something that happened 13,000 years ago to 1877. This can include an early American person (such as a biography,) Native American tribe, an event, a war, and so on.

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Please read and follow directions carefully. Students may choose Option I, Option II, or Option III for your research essay: Research essay is at least five pages in length, is to be written in MLA format, and is due Wednesday, July 22. You will submit it in to Canvas, research essay will have a 24-hour grace period for submissions and are accepted with a late penalty of 10% of the total points per calendar day after that. Any late essay turned in after Sunday, July 26th, will not receive anything higher than a D. July 28th is the last day for late submissions. The best way to plan for the unexpected is to get an early start on this assignment. Students must use at least two primary sources and two secondary sources for a total of four sources. Include a Work Cited page. Students are welcome to use the sources that are provided for this class. Students are also encouraged to use the SWC library (Links to an external site.) page to conduct their research. Option I. Write a research essay of at least five pages but no more than seven. You may include one picture, but pictures taking up a page do not count as one of the five pages with written text. Adding a picture in either corner of the page does count however. Pictures are optional. For this option, you will write on anything you want, as long as it is within the parameters of this course. This means your essay MUST inform the reader of someone or something that happened 13,000 years ago to 1877. This can include an early American person (such as a biography,) Native American tribe, an event, a war, and so on. Please start your essay with an introduction, including a thesis statement that provides a road map for the rest of your paper. Put your thesis in bold. Please end with a short conclusion to tell how you think this material helps us understand our world better and enriches our lives. If this is too broad, then let me recommend Options II or III. Option II: Write a research essay of at least five pages but no more than seven.You may include one picture, but pictures taking up a page do not count as one of the five pages with written text. Adding a picture in either corner of the page does count however. Pictures are optional. Identify one or two broad changes within American history from the late 1700s to the mid-1800s to use as the focus of your essay. Please start your essay with an introduction, including a thesis statement that provides a road map for the rest of your paper. Put your thesis in bold. Please end with a short conclusion to tell how you think this material helps us understand our world better and enriches our lives. Examples of broad changes you might include: -The role of women -Issues with freedom and equality – The early development of California to 1877 Option III: Write a research essay of at least five pages but no more than seven. You may include one picture, but pictures taking up a page do not count as one of the five pages with written text. Adding a picture in either corner of the page does count however. Pictures are optional. Please start your essay with an introduction, including a thesis statement that provides a road map for the rest of your paper. Put your thesis in bold. Please end with a short conclusion to tell how you think this material helps us understand our world better and enriches our lives. You will consider one of the topics below and write an essay that analyzes each question within the topic. ⦁ The Constitution. Describe key ideas discussed in framing the Constitution. Why did leaders such as Madison advocate for the Constitution? Why did others oppose it? ⦁ Early Republic. Examine three key leaders. How did they address the challenges facing the country? What do you find that is similar—or different—in their plans for the new nation? ⦁ The Market Economy. Explain how America changed economically in the early to mid 1800s with new transportation systems, factories, commercial farms, and growing cities. What problems and opportunities came with change? ⦁ Politics in the Age of Jackson. How did American politics change in the 1820s and 1830s? Why was Jackson such a prominent figure? Explain a few of the political issues of that era. How are the political events of that era similar to modern times? ⦁ Reform. Why were so many people trying to improve the society in the early and middle 1800s? Explain three movements designed to change individuals or society as a whole. How were these movements related to larger social and economic trends? ⦁ Westward Movement. Discuss some of the reasons people traveled to the West. Why did westward expansion present both problems and opportunities for the country? ⦁ Southern Colonies. Describe some of the Southern settlements that became English colonies in the 1600s. How did slavery become such a major part of the society in the South? ⦁ Britain v. America. How did the colonists manage to gain independence, fighting against the powerful British Empire? ⦁ Spanish California Missions. Argue if you see California in the 1700s as similar to the British colonies of the same era, or do you see California as a different strand of our history? Directions for writing: Students will write their essay using current MLA format. This is a Liberal Arts course, so APA is not acceptable. Please look at the links below for more information. Check out SWC MLA Guidlines here. (Links to an external site.) Or From the Purdue OWL project here (Links to an external site.). *This website is more detailed. * *Look for a writing tips announcement in a word document to be posted on or before June 19th.* ***Example of using in-text citations and how to cite for a work cited page*** The “pioneering spirit” did not exclude itself to just power tools though, beer ads used imagery associated with blue collared membership by reinforcing the great outdoors. A Hamm’s Beer ad for instance, depicts a man’s hand grasping onto a beer while the slogan reads: “From the Land of Sky Blue Water” (Martineau 51). The effectiveness of the ad by suggesting the “product’s psychological label” “depends on subjective meaning.”(51). By placing a man’s hand grasping a beer in the foreground while the background shows a picturesque river surrounded with pine trees, the nonverbal messages are clear: “escape, refreshment, coolness, outdoors, sky-blue waters, North woods”(51). The emphasis on the “outdoors” and the North woods reinforces the blue collared image. The beer is the peripheral product, suited for the manly man who identifies himself as the outdoorsy type. Beer ads that misrepresent blue collar identities are quickly scorn by male respondents. Commenting on how some beer manufacturers mistakenly advertised men in full-suits drinking beer, Martineau examined responses from men who felt out of place and uncomfortable “seen drinking beer in full-dress suits”(127). One respondent states, “why do they always have to show rich people drinking beer? Why can’t they just use people likes us” (127)? The message is clear: blue collared men believe beer is their drink. To reemphasize that beer is for these types of men Hamm’s beer depicts its product in the frontier. Although the Hamm’s ad stirred pleasurable, yet masculine emotions within blue-collared men, most advertisers recognized this demographic also in more case than not-had a family. Martineau, Pierre. Motivation in Advertising: Motives that Make People Buy. McGraw-Hill, 1957.