I need help with a History question. All explanations and answers will be used to help me learn.
Propaganda from various works such as posters, newspapers, stamps, film, radio broadcasts and infographics can tell us a lot about war and postwar society in the United States. In this assignment you will use a combination of secondary sources from your text book along with at least 3 primary sourced pieces of propaganda to answer one of the three questions for one of the three wars:
How did the Spanish-American War, World War I OR World War II influence… (chose one)
An aspect of Civil rights activism or racial relations?
US Foreign Policy?
Diet and nutrition on the home front?
Labor and workforce
Gender norms/roles in wartime and possibly postwar society?
Based on your selection of primary-source propaganda, argue your case and analyze the images you are using. Select no less than 3 images and no more than 6. You have four gold mines of primary sources readily available for you at:
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/
https://digital.wolfsonian.org/
http://www.americanyawp.com/reader.html
https://www.loc.gov/collections/world-war-i-posters/?fa=location:united+states
Feel free to use other sources to find propaganda images. When analyzing your selection of images, make sure to ask yourself:
What do the images display?
Who made them?
What were the time periods? What major events in the war were going on when published?
What methods were used to convey the messages?
Who did these images speak to?
Were they effective in conveying their messages?
How do the images relate to one another?
And most importantly: How do the images support my thesis?
It is also important to correlate secondary source material from your class textbook or any other acceptable sources to your area of focus. Please do not use Wikipedia as a source. It is ok to use when quickly finding a date, name of an event, place or term, but not for professional- level research.
Embed your images into the essay where you feel appropriate (some students include them at the very end, some embed them within each paragraph, some include them before the bibliography- your choice. What is important is if they are properly analyzed and described.
In addition to the above guidelines, students will be graded on the following three categories:
Essay Structure and Written Communication
The essay must include an interesting and concise introductory paragraph (Between 6-10 sentences.)
The introductory paragraph must end with a thesis statement: a single sentence which precisely articulates the argument.
All body paragraphs must be a sub-argument of the thesis and must stay on topic in relation to the thesis.
All body paragraphs must contain a topic sentence at the beginning and a concluding sentence at the end.
All body paragraphs contain well- organized evidence and analysis that never stray from the thesis or sub-argument of the paragraph.
Critical Thinking
The essay must demonstrate an understanding of the events, people, and/or ideas discussed in the paper in their correct historical context.
Students will only select evidence that best proves their argument.
Students will not narrate events. They will synthesize pertinent points and explain how they connect to the main arguments.
Writers will go beyond presentation of evidence in a narrative way to draw conclusions that are not immediately obvious.
The writer not only mentions specific dates, places and people, but connects them to his/her thesis.
Accuracy/Validity
Historically accurate evidence and analysis
A mixture of BOTH primary and secondary sources
All evidence is properly cited using the Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)
Students will write a paper that demonstrates the ability to use English for written expression at the college level
Paper is understandable with little grammatical or stylistic mistakes
