****VERY IMPORTANT>>>MUST USE CREDIBLE SOURCE, READ INSTRUCTIONS EXAMPLES****
There are many critical international issues happening in the world today that are directly related to historical events or eras we’ve discussed in this class. For this assignment, you must find a recent (2024) news event/article (from a credible source – Examples of Credible sources: NYT, WSJ, BBC, NPR, France24, Al Jazeera, The Atlantic, The Economist)– do not use any blogs, opinion pieces, or any 24-hour news channel sources – i.e. CNN, FoxNews, MSNBC, etc.) on a current event and write a paper about how the event relates to an event discussed in this class. This is not an informative paper, but rather you must use critical thinking to discuss how the current event is related to the history we’ve discussed and how it differs. Compare and contrast the present with the past using course readings, lectures, and outside sources if necessary to supplement your paper. Any supplemental topics should not be the main focus of your paper; your analysis of the newspaper article chosen should be obvious in your paper.
Cite everything using footnotes (with full bibliographic information in them & single-spaced).
DO NOT PUT PARENTHESES IN YOUR TEXT.
*** Your answer must be about 5 FULL pages (no less), typed, DOUBLE SPACED, and 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins. You will be graded on content, grammar, punctuation, and following directions. This paper should be well thought out with a beginning, middle, and end. ***
Formatting Guidelines for ALL written assignments:
Be specific. I want you to really think about your assignments and your responses to them and how they fit into our overall course.
Avoid replacing arguments with examples. Use examples to illustrate a general claim, not as a replacement for them. Examples by themselves tend toward selection bias and hasty generalizations.
I am interested in content, not clever rhetorical flourish. Thus, avoid filler material…
PROOFREAD YOUR WORK. You will be marked off for typos, punctuation errors, and/or major disorganization.
The heading of your paper should be your name ONLY (no date, title, etc.)
12-point Times New Roman font
Double-spaced
1-inch margins all around
All papers must be written specifically for THIS CLASS. Any papers submitted from previous courses will automatically receive an F.
Lectures & other materials from class:
Origins of the Cold War- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxNzz79c3SY
US in WWI – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N4EkbU_cp4
1920s in the United States – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQPZdMbI6uE
Watch The Crash of 1929 | American Experience | Official Site | PBS – https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/crash/
Franklin D. Roosevelt: Foreign Affairs | Miller Center – https://millercenter.org/president/fdroosevelt/foreign-affairs
The Fallen of World War II – Data-driven documentary about war & peace – http://www.fallen.io/ww2/
United Nations – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xen3RDd22dQ
D-Day: The Allies Invade Europe | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans – https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/d-day-allies-invade-europe
United Nations (and other IOs) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xen3RDd22dQ
The history
of the Cuban Missile Crisis – Matthew A. Jordan
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwWW3sbk4EU
Origins
of the Cold War- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxNzz79c3SY
Vietnam
War Lecture- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeJ5Uih8G0A
Soviet-Afghan
War- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgAVAJ5j5kw
Iraq I vs.
Iraq II – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeNCaJcVU08
President
George H.W. Bush – Address on Somalia-
President
Clinton on U.S. Military Mission in
Somalia-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2LJnQ-lErM
The My Lai Massacre/History – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnvTyMptOt8
