Posted: May 13th, 2021

UMUC HIST 156 ques week 1-8

Week 1 Topic 1
“What History means to you?”
After
reading Week 1, Topic 1 in the Course Content area, post an answer to the
following question as a New Topic:What does the term “history”
mean to you?
Take
a moment of your time to tell me and your classmates how you define history.
Some questions to consider: What
is the purpose of history? What does history mean to your personally?
Document
your subject as follows: First and Last name’s definition, i.e. Molly
Cule’s definition
I
look forward to reading your definitions and responses!
Remember
to return in a few days to respond to your peers.

Week 1 Topic 2 Chapter 1
Each week you will have the opportunity to share what caught your
attention when reading the assigned chapter(s). Furthermore,
you will provide additional research in the form of a primary or secondary
source. Construct your posts in sentence and paragraph
form.
As a New Topic, share with the class what most interested
you about Chapter 1. Some questions to consider:

What did you learn that you
did not know before?
What exactly about this
particular topic intrigued you?
Was there anything
documented in the chapter that you did not agree with? If so, what?
Provide evidence to support your perspective.

Additionally, share a primary or secondary source** that
pertains to/expands on your topic. The source you choose can
include videos, interviews, journal articles, photographs, maps, and/or
interactive media.

Provide a few sentences
describing the source; including what information it contains and how
it pertains to the chapter. Also, site your source in Chicago
Style at the bottom of your post. If you are not quite sure how
to do this, read Intro Doc. 3 located in the Course Content section
of the class.

Remember to return in a couple of days to respond to your
peers.
Happy Researching!
**Provide a source that is academically sound. Read the
information provided at the following link to learn how to evaluate web
resources:.umuc.edu/library/guides/web.shtml#Evaluate”>www.umuc.edu/library/guides/web.shtml#Evaluate
Wikipedia/Encyclopedia entries are not considered
acceptable sources to share.
Read the following for student examples:
Example 1:
“In the first chapter of the text, I learned that the Mesoamerican
farmers utilized an interesting system of crop rotation. Rather than plant corn
(maize) one season and beans or squash in another, they would plant these crops
side-by-side during the same growing season. A by-product called lysine was
released into the soil by the beans, which improved the nutritional value of
the corn. I am interested in this because it never occurred to me that
the Mesoamericans were so agriculturally advanced. Not only did they
consider nutrient depletion of the soil, but also how to forestall it as long
as possible.
I located a great resource on the web that discusses these techniques in
great detail and provides further reading for those interested. The article is
a little dated, but I believe the information is sound. The article is entitled
“Mesoamerican Subsistence Techniques” and was later incorporated into a
textbook. The information presented delved deeply into topics such as the
geography, crops, plants, farming systems (including techniques such as “slash
and burn”, which are discussed in our text), tilling, terracing, and
irrigation.
Robert C. West, “Mesoamerican Subsistence Techniques – Latin
American Geography: Historical-Geographical Essays, 1941-1998,” Geoscience
and Man, Dept. of Geography and Anthropology, Louisiana State University, 35
(1960): 77-101,.csuchico.edu/~sbrady/355westmeso.pdf”>https://essays.homeworkacetutors.com/write-my-essay/csuchico.edu/~sbrady/355westmeso.pdf (accessed March
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Example 2:
“Native American women had more rights and played more important
roles in most cases in their society than women from Semite time to the
nineteenth century. In some cases there were women Pharaohs in Egypt and Queens
in Europe through the development of western civilization. But in general the
average woman, although she was of upper class or a peasant did not have any
type of rights. They did not have the rights to own land, family properties,
rights over their children, and the most important right to vote. In the text
we read that in Native American culture, since the woman produced the food,
they had more power in the community. Iroquois women owed fields, dish out the
food, and had a great weight on who was selected the chief. This meant they had
the right to vote. Native American Women could hold positions as political
leaders. This shows me Native Americans were more advance
socially and politically then their western European peers.
I was kind of shocked, but not really, to see young Native American teens
practiced their sexual freedom as our youth do today. I wonder if there were a
high teen pregnancy rate like we have today or did they have some kind of birth
control.

The reason I picked this web link was because it tied directly into the
chapter. It explains in more detail the development, characteristics,
organization, architecture, exchange system, and urban center of the
Mississippian’s culture. The web link talks about the beginning and ending of
the Mississippian societies. After the decline of the societies it turns into
different nations of which one is the Choctaws. This hit my interest because I
have Choctaw ancestors in my family.

