HIS206 w5 assignment

WK3 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 youby 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: _NAACP (National Association for Advancement of Colored People) was formed. _

When: When did the event happen? Did it happen on a specific date? During a specific decade?

__Over a century ago on 12th February, 1909_

Where: Where did the event happen? In a specific city, state, or region of the country? Throughout the country?

_A group of black & white intellectuals formed it in New York City._

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?

_William English Walling, Ida Wells-Barnett, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, Archibald Grimke, Oswald Garrison Villiard, Lillian Wald, Mary White Ovington and Henry Moscowitz founded National Association for Advancement of Colored People._

Why: What events or issues contributed to this event happening?

The two contributing factors were:

· Discriminatory behavior towards African American.

· In Springfield, two African Americans were lynched.

How: How is this event historically significant?

Since its formation the NAACP’s most significant contributions include:

· NAACP persuaded President Truman to pass an executive order that led to a ban on discrimination by the federal government.

· Throughout Mississippi they helped in Establishing thirty Freedom Schools

· Fought for equality and to end the discrimination against African Americans

Event 2: 1877 to 1945

Event: _Chicago Race Riot__

When: when did the event happen? Did it happen on a specific date? During a specific decade?

__27th July, 1919 – 3rd August, 1919_

Where: Where did the event happen? In a specific city, state, or region of the country? Throughout the country?

_Chicago, Illinois, United States_

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 Americans & Whites_

Why: What events or issues contributed to this event happening?

_When boy of African American origin went to a ‘white beach’ in a raft and he was killed by a few white boys. The tension rose when they didn’t get any justice. Both sided attacked each other and whites killed a African American man who fought in the world war._

How: How is this event historically significant?

_That day marked the first one in history when the African American people acted with vengeance to oppose the oppression by whites._

Event 3: 1945 to the present

Event:

_ Philadelphia Student Demonstration For Black Studies_

When: When did the event happen? Did it happen on a specific date? During a specific decade?

_17th Nov, 1967_

Where: Where did the event happen? In a specific city, state, or region of the country? Throughout the country?

_Philadelphia_

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?

_The ‘Black power’ which consisted of around 3500 students. The demonstrators included youth groups, Catholic high school students and public high school students_

Why: What events or issues contributed to this event happening?

_Even though the schools in Philadelphia had a large number of African American students but still African American history was not a part of their syllabus._

How: How is this event historically significant?

_Due to the demonstrations African American studies were introduced in the school district of Philadelphia._

Event 4: 1945 to the present

Event: _Barack Obama became president_

When: when did the event happen? Did it happen on a specific date? During a specific decade?

_4th November, 2008_

Where: Where did the event happen? In a specific city, state, or region of the country? Throughout the country?

_This was a country wide event._

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?

_All the citizens who voted for him led to his ascension to power.__

Why: What events or issues contributed to this event happening?

_This was the result of the centuries old fight for equality amongst the US citizens. _

How: How is this event historically significant?

_When Barack Obama became president it proved on a large scale that America has stopped discriminating based on color._

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 APA citations.

Martin Luther King Jr., “The Montgomery Bus Boycott” | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed. (1955). Retrieved from http://www.blackpast.org/1955-martin-luther-king-jr-montgomery-bus-boycott

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 .

_This source has a speech on the unfolding of the Montgomery bus boycott by Martin Luther King Junior. It features the resolutions and the experiences._

APA Citation for Primary Source 2:

Provide the APA citation for your source. Here are some examples of APA citations.

Broken Spirits: Letters on the Pullman Strike. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5363/

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 .

_ This source contains Governor John Altgeld’s letter which he sent to Pullman, in this letter the governor asked Pullman to act on the distress in his company.

Secondary Sources

APA Citation for Secondary Source 1:

Provide the APA citation for your source. Here are some examples of APA citations.

Barnes D. (2015)The American Story: Perspectives and Encounters from 1877

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 .

_This source sheds light on the birth of America and contains American history and perspectives since 1877. _

APA Citation for Secondary Source 2:

Provide the APA citation for your source. Here are some examples of APA citations.

Expanding the History of the Black Studies Movement: Some Prefatory Notes | Kabria Baumgartner and Jonathan Fenderson - Academia.edu. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.academia.edu/1471358/Expanding_the_History_of_the_Black_Studies_Movement_Some_Prefatory_Notes

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 .

_This source contains the events of the demonstrations in Philadelphia to include black studies in the syllabus._

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:

As the problem of discrimination has been deep rooted in American society, for a very long time the African American has remained a marginalized society which is depicted resistance and fight against it.