history

Due THURSDAY, MARCH 21 @ 5PM

Worth 25% of final grade

Your final project assignment is to create a mini-exhibit about your treaty: a collection

of primary and secondary sources that will contextualize and enrich our

understanding of the treaty itself. Your project will include a curatorial statement that

describes how and why you’ve chosen this collection of sources, and four short

statements about the four primary sources you are working with (including your

treaty). Draw on at least three secondary sources to write the full text of your exhibit.

A) 3 Primary Sources (other than your treaty). Primary sources are items created

during the time period the treaty was made (ie, the 1700s or 1800s). They could be

photographs, maps, letters, government reports, newspaper articles, census records,

or contemporary photographs of historic objects.

B) 3 Secondary Sources to contextualize your treaty and other primary sources.

Secondary sources include scholarly books and articles published by University

Presses or in peer-reviewed journals. Wikipedia, encyclopedias, and random internet

pages do not count as secondary sources. You may use the official websites of

present-day Native nations as secondary sources (and potential resources for

primary sources). You may use both primary and secondary sources from the

syllabus as sources.

C) A Curatorial Statement: 500-1000 words. Introduce readers to your treaty and the

exhibit that you’ve created about it. What is the story, perspective, theme, or focus

that you are trying to illustrate in your exhibit? What are the research questions you

started with and how is your exhibit answering them? Your statement should include

at least three secondary sources. Quote from and rely on these sources to shape

your exhibit narrative.

D) Short Description of Each Primary Source (including your treaty): 250-500 words

each, 4 total statements. Introduce and describe each primary source. When, where,

and by whom was it made? Who was it made for? Why did you choose it for your

exhibit?

How does it answer your research questions? Bring in and quote secondary sources

here as relevant to contextualizing each source.

E) A Bibliography that lists all of your sources on one page (please include links)

FORMAT:

● Times New Roman, 12 pt font

● Total word count: 1500-2500 words

● You may choose to write your exhibit text as one flowing paper. Or, you can break

it up

into sections. Either way is fine, and it’s up to you!

● Include a bibliography

● Within your text, cite your sources using Chicago Style citations.1

PLACES TO LOOK FOR PRIMARY SOURCES

● Searchable archive of historic newspapers: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/

● Searchable historic photograph database: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/

● American State Papers, Indian Affairs (letters, treaties, reports)

https://heinonline.org/HOL/Index?index=congrec/amstpap&collection=congrec

● U.S Serial Set (records of Congress)

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwss.html

● National Archives General Catalog: https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog

● Digital Public Library of America: https://dp.la/

● Searchable database of treaties (yes, you can use other treaties to contextualize

your

treaty) https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/kapplers/id/29743/

PLACES TO LOOK FOR SECONDARY SOURCES

● UCSD Library Catalog: https://library.ucsd.edu/

● The Journal of American History https://www.jstor.org/journal/jamericanhistory

● Journal of Ethnohistory https://www.jstor.org/journal/ethnohistory

● Journal of the Early Republic https://www.jstor.org/journal/jearlyrepublic

● Western Historical Quarterly https://www.jstor.org/journal/westhistquar

● Native American and Indigenous Studies Journal

https://www.jstor.org/journal/natiindistudj

1 Lewandoski, “Final Project Prompt,” History 108A Course Website, Winter 2024,

https://canvas.ucsd.edu/courses/52050

FINAL PROJECT GRADING RUBRIC

An “A” Range Paper:

● Includes 3 other primary sources

● Includes, references, and quotes 3 secondary sources

● Includes a bibliography

● Cites sources in Chicago Style

● Is almost completely free of spelling and grammatical errors

● Uses sources to thoughtfully explore and answer one or more research questions

A “B” Range Paper:

● Includes 3 other primary sources

● Includes, references, and quotes 3 secondary sources

● Includes a bibliography

● Cites sources in Chicago Style

● Is mostly free of spelling and grammatical errors

● Uses sources to engage with one or more research questions

A “C” Range Paper:

● Includes 1-2 other primary sources

● Includes 1-2 secondary sources

● May not cite sources in Chicago Style

● Is partially free of spelling and grammatical errors

● Discusses the treaty, but does not explore specific research questions

A “D” Range Paper:

● Lacks engagement with more than one primary or secondary sources

● Does not include direct quotations

● Lacks citations

● Has very many spelling and grammatical errors

An “F” Paper

● Is so significantly incomplete as to not warrant thoughtful grading

Please reach out to me if you’re contemplating turning in a paper in the D or F range.

You can

use a 48-hour extension or ask for more support beforehand!