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

Student’s Name

History 111

Class Section #

Date

Primary Source Analysis

Document’s Name:

Document’s Author:

Year document was written:

Textbook chapter or chapters to which the document is relevant as a historical document:

Analysis:

• 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:

• 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