General Requirements for Written Assignments
do NOT use
contractions, abbreviations, colloquialisms, clichés, slang, or idioms; do
NOT use passive voice unless absolutely necessary; use past tense when
writing about past events and past people; do not impose presentism, it is
anachronistic and inappropriate.
Citations Note: You must footnote any quotes or paraphrases using the CMS format only
(See Rampolla’s A Pocket Guide to Writing
in History). NO block quotations are permitted; use short direct
quotations and paraphrases sparingly as they are employed only to support your
claims. NO FOOTNOTES EQUALS A FAILING
GRADE.
Washington, et al Reading Questions
You will analyze the authors’
perceptions of and responses to contemporary notions of race, the place of black
Americans at World’s Fairs and in American society by the mid-Jim Crow era,
answering the following questions: What are the authors’ primary concerns? On which main issue/s do they agree and
disagree with each other?
