{"id":2015,"date":"2015-08-20T22:14:15","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T22:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/yawp2xmaster\/?post_type=chapter&p=2015"},"modified":"2015-08-20T22:14:15","modified_gmt":"2015-08-20T22:14:15","slug":"course-project","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-ushistory1ay\/chapter\/course-project\/","title":{"raw":"Course Project","rendered":"Course Project"},"content":{"raw":"

Project Assignment<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\r\n

The Project is an open-format assignment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

You may propose any sort of project that has something to do with the course. \u00a0 <\/span>For example, you could:<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

    \r\n\t
  • write a paper<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  • research a topic that interests you<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  • visit a museum and describe your experience<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  • present a slide show to the class<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n

    I will review your proposal, and either approve it or suggest changes to it.\u00a0<\/span>I am looking for projects that further your understanding of the course and its topics, that use primary or secondary source material, and\/or teach something to other students in the course. (I am not looking for dioramas, posters, or other cutesy craft projects. )<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Example projects are in the document below. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

    To complete a project, you must submit a proposal to me for approval<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n

    When your Project is complete, I will grade it based on the evidence you use, how you analyze it, how much effort was involved, and how much you seem to have learned.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    You should listen\/review the documents \u201cHow to Read Primary Sources\u201d and \u201cHistory Writing Advice\u201d on Blackboard.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Project Objectives:<\/i><\/span><\/p>\r\n

    The project is primarily designed to improve your analytic, critical thinking, and creative skills. It may also help you remember the historical narrative. <\/i><\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Example Project: Paper<\/b><\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Pick one of the PRIMARY SOURCES assigned this semester.\u00a0 <\/span>(This can be any primary source we have read or will read for this course, but you should pick one that is long enough for you to write a full essay about it.)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Answer the question about it, following the procedure provided, and using quoted evidence from the source.\u00a0 <\/span>You may supplement your answer with evidence from other primary sources, or with information from our textbook.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Your essay must be type-written, double-spaced in a legible font and format, and at least 1250 words in length.\u00a0 <\/span>(This will be about 3-5 pages in most fonts).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Use only readings assigned for the course.\u00a0 <\/span>For long sources, use the translations provided and refer only to the sections assigned for the course.\u00a0 <\/span>You may not use outside sources.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    The essays should be based on your primary source, using secondary sources for background.\u00a0 <\/span>You may either quote or paraphrase your sources, but the reference must be cited.\u00a0 <\/span>You may use either parenthetical citations or footnotes to give the author.\u00a0 <\/span>Like this (author, page #) or this.<\/span> You must also cite uses of secondary sources, such as the textbook and lecture.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    You do not need to include a cover page or a works cited page.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Essays must have a strong thesis in the first paragraph, answer the question correctly with reasoned argument, evidence an organized structure and be based on the primary source evidence.\u00a0 <\/span>Egregious grammatical and spelling errors will adversely affect the final grade.\u00a0 <\/span>A full rubric is in the syllabus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Question: What does your chosen source demonstrate about the time period when it was produced?\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\r\n

    In order to answer this question, you will probably want to do the following:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Explain and analyze what you can determine about the author, the author\u2019s point of view.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Explain and analyze what you can determine about document\u2019s likely audience, and their point of view.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Summarize and explain the author\u2019s message.\u00a0 <\/span>What do they want to convince their audience to do or think?\u00a0 <\/span>How do they go about this?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Explain and analyze what you can determine about the context in which the document was produced.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Example Project:\u00a0 <\/span>Museum<\/b><\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Visit a museum that has an exhibit relating to our course.\u00a0 <\/span>(For example, the VMFA.)\u00a0 <\/span>The exhibit must cover material from our geographic area and time period.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Write at least 750 words on your experience.\u00a0 <\/span>Explain how the objects you saw relate to societies or events we covered in the course.\u00a0 <\/span>If the objects were primary sources, consider:\u00a0 <\/span>How would historians use the objects in interpreting the past? (This option is most appropriate for art museums like the VMFA.)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    In order to answer this question, you will probably want to do the following:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Explain and analyze what you can determine about the object\u2019s creator and the creator\u2019s point of view.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Explain and analyze what you can determine about object\u2019s likely audience, and their point of view.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Summarize and explain the object\u2019s creator\u2019s message.\u00a0 <\/span>What do they want to convince their audience to do or think?\u00a0 <\/span>How do they go about this?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Explain and analyze what you can determine about the context in which the objects were produced.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    OR If the exhibit is a mostly modern presentation or reconstruction of the past, consider:\u00a0 <\/span>How does the exhibit reflect historian\u2019s understandings of the past?\u00a0 <\/span>How is the exhibit interpreting the primary sources?\u00a0 <\/span>(This option is most appropriate for museums like the Jamestown living history village.)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Example Project:\u00a0 <\/span>Film<\/b><\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Pick a film or television show that depicts history from this course.\u00a0 <\/span>(You should ask me if the film is appropriately historical as part of your proposal.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Write at least 750 words on the film.\u00a0 <\/span>Do some research.\u00a0 <\/span>Does the film depict the past adequately, in your opinion?\u00a0 <\/span>Consider how the film-maker depicted the past and what decisions he or she made.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    In order to answer this question, you will probably want to do the following:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Explain and analyze what you can determine about the film\u2019s creator and the film-maker\u2019s point of view.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Explain and analyze what you can determine about film\u2019s likely audience, and their point of view.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Summarize and explain the film-makers\u2019s message.\u00a0 <\/span>What do they want to convince their audience to do or think?\u00a0 <\/span>How do they go about this?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Explain and analyze what you can determine about the context in which the objects were produced.<\/span><\/p>","rendered":"

    Project Assignment<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

    The Project is an open-format assignment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    You may propose any sort of project that has something to do with the course. \u00a0 <\/span>For example, you could:<\/span><\/p>\n