History of Canada This is a written analysis of two primary sources written during the time of the Acadian Deportation. I also attached the rubric (grading system) please follow that. thank you. :)

HISTORY OF CANADA

This is a written analysis of two primary sources written during the time of the Acadian Deportation.

ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW

Primary sources are the backbone of history. As you learned in Unit one, primary sources are evidence that historians and history students analyze to develop arguments about the past. Primary sources need to be analyzed carefully and placed in their proper historical context. This assignment will help you to develop these skills.

ASSIGNMENT GUIDELINES

Read the following primary sources related to the Acadian deportation:

September 5th journal entry, “Journal of Colonel John Winslow of the Provincial Troops, while engaged in removing the Acadian French Inhabitants from Grand Pre, and the neighbouring settlements, in the Autumn of the year 1755,” Nova Scotia Archives, 94-95.

https://archives.novascotia.ca/deportation/archives/?Number=NSHSIII&Page=94

https://archives.novascotia.ca/deportation/archives/?Number=NSHSIII&Page=95

AND

Jean-Baptiste Galerm, A relation of the misfortunes of the French neutrals, as laid before the Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania, by Jean Baptiste Galerm one of the said people,”

[Philadelphia, 1756], Library of Congress.

Transcript (PDF) (find attached file)

Copy of original printing: https://www.loc.gov/item/2005577780/

When reading them, keep in mind the ways historians approach primary sources. 

Write a 3-4 page analysis of the documents and their historical significance. Some issues to consider include: 

• What is the broader historical context in which the documents were created?

• What type of document is it?

• Who was the intended audience?

• What sort of language is used in the sources and why?

• Is one more reliable than the other?

• What do these documents reveal about the Acadian Deportation from the British and the Acadian vantage points?

• Are these sources important historically? If so, why?

The essay must be analytic; that is, it will have an argument and should not just discuss the content of the document.  

REQUIREMENTS/FORMATTING

Essay should:

• Have a title page that includes your first and last name as well as your student number

• Include page numbers

• Be a Word document not a pdf, pages, or any other format

• Have footnotes or endnotes using the Chicago Manual of Style notes and bibliography format. This means do not use in text citations, Ibid. or op. cit., etc. as shortened forms of citation.

• Include a bibliography