GENERAL EDUCATION SIGNATURE ASSIGNMENT
General Education Signature Assignment/Final Paper (Connecting the Past to the Present)
For this assignment, you will compare an event/issue from the first half of U.S. History (to 1877) to a present (post 2000) event/issue.
You will need to find at least two sources on the event/issue. You will use any online articles/books to answer the following questions in an essay:
1. Describe in general the issue that is debated:
How was this event/ issue important to the culture, economics, political system, or social structure at the time?
2. What event/issue does it relate to in today’s world?: Describe the modern event/issue you are comparing it to.
3. Comparison: What is similar about the two?
4. Contrast: What is different about the two?
5. Conclusion: What can this past event/issue tell us about the present?