Write an essays in one document the first one topic is (Historians think of the period from about 1850 to 1914 as the “Age of Imperialism,” a time when nations across Europe and the United States were either expanding or consolidating both at home and through overseas empires. Exactly how did the global map change […]
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Why might it be important for individuals and society to know the history behind current events?
Discussion: Why Should We Study History? Create one initial post and follow up with at least two response posts. For your initial post, address the following: Discuss the value of studying history for everyone, not just historians. Why might it be important for individuals and society to know the history behind current events? Consider a […]
What we can learn from it beyond just the incidents of Yang’s life, and what questions the book raises for us.
Analysis of Rae Yang, Spider Eaters. As a memoir, Spider Eaters is a primary source. In your analysis of the book, again provide a brief summary of the book’s contents. Then explain what Yang wants to convey about her life and how she supports this “argument” in the book. Analyze the book’s strengths and weaknesses, […]
What extent can historians rely on the sources to develop an understanding of the peoples/cultures/societies that they describe?
Global History To what extent can historians rely on the sources to develop an understanding of the peoples/cultures/societies that they describe? 2. Do the sources tell us more about the authors than the peoples/cultures/societies that they describe? 3. To what extent do the descriptions of Mongols and/or indigenous peoples reveal an ‘imperial gaze’?
Describe three revolutionary measures put into place during Reconstruction and explain why they failed.
Part 1 Directions: You need to answer all parts of the question below. You must explain examples fully (as though to someone unfamiliar with the topic). The essay must be written in full sentences and paragraphs. Question #1 (1st Paragraph): Describe three revolutionary measures put into place during Reconstruction and explain why they failed. Question […]
How can we, as historians, learn from these sources so that we can understand and help guide similar processes in the world today? What kind of processes of migration, conquest, and change in today’s world could better be understood by reading the words of Chief Joseph and William Hornaday?Discuss.
In reading the primary sources for this week: Chief Joseph on Indian Affairs (1877, 1879) and William T. Hornaday on the Extinction of the American Bison (1889) we are undoubtedly confronted with some of the sadder consequences of this irreversible process. How can we, as historians, learn from these sources so that we can understand […]
Discuss,Does this change the way she sees her sense of self and her puritan community, once she returns to Christian society?
Puritan-era writing that allows modern readers to get “inside” the head of an ordinary, everyday puritan woman — that is, her text allows us to see how her Puritan worldview shapes her sense of self, her religiosity, her surroundings, her captivity, as well as her native captors. Finally, it allows us to see how Rowlandson’s […]
What are some of the different ways individuals and groups remember and represent the past?
What are some of the different ways individuals and groups remember and represent the past? What are some of the causes that prompt professional historians to reinterpret and ask new questions of the past?
Discuss:If you were able to ask one question of the historians who wrote our secondary historical evaluations, or explain one place where you disagree with them, what question would it be?
Questioning the Historians: If you were able to ask one question of the historians who wrote our secondary historical evaluations, or explain one place where you disagree with them, what question would it be? Use the secondary source pdf attached on the Civil Rights Movement for this assignment. Support your question with evidence from the […]