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Example 3:

“I really enjoyed the first chapter of our text. The American
Indian culture of the ancient Americas is dynamic and fascinating. I was not
aware that there are many ancient stories and myths surrounding the mega-fauna
in ancient America. We have come to find many fossils of the mega-fauna and it
is interesting that these extinct creatures appear in the tales of the
“hairy people” from Native American mythology. It just goes to show
that we can glean astonishing insight into the cultures of ancient peoples by
studying the mythologies.

One of the things that I do not agree with in the text is that all human
migration to the Americas trace back to the ancient North Asians and Europeans
traveling to the Americas over the frozen Bering Strait. The map on page 5
shows the only human migrations coming over from the Bering Strait, and then
the text goes on to discuss the next human migrations in 980 CE from Iceland.
African migrations are never discussed.
There is a theory that ancient African tribes managed to travel (by
boat) to South America around 30,000 years ago, and that these people are the
antecedents to the Olmec and Xi cultures in Mexico. This is not a universally
held theory, some anthropologists disagree. Yet many anthropologists feel that
there is sufficient evidence to support this theory. The facial features of the
giant stone heads of the Olmec are just one of the reasons that anthropologists
feel that the Olmec are of African descent.
.raceandhistory.com/historicalviews/ancientamerica.htm”>Black Civilizations of
Ancient America
.jpg” alt=”Olmec stone heads”>
These heads date to approximately 1500 BCE. The website states: ‘The
similarities between Olmec and West African civilization includes racial,
religious and pyramid bilding similarities, as well as the similarities in
their alphabets and scripts as well as both cultures speaking the identical
Mende language, which was once widespread in the Sahara and was spread as far
East as Dravidian India in prehistoric times as well as the South Pacific.’
It’s hard to deny that there are striking similarities in pyramid
building techniques as well.”

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Week 2 Topic 1 Chapter 2

As a New Topic, share with the class what most interested
you about Chapter 2. Some questions to consider:

What did you learn that you
did not know before?
What exactly about this
particular topic intrigued you?
Was there anything
documented in the chapter that you did not agree with? If so, what?
Provide evidence to support your perspective.

Additionally, locate a web link** (primary or secondary source) that
pertains to the chapter to share with your peers (this can, but does not have
to correlate with your topic of interest). The source you choose can include
videos, interviews, journal articles, photographs, maps, and/or interactive
media.

Provide a few sentences
describing the source; including what information it contains and how it
pertains to the chapter.

Remember to return in a few days to respond to at least one of your
peers.
Happy Researching!
**Provide a link that is academically sound. Read the information
provided at the following link to learn how to evaluate web resources:.umuc.edu/library/guides/web.shtml#Evaluate”>www.umuc.edu/library/guides/web.shtml#Evaluate
Wikipedia/Encyclopedia entries are not considered acceptable sources to
share.
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Week 2 Topic 2 Chapter 3

As a New Topic, share with the class what most interested
you about Chapter 3. Some questions to consider:

What did you learn that you
did not know before?
What exactly about this
particular topic intrigued you?
Was there anything
documented in the chapter that you did not agree with? If so, what?
Provide evidence to support your perspective.

Additionally, locate a web link** (primary or secondary source) that
pertains to the chapter to share with your peers (this can, but does not have
to correlate with your topic of interest). The source you choose can include
videos, interviews, journal articles, photographs, maps, and/or interactive
media.

Provide a few sentences
describing the source; including what information it contains and how it
pertains to the chapter.

Remember to return in a few days to respond to at least one of your
peers.
Happy Researching!
**Provide a link that is academically sound. Read the information
provided at the following link to learn how to evaluate web resources:.umuc.edu/library/guides/web.shtml#Evaluate”>www.umuc.edu/library/guides/web.shtml#Evaluate
Wikipedia/Encyclopedia entries are not considered acceptable sources to
share.

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Week 2 –3
Brainstorming Ideas for the Final Paper

Over the next two weeks you will start brainstorming ideas for your
personal final research paper. It may seem soon for this, but thinking
early means starting early! If you have not done so already, take a
moment to read the instructions for the Final Paper under the Course Content
section of the class.
Please note that you should select a topic that falls under the time
period we are covering for this session of U.S. History. A topic outside
the scope of the time period we are covering is not acceptable.
I encourage you to designate a spiral notebook for your final paper work
in progress. It is really helpful to have all of your notes/ideas in an
easy, accessible place.
Some helpful hints:

Start by choosing three or
four topics that you like or are interested in learning more about.
Do some preliminary searches
on your topics to see if there are enough academic sources available for
you to conduct research. Make sure there is plenty of published
material for you to compose a five to seven page paper (hire research essay pro writers).
Keep in mind that the
initial topic you choose may not be the exact topic you end up
writing. Do not get discouraged, this is common. Research
topics are usually dictated more by the sources that you are able to
access.

