This assignment is to research a primary article. The main theme for the primary article is Westward Expansion of Industrialization of America, 1840-1860. The topics are open in the subjects of industries, inventions, transportation, immigration, social, religious, gender equality, political, ethnic native American or slavery issues pertaining to laws of that era.
Some suggestive areas are researching industries of manufacturing, investigate the operations of the Lowell Mills in New England states to the factories in New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.
Another option is the inventions during this era of the steam powered shipping, railroads, or the telegraphs, cotton gin, lobster traps, sewing machines, grist mills, baseball, units of measure… there are a lot of inventions to research.
Social classes were a developing division of the merchant, middle class society, along with more educational opportunities from trade schools and universities and college establishments. Women were working and earning rights from education to seeking the right of equality. Increase of European and Asian immigrants for filling labor needs of mining, factories, and railroads. Religion had an impact from the Second Awaking of forming various united religious group, especially in the Midwest states of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.
Laws along with social norms were changing that directly affected the philosophies of the North and South difference. The position of having Free vs Slave states admitted to the Union, slavery and the Abolitionists movement, published literature from former slaves such as Frederick Douglas to the fictional novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe is another suggestion. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1852 was a law that changed freedoms for slaves and that of the Northern peoples. NAACP formed in 1848 in Seneca Falls, NY.
A good selection is provided on your portal content, ‘Course Materials and Resources’. On the PPCC library website in the History section is another good research area for a primary article for this assignment. (See PPCC Library of Home on History, Web Resources on History, Resources for research and Writing on History.)
DIRECTIONS
Your assignment is to read, summarize, analyze and discuss your selected article. You need to have ONLY ONE PRIMARY SCHOLARLY SOURCE. You may include some secondary sources as part of your overall examine of this assignment.
4Your assignment requires a minimum of 1000-1200 words, which converts to 4-6 fully typed pages.
[College typed, double spaced, cover sheet, page numbers, bibliography, citations.]
Your assignment will review the material, analyze and discuss the following questions in a composition style paper;
Why is this article a primary source?
Support your answer with facts/findings
What is the thesis of this article?
Define the theme
Who is the author of this article?
Define the authorship background related to this article, in other words, who is this person(s). Does this person have worthy credentials?
Is the authorship creditable? Explain and support your position
Does the article have supportive discussions to support he thesis?
Provide examples, (*3 is a good foundation)
Declare if this is not supportive, be specific
Is the conclusion reflective of the thesis?
Explain, again be very specific, avoid a general statement to support your findings
Analyze the article content
Discuss the text purposes
Is there a primary purpose or multiple?
Is the text subtle, intricate and /or abstract?
*These questions are required within your composed paper, in the process of your investigation you may address additional topics.
When analyzing an article, know that this is a process. This means reviewing the material in a critical state. Therefore, to compose your paper, you may need to read the article more than once and to investigate further some of the background research in considering the discussion of: Who is the author? Is the material based on supportive facts? If so, define how did the author supported their thesis. Summarize the document. Is the article creditable?
In your research, investigate how other scholars may be supportive of this article source, as well as those that oppose. This is another consideration to include in your paper and final analysis.
Most importantly, how would you use this source in a research paper?
