1) Background Information
What is the nature of the document? Is it a legal, political, religious, or scientific tract or treatise? A letter, speech, or an eyewitness account of an event? Where and when was it written and published, and in what language? What experiences enabled the author to write it?
2) Author’s Point of View
What were the author’s likely motives in writing the document? What audience was he or she addressing? What were his or her beliefs, passions, or biases, and how would they enhance or detract from the value of the document as a source of historical knowledge?
3) What Can We Learn From This Document?
What is the document’s central message or narrative, its key ideas or arguments? What light do you think this document sheds on significant developments or events in world history? Your answer to this question is the heart of your analysis and should be the bulk of the paper. You might end with questions or speculations that your analysis gives rise to and th
1) Background Information
What is the nature of the document? Is it a legal, political, religious, or scientific tract or treatise? A letter, speech, or an eyewitness account of an event? Where and when was it written and published, and in what language? What experiences enabled the author to write it?
2) Author’s Point of View
What were the author’s likely motives in writing the document? What audience was he or she addressing? What were his or her beliefs, passions, or biases, and how would they enhance or detract from the value of the document as a source of historical knowledge?
3) What Can We Learn From This Document?
What is the document’s central message or narrative, its key ideas or arguments? What light do you think this document sheds on significant developments or events in world history? Your answer to this question is the heart of your analysis and should be the bulk of the paper. You might end with questions or speculations that your analysis gives rise to and th
1- Prepare a report on Fin-FET device. You may focus on any issue related to modeling, history, fabrication, simulation, performance, market, reliability, vendors, design issues, power, and so on.
2- The report should be more than 3 pages and less than 5 pages.
3- The preferred format is single column, font size 10 or 12, page margins 1 inch, line spacing
1.5.
4- You should not copy your report from any sources. You can use up to two photos or figures with proper citations.
5- You should provide your references at the end of the report.
Textbooks: Required are (1) J. McKay, B. Hill and J. Buckler, A History of Western Society(Boston: Houghton Mifflin),any edition; AND (2) B. Viault, Modern European History (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1990)
Final Exam. Due on the final exam day; done at home, submitted IN PERSON in class on the final exam
day. You MUST attend the final exam session. Exams sent by someone else or emailed will not be
accepted and you will be marked absent from the final exam.
WRITE THE EXACT TITLE OF THE EXAM AT THE VERY TOP, and then THE following
SUBTOPICS AT THE HEAD OF EACH ITEM YOU DISCUSS. Remember to paginate your work.
Chronicle and analyze the methods used for the A) territorial buildup and B) social/national unification
of (1) Italy, and (2) Germany. Then compare and contrast the two with each other.
Itemize your answers into three sections and number them: One for Italy, One for Germany, and a third
section to compare and contrast the two countries;
Begin by give a step-by-step history of each
Describe and analyze the art created during ancient times in meso-america. You can select a specific culture or examine the art created there, during that time period, as a whole. What mediums, colors, symbols, patterns, were used? What does the art tell us about the cultures' beliefs and behaviors. Please cite throughout.
The first section will deal with the broader ideas and issues explored on the course (fact vs fiction, imperialism etc)
The second part will ask you to discuss specific themes in particular films shown in the course ((slavery in Burn), (The Last Supper),(La Otra Conquista, Salvador Carrasco’s (1998) film),(Aguirre. Wrath of God, (1972) ),(Walker, a True Story (1987) )). You will have a few questions to choose from for each section (answering two essay questions total). You'll be expected to draw on course films,and readings in both sections.
