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HIST1108 - Ravagnoli/Purinton

FINAL PAPER ON MFA ARTIFACT
1. You should go to the Museum and visit the sections that correspond to the period we are studying (the origin to 1500 CE).

2. You will pick an artifact (or more in case you want to do a comparative analysis).

3. The indicative questions you will have to answer will be:

-Period of the artifact

-Timeframe you will be discussing

-You’ll place the object in time and space (political order, religious views, economic activities)

-Usage

-What does it tell us about society of the period and the place you picked?

-Was there trade or encounters with other civilizations? How do we tell? Influences and similarities with other places, artifacts we studied or you saw in the museum?

-You need to have at least one primary source (the artifact itself counts) and at least two secondary sources (meaning scholars who have written about it - not one guy on the internet wrote that...)

-In the write up you need to use proper academic style (citation, good grammar and spelling)

-Give evidences for your argument

4. Times New Roman 12, double-spaced

5. Bibliography at the end

6. Be creative, interesting and straight to the point

7. Enjoy this assignment!
 
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Facebook Assignment Requirements
1. Pick a historical figure of your choice among those we study for this class 
2. Do research on her/his life:
  1. The presentation must include information about the person you have chosen:
    • The time period this person lived in, the place, etc.
    • You are also expected to make connections with:
      • political movements
      • economic conditions
      • class differences
      • women's role
      • social changes through the biography of your person.
  2. Connections! Connections! Connections!) Keep in mind that one goal of this exercise is to understand the value of biographies as an important tool for writing history. 
  3. Create a Facebook page (can create a real FB page, classtools.net to make a Fakebook Page, or use the template on EClearn.
  • Provide sources through a Bibliography 
  • Prepare a 5-minute presentation to introduce your “friend” to the class
  • You will be graded on:
  • Including above information
  • Style of page – pictures, friends of person, interactions on the page, hashtags
  • Oral Presentation
  • Bibliography 
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- Saladin and (society or culture)
- Saladin and (Egypt or Syria)

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Chicago Style of Citations
See also How do I cite a museum display in Chicago? (Walsh University).
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Last updated: Oct 15th 2018