Choose and analyze a document and explain the document’s relevance within the framework of the historical context in which the document was written.

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Student’s Name

History 111

Class Section #

Date

Primary Source Analysis

Document’s Name: Comment by Owner: 5 points

Document’s Author: Comment by Owner: 5 points

Year document was written: Comment by Owner: 5 points

Textbook chapter or chapters to which the document is relevant as a historical document: Comment by Owner: 10 points

Analysis: Comment by Owner: 75 points

· Times New Roman 12 font

· Must be no less than 450 words and no longer than 700 words-there will be substantial points deducted for not meeting these parameters

· At least two citations from the textbook (Authors: James Oakes, Michael McGerr, Jan Ellen Lewis, Nick Cullather, Jeanne Boydston, Camilla Townshend, and Karen Dunak. Title: Of the People: A History of the United States Volume I (concise, third edition)

· At least two citations from the document itself

· Any other sources must be scholarly sources-No Wikipedia and no book reviews

· If additional scholarly sources are used then at least two citations from each additional scholarly source

· Examples of scholarly sources include:

· Encyclopedia Britannica

· The American Historical Review

· The Journal of American History

· The Journal of American Studies

· The Journal of Southern History

· The Journal of the Early Republic

· Access to COC Library Databases-Scholarly sources are available

· Username: student

· Password: success

References: Comment by Owner: 20 points

· APA format

· Must include textbook

· Must include primary source document

· Must include any other sources used-those sources must be scholarly sources like those mentioned above

The following will result in a zero or substantial point loss above and beyond the total points allotted for each section:

· An analysis section that does not reach the minimum length requirement

· An analysis section that exceeds the maximum length requirement

· No sources provided

· No citations or not meeting the minimum number of citations requirement

· Use of non-scholarly sources