After you spend some time thinking about your prospective topic, share
your thoughts with us here as a New Topic.
The following excerpt from “A Short Guide to Writing About History,” by
Richard Marius and Melvin E. Page (pgs. 16 -18) also provides some helpful
advice.
Good historical essays have a sharply focused, limited topic.

You can develop a thrill of discovery only if your topic is
sufficiently limited to let you study and think about the sources
carefully. If you are able to choose your own topic, select one you can
manage in the time and space you have available.
Most unsuccessful history papers, in our experience, fall short because
the writer presents a subject no one can possibly treat in a paper of the short
generally required in undergraduate history courses. Several years ago,
an 18-year-old student of ours wanted to write psychoanalysis of Henry VIII–in
seven pages! England’s Henry VIII was a complex an unpleasant man, as any
one of his six wives as well as numerous courtiers might have testified.
If a modern psychiatrist with degrees in medicine and psychotherapy put Henry
on the couch and interviewed him week after week, two or three years would pass
before the psychiatrist would feel capable of making a judgment about Henry’s
character and motives. A student with no training in psychiatry and no
more than limited knowledge of thousands of pages written about this complex
and frequently ruthless king cannot say anything worthwhile on so broad a
topic, and certainly not in such a brief essay.
Here is a lesson to brand in fire across any young historian’s
mind: If you try to do too much, you will not do anything. To write
a good essay in history you must be sure that evidence is available, that you
have time to study it carefully and repeatedly, and that you choose a topic on
which you can say something worthwhile. Some of our students have written
papers such as these: “A Study of the Prejudices against Blacks and Women in
the 1911 Edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica”; “The Impact of
John H. Harris’s History, A Century of Emancipation, on British
Twentieth-Century Anti-Slavery Policies”; “How a Confusion in Orders Caused the
British Disaster in the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 9, 1775,” and
“A Study of the Causes of Food Riots in Eighteenth-Century France.” All
of these papers depended on sources the writers could study carefully in the
time available before the papers were due.
It is always a good idea to discuss paper topics with your
instructor. Sometimes a brief conversation can sharpen a topic so that
your paper will become a genuine exploration of an interesting subject.
Or you may be able to discern a more focused approach to a topic your
instructor has assigned. In either case, it is important that you write a
good title for your essay, one that represents the contents of the essay as
clearly as possible. And from a clear title, it will be easier to move
quickly to the purpose of your paper. Remember: The title not only helps
your reader know what you are talking about; it also helps you to be certain
you have defined a subject clearly.

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Week 3 Topic 1
Chapter 4

As a New Topic, share with the class what most interested
you about Chapter 4. Some questions to consider:

What did you learn that you
did not know before?
What exactly about this
particular topic intrigued you?
Was there anything documented
in the chapter that you did not agree with? If so, what? Provide evidence
to support your perspective.

Additionally, locate a web link** (primary or secondary source) that
pertains to the chapter to share with your peers (this can, but does not have
to correlate with your topic of interest). The source you choose can include
videos, interviews, journal articles, photographs, maps, and/or interactive
media.

Provide a few sentences
describing the source; including what information it contains and how it
pertains to the chapter.

Return in a few days to respond to at least one of your peers.
Happy Researching!
**Provide a link that is academically sound. Read the information
provided at the following link to learn how to evaluate web resources:.umuc.edu/library/guides/web.shtml#Evaluate”>www.umuc.edu/library/guides/web.shtml#Evaluate
Wikipedia/Encyclopedia entries are not considered acceptable sources to
share.

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Week 3 Topic 2 Chapter 5

As a New Topic, share with the class what most interested
you about Chapter 5. Some questions to consider:

What did you learn that you
did not know before?
What exactly about this
particular topic intrigued you?
Was there anything
documented in the chapter that you did not agree with? If so, what?
Provide evidence to support your perspective.

Additionally, locate a web link** (primary or secondary source) that
pertains to the chapter to share with your peers (this can, but does not have
to correlate with your topic of interest). The source you choose can include
videos, interviews, journal articles, photographs, maps, and/or interactive
media.

Provide a few sentences
describing the source; including what information it contains and how it
pertains to the chapter.

Return in a few days to respond to at least one of your peers.
Happy Researching!
**Provide a link that is academically sound. Read the information
provided at the following link to learn how to evaluate web resources:.umuc.edu/library/guides/web.shtml#Evaluate”>www.umuc.edu/library/guides/web.shtml#Evaluate
Wikipedia/Encyclopedia entries are not considered acceptable sources to
share.

