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SECTION I: Introduction
In 100 to 200 words, inform me why you chose the topic. The reasons can be personal, political, or academic. However, please do not summarize the topic.
Here are some examples:
Personal: You’re interested in the history of Scandinavian immigration to the PNW because you’re the kid of immigrants, and you’re interested in the similarities and differences between the two experiences; or, you’re interested in early days of the city of Seattle because your grandparents took you to Alki Beach when you were a kid and they told you that one of your ancestors was part of the Denny Party.
Political: You’re interested in the Civil Rights Movement and how it affected the PNW because you’re a strong believer in defending civil rights today; you’re interested in the suffrage movement (women and the right to vote) because you wonder why men are still, today, over-represented in politics; etc.
Intellectual/Academic: You’re interested in visual art and depictions of the PNW because you took an art history class last quarter that you really liked, and that prompted you to think about art in an historical manner.
SECTION II: Entries in a Subject Encyclopedia [about 700 words]
In this section you’ll summarize 6 DISTINCT entries (articles) in subject encyclopedias. Each entry that you find and read must be at least 200 words in length and explain something about your topic.
What is a “subject encyclopedia”? It’s an encyclopedia that focuses on one subject or topic. The Encyclopedia of American Environmental History is one example. This encyclopedia focuses intensely on a topic: American environmental history. There are dozens of other subject encyclopedias that you have access to, as a SCCC student, that explore politics, culture, the economy, etc. To find an appropriate subject encyclopedia for your topic, please contact a reference librarian at the SCCC Library.
Thus:
1. find the entries
2. read the entries
3. summarize each entry
SECTION III: Primary Sources: 200 words, or so
In this section you’ll write about one research place (an archive) that houses ACTUAL primary sources related to your topic.
What is a “primary source”? According to the UW Libraries, a primary source, “is any piece of information that is used for constructing history as an artifact of its times. These often include works created by someone who witnessed first-hand or was part of the historical events that are being described, but can also include physical objects like coins, journal entries, letters, or newspaper articles.”
How do you find an archive? Using the Internet, locate a research place (an archive and/or special collections departments, usually in libraries or historical societies) where you could go to read/see, and possibly touch, the ORIGINAL primary sources.
Once you find the info:
1. List the name of the archive and its complete street address.
2. Tell me the title of the 2 or 3 most important primary sources found in the archive, and describe each primary source.
How will you know what primary sources are held by an archive? Many archives have online catalogs of their holdings, and this will be very useful in your search.
Will you be looking for a digital version, or scanned version, of a primary source? No, YOU ARE NOT LOOKING FOR A DIGITAL VERSION OF THE PRIMARY SOURCE ITSELF, ONLY ITS TITLE AND DESCRIPTION.
Here are some generic examples of where primary sources are kept: government archives (federal, state, etc.), university libraries, historical societies, public libraries, private archives or libraries (for example, the Huntington Library in southern California)
You do not have to physically go to the archive!
SECTION IV: Secondary Sources: 300-400 words
Here, in paragraph form, you’ll tell me about four books RELATED to your topic. Will you be reading 4 books? No. Then, how will you get a decent understanding of what the books are about? You’ll read book-reviews!
For the each of 4 books about your topic:
1. find one PROFESSIONAL book-review, and read it
2. then, tell me what the book is about and what the book-reviewer says about the book he/she is reviewing. In other words, you’re summarizing the book review. Each summary of a book-review should be about 75 words.
I suggest that you find titles of books that are related to your topic, and then you try to find book-reviews for each.
In terms of finding scholarly book reviews about the topic that you’re researching, you may try asking a reference librarian at SCCC’s library. You may reach them by email, or find out their phone number, by going to the following webpage (look at the right-hand side of the page):
http://libguides.seattlecentral.edu/askalibrarian
For book reviews, please use one or more of the following journals and newspapers, or other similar sources: Historylink.org; h-net.org; American Historical Review; Journal of American History; New York Times; Seattle Times; Los Angeles Times; The New York Review of Books
These are accessible via the Proquest and Academic Search databases.
Have you read a professional book-review before? If not, then read these to get a better idea of what a book-review is:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/books/la-ca-john-farrell-20110626,0,4503692.story
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2011962148_totempole30.html
SECTION V: Article: 150 words
1. Find one scholarly article that examines your topic with depth.
2. Then, paraphrase abstract, and if the article doesn’t have an abstract, then summarize the article.
Is an article the same as a book-review? No. An article in a history journal is based on primary source research. It is a “research paper” that’s been peer-reviewed and published. Try finding articles in journals like:
· PNW Quarterly,
· Pacific Historical Review,
· Columbia,
· Oregon Historical Quarterly,.
If you need help finding this type of history journal, please ask a librarian to help you.
PART VI: Conclusion: 100-200 words
What did you learn, through this assignment, about the work that historians do when they are researching a topic? (Please do not present a conclusion about your topic in this section.)
PART VII: Bibliography (Works Cited)
I’d like you to follow MLA, APA, or Chicago style bibliographic method. If you do not know what these are, ask a librarian to help you.
LINK: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11l5DXx3AG3QmukekHoevYMvQF0eDPDve4dC0Nx1yUK0/edit
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