The purpose of the exams is to check on the student s understanding of the content of the course and the student s ability to analyze and integrate the material assigned. One paper of ca. This paper is to construct a historical argument based on primary sources. The purpose is to give the student an opportunity to be a historian, framing a historical question to ask and answer by using specific sources. The paper grade is based on the quality of the final version.
All items are due at the beginning of class on their due dates.
The final grade on the paper will be reduced by one point on a 100-point scale for every day the bibliography, outline, or sample section is late, and by two points for every day the draft or final paper is late. The purpose of this requirement is to accustom students to frequent informal writing, to promote discussion of the class topics outside of class, and to give me feedback on how students have understood the course material. This includes any in-class writing assignments. Attendance is required. Class participation requires you to be present in spirit as well as in body, having done the reading and prepared to talk about it.