{"id":295,"date":"2015-08-21T17:59:31","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T17:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/ushistory1os2xmaster\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=295"},"modified":"2015-08-21T17:59:31","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T17:59:31","slug":"extra-credit-assignments","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-americanhistory1\/chapter\/extra-credit-assignments\/","title":{"raw":"Extra Credit Assignments","rendered":"Extra Credit Assignments"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>Extra Credit Primary Source Assignment<\/h2>\nPick one of the online primary sources assigned from the past two modules (Growing Pains: The New Republic, 1790-1820 and\u00a0Industrial Transformation in the North: 1800-1850). Remember, primary sources are sources from the time we are studying -- not stuff written about it later.\n\nAnswer the question about it, following the procedure provided, and using quoted evidence from the source. You may supplement your answer with evidence from other primary sources, or with information from our textbook.\n\nWrite a long paragraph\/short page about your source (250 words):\n\nQuestion: What does your chosen source demonstrate about the time period when it was produced?\n\nIn order to answer this question, you will probably want to do the following:\n<ul><li>Explain and analyze what you can determine about the author, the author\u2019s point of view.<\/li>\n\t<li>Explain and analyze what you can determine about document\u2019s likely audience, and their point of view.<\/li>\n\t<li>Summarize and explain the author\u2019s message.\u00a0 What do they want to convince their audience to do or think?\u00a0 How do they go about this?<\/li>\n\t<li>Explain and analyze what you can determine about the context in which the document was produced.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nIf you wish to do this assignment more than once, you may.\u00a0 (Email me for details.)\n\nPoints from this assignment will be added to your final grade.\n<h2>Extra Credit Movie Assignment<\/h2>\nPick one of the following films relevant to the past few weeks' material:\n<ul><li>One or more episodes of the John Adams TV series from HBO (2008)<\/li>\n\t<li>Amistad (1997)<\/li>\n\t<li>Twelve Years a Slave (2013)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nYou'll need to obtain them yourself (Netflix or a library, or something).\n\nWatch the film. In a long paragraph\/short page (250 words) consider how the film-maker depicted the past and what decisions he or she made.\n\nIn order to answer this question, you will probably want to do the following:\n<ul><li>Explain and analyze what you can determine about the film\u2019s creator and the film-maker\u2019s point of view.<\/li>\n\t<li>Explain and analyze what you can determine about film\u2019s likely audience, and their point of view.<\/li>\n\t<li>Summarize and explain the film-maker\u2019s message.\u00a0 What do they want to convince their audience to do or think?\u00a0 How do they go about this?<\/li>\n\t<li>Explain and analyze what you can determine about the context in which the objects were produced.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nYou may do this assignment more than once.\u00a0 Email me for further details.\n\nPoints from this assignment will be added to your final grade.","rendered":"<h2>Extra Credit Primary Source Assignment<\/h2>\n<p>Pick one of the online primary sources assigned from the past two modules (Growing Pains: The New Republic, 1790-1820 and\u00a0Industrial Transformation in the North: 1800-1850). Remember, primary sources are sources from the time we are studying &#8212; not stuff written about it later.<\/p>\n<p>Answer the question about it, following the procedure provided, and using quoted evidence from the source. You may supplement your answer with evidence from other primary sources, or with information from our textbook.<\/p>\n<p>Write a long paragraph\/short page about your source (250 words):<\/p>\n<p>Question: What does your chosen source demonstrate about the time period when it was produced?<\/p>\n<p>In order to answer this question, you will probably want to do the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Explain and analyze what you can determine about the author, the author\u2019s point of view.<\/li>\n<li>Explain and analyze what you can determine about document\u2019s likely audience, and their point of view.<\/li>\n<li>Summarize and explain the author\u2019s message.\u00a0 What do they want to convince their audience to do or think?\u00a0 How do they go about this?<\/li>\n<li>Explain and analyze what you can determine about the context in which the document was produced.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you wish to do this assignment more than once, you may.\u00a0 (Email me for details.)<\/p>\n<p>Points from this assignment will be added to your final grade.<\/p>\n<h2>Extra Credit Movie Assignment<\/h2>\n<p>Pick one of the following films relevant to the past few weeks&#8217; material:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One or more episodes of the John Adams TV series from HBO (2008)<\/li>\n<li>Amistad (1997)<\/li>\n<li>Twelve Years a Slave (2013)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You&#8217;ll need to obtain them yourself (Netflix or a library, or something).<\/p>\n<p>Watch the film. 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