Essay Assignment: Watch one or more episodes of the 2010 documentary series, America: The Story of Us. Then write a 2-3-page research paper that answers: How has the History of the United States evolved over time to be more intersectional, transnational, and ethnically heterogeneous? Is the American History narrative more inclusive or exclusive to the experiences of the people present in this country? Why or why not? Your research paper should
Objectives:
Connect historic race relations to those of the modern-day.
Analyze textual arguments and identify their significance to the historical memory of race relations in America.
Articulate one’s own opinion in a succinct, organized, and eloquent manner.
Be able to conduct historical research and cite bibliographic sources according to the Chicago Manual of Style. http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html (Links to an external site.)