History

Read this chapter from the book and use it as a source you need three strong points from the reading.Write a one page paper Discussing  the important role African American women played in the fight for women’s suffrage.How did their motivations differ from those of white women?Analyze Terborg-Penn’s endnotes. What primary sources does she use and how might they be helpful to your topic? Explain

Write 2-3 paragraphs in response to each of the topics = about 600 words.Topic A. Focus on 2 of the persons described in the text. What intrigues you about these people? Be specific. One reviewer noted: “Triangle by David Von Drehle, a Washington Post reporter, creates a detailed, nuanced account of the tragic events of 1911. It is one in which the evil — the factory owners, the moneyed interests, the corruption of Tammany Hall — appears a bit less than sinister, while the good — the union organizers, the society matrons, the political reformers, and the workers themselves — teems with the natural divisions and tensions that make the story less a melodrama and a much more human tale.” How does Von Drehle help you understand these people in less stereotypic ways?Topic B. Von Drehle ends his text with “As for the mostly nameless young women and men who went on strike in 1909 and bravely walked those relentless picket lines through a freezing winter–and especially those remarkable young people who later died at the Triangle–their memory grows. Their individual lives are mostly lost to us, but their monument and legacy are stitched into our world.” Do you think Von Drehle has made his case? how? Be specific — with citations of page numbers from the text.

Greek culture during the Classical and Hellenistic periods reached a high level of achievement in various areas, including political thought, drama, philosophy and science.  Evaluate what you consider to be the most important of these advances, connecting them  to the political situations (forms of government) which made them possible. 

Read this chapter from the book and use it as a source you need three strong points from the readingWrite a one page paper Discussing  the important role African American women played in the fight for women’s suffrage.How did their motivations differ from those of white women?Analyze Terborg-Penn’s endnotes. What primary sources does she use and how might they be helpful to your topic? Explain.

The prompt is “What were the most important factors that encouraged Anglo-Americans and new immigrants to settle the West? What were the most important impediments to their efforts?” It has to articulate a thesis and only has to be 250 words. The main thing is it has to provide evidence/details from the note guidelines I have provided below.

Write a minimum of 300 words explaining which version you liked the best and why? Be thorough and detailed in your writing.Version 1- Kenneth BranaughNote: This is a modern adaptation of the play.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjuZq-8PUw0Version 2- Adrian Lesterhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muLAzfQDS3MVersion 3-Andrew Scotthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6CLdCl9TB0&t=7s

Describe the manifest destiny and how it effected the United States. And include all the territories, who they were, and how he United States acquired them.

Watch ghandi (1982 )_and answer these questionshttps://gototub.com/watch-gandhi-full-movie-online-free/1. Gandhi was a truly remarkable man and one of the most influential leaders of the 20th century. In 2000, Gandhi was voted the greatest man of the past 1,000 years in a poll by BBC News Online. What qualities caused tens of millions to follow this small, unassuming in his mission to liberate India from the British?2. Consider Gandhi’s speech (about 30 minutes into the film) to the crowd regarding General Smuts’s new law (fingerprinting Indians, only Christian marriage will be considered valid, police can enter any home without warrant, etc.). The crowd is outraged and cries out for revenge and violence as a response to the British. This is a pivotal moment in Gandhi’s leadership. What does he do to get them to agree to a non-violent response? Why do they follow him?3. Consider Gandhi’s response to the other injustices depicted in the film (e.g., his burning of the passes in South Africa that symbolize second-class citizenship, his request that the British leave the country after the Massacre at Amritsar, his call for a general strike—a “day of prayer and fasting”—in response to an unjust law, his refusal to pay bail after an unjust arrest, his fasts to compel the Indian people to change, his call to burn and boycott British-made clothing, his decision to produce salt in defiance of the British monopoly on salt manufacturing).What common thread, if any, do we see in these responses that might be instructive  for political leaders of today?4. Comment on the methods Gandhi used to effect change, in particular his disposition to be patient and non-retaliatory in the face of injustice. Do you agree with Gandhi’s saying that “poverty is the worst form of violence”?5. Describe what happened at Amritsar and say why it marked a turning point in Gandhi’s attitude towards the British.6. During the Hindu/Muslim riots shown in the film, one man came to Gandhi and asked for help. The man said that he had killed children of the other religion and that he knew he would be condemned to hell for that. What advice did Gandhi give him?7. What parts of Gandhi’s character would you like others to emulate ?8. Gandhi said “We must not hate the British. They have not taken India from us. We have given it to them.” What did he mean by this and how does it apply to any revolution through mass nonviolent action?9.  What are the limits of nonviolence and civil disobedience?  Comment on Gandhi’s suspension of the non-cooperation movement owing to the violent incident at Chauri Chaura in 1922?10. How did Gandhi’s embrace of religious pluralism inform his politics?

Research PlanResearch Question: What are the constitutional powers of the citizens?Thesis Statement: The amendment of the constitution is necessary as civilizations and knowledge progress and the developers of the initial constitution had foreseen this and developed contingencies for effective amendment procedures.Introduction[Include a three- to five-sentence discussion of background information about your historical event to capture the interest of your audience. Write a two- to three-sentence thesis statement based on your research question that addresses your historical event and explains how your event has been influenced by historical context.]Historical Context: [Include a three- to five-sentence explanation of your event’s historical context, citing sources one and two. Use primary and secondary sources to discuss what was going on in the world, area, and society surrounding the event.]Impact of Historical Context: [Include a three- to five-sentence discussion of how historical context impacted your event, and cite your sources.]References:

For this discussion please read the following:  “What is Ethnohistory?” and Suny – “Back and Beyond: Reversing the Cultural Turn?” –> both of these pieces will give you an excellent introduction to the emergence of the New Cultural History.  Then, turn to the example of the New Cultural History as used by a historian –> Clendinnen: “Yucatec Maya Women and the Spanish Conquest – Role and Ritual in Historical Reconstruction”. Also review the link in the Week 4 introduction to the Pittock Mansion (in Portland, Oregon) to see an example of the Social History approach used in a museum setting.As many of you are starting to realize, getting at the historical experiences of non-elites is essential for a fuller understanding of the historical past.  This week we look at a new approach that sought to illustrate the historical experience of the “common person” – the Cultural History approach (but keep in mind that you can also use the Cultural History approach to look at elites).As you think about these approaches, consider the following questions; address them in your initial post this week:1. What is the Cultural History approach about?  Look to Suny and “What is Ethnohistory?”. How does the inclusion of anthropological approaches help the historian understand “culture” better? (look to his discussion if Clifford Geertz). What sort of historical topics would the Cultural History approach help us better understand?2. According to Suny, what are some of the challenges of this approach?3. How did Inga Clendinnen use the Cultural History approach in her examination of Mayan women?What did the Cultural History approach explain that more materialist/structural approaches might have missed in an examination of Mayan women? Note:  one thing you should think about with her piece is how can she talk about the experiences of Mayan women during the colonial period, when they themselves did not leave much in terms of primary sources about their lives?  This addresses earlier concerns many of you had about the scarcity of sources left by non-elites – what are the sources Clendinnen uses, and how does she “read” these sources to understand the historical experience of Mayan women?  As you read this piece, look closely at the footnotes -where do her sources come from?4. What is the Social History approach about and how is it different from the Cultural History approach? How is it used by the curators at the Pittock Mansion to show visitors what the material conditions of life were like for the wealthy in Portland in the late 1800s?Post your initial post here. Then come back and respond to at least two more of your peers’ initial posts along with any questions addressed to you. Please ask lots of questions in this discussion, especially if things remain fuzzy for you.