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Week 3-4 Primary Source Analysis

Instructions
for Primary Source Analysis Essay

For
this assignment, you will locate a primary source that you are considering
using for your
final
research paper. Keep in mind that primary sources can come in many forms. They
can be
maps,
diaries, letters, memoirs, newspaper articles, government documents, posters,
pamphlets,
photographs,
advertisements, paintings, films, novels, songs—just to name a few.

The
purpose of this assignment is to work on how to analyze a primary source. Your
goal is to
analyze
your source excerpt as deeply and as thoroughly as possible. Do not simply
provide a
general
summary or overview of your source. Think concretely and critically about its
content,
its
historical context, the historical cultural values that shape it, and its
relevance to your
research.
What are the author’s tone, style, and argument? What are its strengths and
weaknesses?
Read between the lines to discover its biases and assumptions. Depending on the

nature
of the primary source you select, the source may be as short as a paragraph or
two or as
long
as dozens of pages.

In
structuring your Primary Source Analysis Essay, you must address the following
questions.
Do
not simply list answers to the questions below. Rather, you must write your
paper in essay
form.
It should have an introduction, several body paragraphs, and a conclusion. You
do not
need
to address the questions in order, but be sure that you address all questions
that are relevant
to
your source in your essay. Your essay must be a polished piece of writing. I
will grade it for
both
content and style.

The
essay should be a one to two page analysis of that source. All writing must be
in 12-point,
Times
New Roman, double-spaced and follow the Chicago Style Manual. Submit your
analysis
as
a Word Document in your Assignment Folder. Additionally, share you work in
progress as a
New
Topic post in the Conferences with your peers. You will have two weeks to work
on this
assignment.
It is due by the end of Week 4.

Basic
Identification

1.
What type of source is it? (newspaper article, map, letter, film, etc.)

2.
When was it created?

3.
Where was it created?

4.
Who created it?

Author’s Intent

1.
What is the author’s place in society? (profession, status, class, gender,
ethnicity, etc.)

2.
How might the factors listed in the question above shape the author’s
perspective in this
source?

3.
Why do you think the author created this source?

4.
Does the author have an argument? If so, what is it?

5.
Who is the intended audience for this source?

6.
How might the intended audience shape the perspective of this source?

Historical
Context

1.
Under what specific historical circumstances was this source created?

2.
What larger historical events, processes, or structures might have influenced
this text?

3.
Is this source consistent with what you know about the historical record from
that time?

Content
of the Source

1.
What historical facts do you learn from this source?

2.
What biases or other cultural factors might have shaped the message of this
source?

3.
How do the ideas and values in the source differ from the ideas and values of
our time?

4.
What historical perspectives are left out of this source?

5.
What questions are left unanswered by this source?

Relevance
of the Source

1.
What research question are you using this source to answer?

2.
How might this source confirm or contradict issues raised in secondary sources?

3.
What does this source tell you about the history of everyday life during this
particular time
period?
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Week 4 Topic 1 Chapter 6

As a New Topic, share with the class what most interested
you about Chapter 6. Some questions to consider:

What did you learn that you
did not know before?
What exactly about this
particular topic intrigued you?
Was there anything
documented in the chapter that you did not agree with? If so, what? Provide
evidence to support your perspective.

Additionally, locate a primary or secondary source that
pertains to the chapter to share with your peers (this can, but does not have
to correlate with your topic of interest). The source you choose can include
videos, interviews, journal articles, photographs, maps, and/or interactive
media.

Provide a few sentences
describing the source; including what information it contains and how it
pertains to the chapter.

Return in a few days to respond to at least one of your peers.
Happy Researching!

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Week 4 Topic 2 Chapter 7

As a New Topic, share with the class what most interested
you about Chapter 7. Some questions to consider:

What did you learn that you
did not know before?
What exactly about this
particular topic intrigued you?
Was there anything
documented in the chapter that you did not agree with? If so, what?
Provide evidence to support your perspective.

Additionally, locate a primary or secondary source that
pertains to the chapter to share with your peers (this can, but does not have
to correlate with your topic of interest). The source you choose can include
videos, interviews, journal articles, photographs, maps, and/or interactive
media.

Provide a few sentences
describing the source; including what information it contains and how it
pertains to the chapter.

Return in a few days to respond to at least one of your peers.
Happy Researching!

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Week 5 Topic 1 Chapter 8

As a New Topic, share with the class what most interested
you about Chapter 8. Some questions to consider:

What did you learn that you
did not know before?
What exactly about this
particular topic intrigued you?
Was there anything
documented in the chapter that you did not agree with? If so, what?
Provide evidence to support your perspective.

