History through Conflict: Napoleon Bonaparte

History through Conflict: Napoleon Bonaparte

Country: France Pick one themes to write the history Year will be 1789-1945, Also it has to choose a person in this year and talk about this person.

All writing assignments should be in Chicago format (typed, double-spaced). Be sure to use Times New Roman 12 point font. All pages must be numbered. At the top left of the first page include your full name, the class title, the assignment title, the date, and a word count.In general

In General

 

• The assignment is meant to explore some details of your chosen nation and to use those details to reflect back upon the themes of our course
• The assignment (s) also give you some freedom to tailor the course to your interests and to the approaches to history that you prefer

The 4 themes

• History through Biography
• History through Conflict
• History through Culture
• History through Food

Starting with History through Biography

• Familiarize yourself with the rough outline of the history of your chosen nation
• Think about your chosen nation relative to the different approaches to nation (first text)
• Think about the role of the individual in history

–Does the individual make history

–Do the times shape the individual

–Some of both (sitting on the fence)

–Inclined towards…

Choosing a Person

• “Great man” or not
• Political, Cultural, Economic…
• Sub-altern?
• When do they fit the history chronologically

–Short time?

–Life story mimics nation?

My example

• Doing Latvian nation
• Brainstorm ideas:
• Political: Ulmanis, Skujenieks, Stučka, Rainis
• Cultural: Rainis, Aspāzija, Padegs, Čaks, Barons
• Economic: Bergs
• “Sub-Altern”: Pīpiņa, Schiemann, Peter the Painter
• Choice: Rainis

Thinking about my choice

• Rainis, lived from 1865-1929
• Cultural hero, poet, playwright, editor
• Émigré
• Social Democrat
• How does his experience mirror nation

Translating to Paper

• Brainstorm ideas about Rainis
• Early Social Democrat
• Early Revolutionary
• Émigré
• Cultural production
• Wife
• Return to Latvia as hero, politician
• Relationship between cultural role and political

Translating to paper, part 2

• Use word count as a guide
• 1,000 to 1,500 words

–My paragraphs are about 250 words, 4 to 6 paragraph paper

–If paragraphs long, should they be two.

–If short, can i flesh them out more

–Keyhole structure or no

Remember the course!

• Write paper to be interacting with text (s)
• Write paper to be interacting with class
• Have other assignments added? Can I scaffold or ladder assignments?
• What does (or does not) this person tell us about the history of the nation

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Outline

• More detailed the outline, the easier the jump to writing
• Strengths
• Weaknesses
• Start wide, narrow. Finish from narrow back to wide
• What works for you, not a formula

Drafts

• Multiple rough drafts
• Multiple edits

–Nails the link to the course?

–Readability

–Structure

–Read out loud,

Sourcing

• I prefer footnotes, but be consistent

Bibliography so I can follow

Last hints

• Follow what interests you
• Persuasive argument, not prosecutorial
• Viewpoint, but balance
• Neat and tidy

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