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Final Exam Paper Option
In lieu of the third exam, you may opt to write a 5-page research paper in which you analyze a primary source document of your own choosing.
Primary sources must be relevant to the course (i.e. deal with an "idea") but otherwise you are free to choose a text, image, product of popular culture, etc.
In your analysis, you will connect your "text" to its historical moment and draw on relevant scholarship to explain its importance. You must notify me in advance of your intent to write the research paper.
In your analysis, you will present a thesis about the meaning of your document. What does it say about its historical moment? What is its historical context?
Your essay should be:
• 5 pages in length, double-spaced in 12-point font
• organized and coherent, with an introduction, analysis, and conclusion
• include analysis of your primary source supplemented with at least 2 secondary scholarly sources (the library can help find sources; these can be journal articles, books, chapters from edited anthologies, etc. You should use evidence from the secondary sources to support your argument)
• proof-read for spelling and grammar