HIST 108 Cuyamaca Print Culture and The Politicization of Rape Journal Article

Recommendation

The instructor recommends allotting 300 minutes to complete this assignment. Time Recommendation: 180 minutes to read the academic journal article and 120 minutes to write and edit the 2-page review. This is only a recommendation, you may spend more or less time on this assignment depending on your ability and availability.

Introduction

Historians love to review the works of other historians. Whenever a new history book is written, the historical profession selects experts in particular fields of studies to determine the value and contribution the new work will have on the academic discipline. Upon completion of the course’s reading, each student will be considered an expert and be required to read an academic article and submit a 2-page review (minimum). Students are encouraged to celebrate the author’s accomplishments, but also challenge anything that seems substandard. Style and creativity play a crucial role in the success of your review.

Pick one of the Academic Journal Articles below:

• California’s Yuki Indians.pdf
• Childhood and Sexual Identity under Slavery.pdf
• Church, State, and Education in the Young Republic.pdf
• Conversion, Deconversion, and Reconversion.pdf
• Drinks He to His Own Undoing-Temperance Ideology in the South.pdf
• John Adams and the Authorship of the Declaration of Independence.pdf
• Manifest Destiny and Military Professionalism.pdf
• Rape without Women Print Culture and the Politicization of Rape, 1765-1815.pdf
• Sex, Gender, Culture, and a Great Event.pdf
• Slavery and the Texas-Mexico Border, 1810-1860.pdf
• Voyeuristic Abolitionism-Transformation of Antislavery Rhetoric.pdf

Format

• Two pages (minimum)
• 12 point font
• Double spaced
• Paragraphs

Each paper should include the following:

1. The author’s purpose in writing the article
2. The author’s main thesis
3. The author’s challenging of other historical viewpoints
4. The evidence utilized by the author (specifically primary sources)
5. Personal likes/dislikes
6. How could the author make the work stronger?
7. The recommended audience for the article?
8. Explain how this article contributes to understanding the history of the United States
9. An example of how this article supports/contradicts Eric Foner’s Give Me Liberty
10. Suggested reading to accompany this work (not required, but helpful)

Helpful Information

• Click here for a step by step guide to writing a successful AJA Review
• Click here to discover the difference between a primary and secondary source.

Instructions for Submitting

• On the right-hand side of the screen click on the icon that says “SUBMIT ASSIGNMENT”
• Click on the tab “File Upload” to attach your AJA Review in pdf or word doc. format.
• Click on the tab “Text Entry” if you wish to copy and paste OR write your review in the box provided.
• Be sure to click “SUBMIT ASSIGNMENT” after you finishing uploading the document.
• As stated in the syllabus, all assignments must be submitted in PDF or WordDoc formats. If you need help converting pages click on this link.