Additionally, locate a primary or secondary source that
pertains to the chapter to share with your peers (this can, but does not have
to correlate with your topic of interest). The source you choose can include
videos, interviews, journal articles, photographs, maps, and/or interactive
media.

Provide a few sentences
describing the source; including what information it contains and how it
pertains to the chapter.

Return in a few days to respond to at least one of your peers.
Happy Researching!

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Week 6 Topic 1 Chapter 9

As a New Topic, share with the class what most interested
you about Chapter 9. Some questions to consider:

What did you learn that you
did not know before?
What exactly about this
particular topic intrigued you?
Was there anything
documented in the chapter that you did not agree with? If so, what?
Provide evidence to support your perspective.

Additionally, locate a primary or secondary source that
pertains to the chapter to share with your peers (this can, but does not have
to correlate with your topic of interest). The source you choose can include
videos, interviews, journal articles, photographs, maps, and/or interactive
media.

Provide a few sentences
describing the source; including what information it contains and how it
pertains to the chapter.

Return in a few days to respond to at least one of your peers.
Happy Researching!

Week 6 Topic 2 Chapter 10

As a New Topic, share with the class what most interested
you about Chapter 10. Some questions to consider:

What did you learn that you
did not know before?
What exactly about this
particular topic intrigued you?
Was there anything
documented in the chapter that you did not agree with? If so, what?
Provide evidence to support your perspective.

Additionally, locate a primary or secondary source that
pertains to the chapter to share with your peers (this can, but does not have
to correlate with your topic of interest). The source you choose can include
videos, interviews, journal articles, photographs, maps, and/or interactive
media.

Provide a few sentences
describing the source; including what information it contains and how it
pertains to the chapter.

Return in a few days to respond to at least one of your peers.
Happy Researching!

Week 7 Topic 1 Chapter 12

As a New Topic, share with the class what most interested
you about Chapter 12. Some questions to consider:

What did you learn that you
did not know before?
What exactly about this
particular topic intrigued you?
Was there anything
documented in the chapter that you did not agree with? If so, what?
Provide evidence to support your perspective.

Additionally, locate a primary or secondary source that
pertains to the chapter to share with your peers (this can, but does not have
to correlate with your topic of interest). The source you choose can include
videos, interviews, journal articles, photographs, maps, and/or interactive
media.

Provide a few sentences
describing the source; including what information it contains and how it
pertains to the chapter.

Return in a few days to respond to at least one of your peers.
Happy Researching!

Week 7 Topic 2 Chapter13

As a New Topic, share with the class what most interested
you about Chapter 13. Some questions to consider:

What did you learn that you
did not know before?
What exactly about this
particular topic intrigued you?
Was there anything
documented in the chapter that you did not agree with? If so, what?
Provide evidence to support your perspective.

Additionally, locate a primary or secondary source that
pertains to the chapter to share with your peers (this can, but does not have
to correlate with your topic of interest). The source you choose can include
videos, interviews, journal articles, photographs, maps, and/or interactive
media.

Provide a few sentences
describing the source; including what information it contains and how it
pertains to the chapter.

Return in a few days to respond to at least one of your peers.
Happy Researching!

Week 8 Topic 1 Chapter 14

As a New Topic, share with the class what most interested
you about Chapter 14. Some questions to consider:

What did you learn that you
did not know before?
What exactly about this
particular topic intrigued you?
Was there anything
documented in the chapter that you did not agree with? If so, what? Provide
evidence to support your perspective.

Additionally, locate a primary or secondary source that
pertains to the chapter to share with your peers (this can, but does not have
to correlate with your topic of interest). The source you choose can include videos,
interviews, journal articles, photographs, maps, and/or interactive media.

Provide a few sentences
describing the source; including what information it contains and how it
pertains to the chapter.

Return in a few days to respond to at least one of your peers.
Happy Researching!

Week 8 Topic 2 Chapter 15

As a New Topic, share with the class what most interested
you about Chapter 15. Some questions to consider:

What did you learn that you
did not know before?
What exactly about this
particular topic intrigued you?
Was there anything
documented in the chapter that you did not agree with? If so, what?
Provide evidence to support your perspective.

Additionally, locate a primary or secondary source that
pertains to the chapter to share with your peers (this can, but does not have
to correlate with your topic of interest). The source you choose can include
videos, interviews, journal articles, photographs, maps, and/or interactive
media.

Provide a few sentences
describing the source; including what information it contains and how it
pertains to the chapter.

Return in a few days to respond to at least one of your peers.
Happy Researching!

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