the criteria Abraham Lincoln admired in people from history whose honor and reputation have outlived their earthy lives with dignity and honor.
Please write a multi-paragraphed essay and include specific evidence of from Unit 03 and 04 assignments, readings, videos, etc. Please use MLA citations within your essay and a Words Cited page.
Please DO NOT merely summarize the video and only focus on materials we read or watched in Unit 03 and 04 (not outside sources).
*Note: Include your Works Cited page on the same document as your essay. You should have a minimum of 4 different sources, but no more than 10.
