4 hours 550 words

Digital Assignment Project

The purpose of this assignment is to gauge your ability to perform proper and successful historical research. As online research becomes increasingly important to all academic disciplines it is necessary to be able to demonstrate proper research skills.

You will be required to access the Library of Congress website and research a primary source. In a 1-2 page paper or 5 minute presentation, you will identify the primary source, which time period it is from and how it is significant to American history.

Instructions:

1. Go to the Library of Congress website (www.loc.gov) 2. Search a topic or time period. For example, if you are a sports fan, you can search

“baseball” or “flappers” if you are interested in the 1920s. Anything from a jazz song to a teddy bear is fair game.

3. From your search, identify one primary source and analyze it – using the skills and definitions of a primary source defined in class.

4. You have the choice to write 1-2 pages or give a 5 minute digital presentation on what the primary source is and why it is significant to American history. If you intend on giving a presentation in lieu of the paper, you must inform Professor Bechtol no later than Monday, April 21.

Your Assignment must:

1. Include one citation from Foner 2. Be an American primary source or artifact 3. Include the URL to the primary source 4. Be 1-2 pages long 5. Do not plagiarize and do not source from any other website. Use only Give me Liberty!

and www.loc.gov

The written paper is due Wednesday, May 7 at the beginning of class.