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his206.w3.assignment_worksheet_2.docxWK3 Final Project Framework Worksheet
This worksheet will help you prepare for your final project by organizing the information that you’ll need for your final paper and walking you through the process of defining your topic, researching and analyzing primary and secondary sources, crafting a thesis, and creating an annotated bibliography. Once you have completed the worksheet submit it to the online classroom for grading.
After your instructor has graded the worksheet, please be sure to use it and the feedback provided to you by your instructor as you construct your final project. 1. Statement of Topic:
What topic will you be researching for your final project? You have the choice of:
• African Americans
• Native Americans
• Women
• Immigrants
You must choose only ONE of the above groups. Which group have you chosen? __African Americans______________
2. Events
You will need to choose at least 4 specific events that you plan to discuss in your final project. You should choose events that show how life in the United States changed over time for the group that you chose. Two events must be from the period between 1877 and 1945 and two events must be from the period 1945 to the present. On this worksheet and in your final project, be sure to discuss the events you’ve chosen in the order that they happened. This will help you put together a project that makes historical sense.
Event 1: 1877 to 1945
Event: __African American_____________________________________________________
When: When did the event happen? Did it happen on a specific date? During a specific decade?
___ July 2, 1839______________________________________________________________________
Where: Where did the event happen? In a specific city, state, or region of the country? Throughout the country? ___ Long Island, N.Y__________________________________________________________________________
Who: Who were the main people involved in the event? What specific group of people was involved? Are there specific individuals associated with this event? __African American where on a slave ship the Amistad many people don't
know how many slave they where matter of fact African leaders believe it was half million however, history same it was 53. The Progressive Era was very hard for African Americans because slavey many after decades later slavery end, but it was
still hard to African american because treated them so bad it from 1839-1969 things started looking up for African American. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Why: What events or issues contributed to this event happening?
It's a issues because African American their slaves and being treated like a dogs, I believe slavery owner treated their dogs better. Another issue was slave owner force the African American slave to banned their faith and human rights. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How: How is this event historically significant? African American Leaders fought for freedom, and to show people they're human beings show the world how African American treated as slave.
Event 2: 1877 to 1945
Event: _Ku Klux Klan______________________________________________________________________
When: when did the event happen? Did it happen on a specific date? During a specific decade?
_ August 8, 1925____________________________________________________________________________
Where: Where did the event happen? In a specific city, state, or region of the country? Throughout the country?
NORTH AND SOUH _____________________________________________________________________________
Who: Who were the main people involved in the event? What specific group of people was involved? Are there specific individuals associated with this event? _President Woodrow Wilson's was as well a kkk member which the mean (KKK) know as the Ku Klux Klan. Another people who associated with these member (KKK) to get rid of African American people they fell like we are a waste of life. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Why: What events or issues contributed to this event happening? _African American were lynchings 75 per year, African American would inform the law enforcement however it wasn't investigated by law enforcement. This is a problem because President Woodrow Wilson's a KKK member therefore how can the President anything if he was a KKK member. In the South there was many people who were a (KKK) or force because of there family member._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How: How is this event historically significant? _ American tried to understand what African American expression there struggles. After slavery were ended. African American had problems with there civil rights. In 1960's the civil rights movement in emancipation._________________________________________
Event 3: 1945 to the present
Event: Rosa Park.
When: When did the event happen? Did it happen on a specific date? During a specific decade?
Mrs. Rosa Parks didn't get up to give up her seat to a white man. Dec. 1, 1955. 60 years old.
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Where: Where did the event happen? In a specific city, state, or region of the country? Throughout the country?
On a bus. Montgomery Alabama. when Rosa Parks comment to the police The Montgomery Black community have a boycott for a year half until the buses desegregated on Dec. 21,1956. _______________________________________________________________
Who: Who were the main people involved in the event? What specific group of people was involved? Are there specific individuals associated with this event?
Rosa Parks, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Anyone support the boycott as well. People had made Martin Luther King, Jr Presidents Montgomery Improvement Association to lead the boycott in the right situation.
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Why: What events or issues contributed to this event happening?
Because Rosa Park and African American people had to sit in the colored section on the bus I believe Rosa Parks was tried in refused to give up her sit. However, she went to jail, but African Americans seen that in wanted to end the desegregated. __________________________________________________________________________
How: How is this event historically significant?
Rosa Parks had change history because African Americans were going to jail for unnecessary things
for example drink from the white water fountain, or walk thru the white people neighborhood and sit the back of the bus now. it ridiculous in get jail time or prison for this, therefore Rosa Parks got fed up.
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Event 4: 1945 to the present
Event: _The murder of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. _______________________________________________________________________
When: when did the event happen? Did it happen on a specific date? During a specific decade?
Martin Luther King Jr. Were shot April 4, 1968. 47 years ago.
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Where: Where did the event happen? In a specific city, state, or region of the country? Throughout the country?
On the balcony at the hotel room, at the Lorraine Motel. In Memphis, Tennessee. African Americans want justice for Martin Luther King Jr. _____________________________________________________________________________
Who: Who were the main people involved in the event? What specific group of people was involved? Are there specific individuals associated with this event?
Martin Luther King Jr., James Earl Ray and the President Johnson's. He was a escape convict James Earl Ray. James Earl Ray shot and Killed Martin Luther King Jr. ________________________________________________________________________________
Why: What events or issues contributed to this event happening?
James Earl Ray was racist in he want to do the favor in his community to shot. Because he was black
and causing to trouble because Martin luther King jr. wanted changes the world.
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How: How is this event historically significant?
After Martin Luther King Jr. were shot by James Earl Ray it changes the African American community because they thought James wasn't going to prison. However, we fight for justice too many black people die without get justice. 47 year's later we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. birthday._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Sources
You will need to locate two primary sources and two secondary sources related to your topic. Use the primary source analysis tool for help with analyzing primary sources.
• Primary Sources
APA Citation for Primary Source 1:
Provide the APA citation for your source. Here are some examples of
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Annotation for Primary Source 1:
Provide an annotation explaining what the source is, where it came from, what this source can tell us about your topic, what questions it raises, and how this source will help you prove your thesis. Be sure to clearly identify which specific event this source relates to. Here are some examples of annotations.
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APA Citation for Primary Source 2:
Provide the APA citation for your source. Here are some examples of APA citations.
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Annotation for Primary Source 2:
Provide an annotation explaining what the source is, where it came from, what this source can tell us about your topic, what questions it raises, and how this source will help you prove your thesis. Be sure to clearly identify which specific event this source relates to. Here are some examples of annotations.
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• Secondary Sources
APA Citation for Secondary Source 1:
Provide the APA citation for your source. Here are some examples of APA citations.
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Annotation for Secondary Source 1:
Provide an annotation explaining what the author's thesis is, how they prove their thesis, and how this source will help you prove your thesis. Be sure to clearly identify which specific event this source relates to. Here are some examples of annotations.
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APA Citation for Secondary Source 2:
Provide the APA citation for your source. Here are some examples of APA citations.
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Annotation for Secondary Source 2:
Provide an annotation explaining what the author's thesis is, how they prove their thesis, and how this source will help you prove your thesis. Be sure to clearly identify which specific event this source relates to. Here are some examples of annotations.
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4. Thesis Statement
Once you have analyzed your sources, consult the AWC’s “Thesis Statement” and use the writing center's Thesis Generator to craft a thesis on your topic, based on your findings from your sources.
Please remember that there are primary listed in the Week3 Discussion Board 1. You are free to use one or more of those primary sources or you may find your own. You are also welcome to use the secondary sources throughout the course listed as “recommended sources.”
Thesis:
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