Your Final Project is an opportunity for you to synthesize and apply what you’ve learned throughout the course. Using the research you did for Milestone 4 (Parts A&B) on the same global historical event, you will write a paper and prepare a presentation.
Fall of the Berlin Wall (Germany, 1989)
Delivery
Using your research and findings from your work on Milestone 4 (Parts A&B), you will:
write a 5-7 page paper (plus bibliography)
submit your source list and notes
Instructions
Using the same historical event in world history you selected and researched for Milestone 4:
Write a 5-7page paper synthesizing your research with in-text citations
Use the Outline below as a guide.
Submit a source list (bibliography) and your research notes.
Written Paper Requirements
Length: must be 5-7 pages, 12-point font in Times New Roman (does not include bibliography)
Structure: Use the outline below as a guide.
Source Requirements: You must use at least 1 primary source and at least 4 secondary sources.
Primary source (1+ required)– something made at the time of the event you’re studying Examples: Interview someone you know who experienced the historical event directly, a diary, government documents, oral histories, newspapers, map, photograph, artwork.
Secondary Sources (4+ required) – something made after the event that explains or describes it. Examples: books, articles, chapters from books, websites, encyclopedias, maps, documentary films.
Citations: In-text citations and source list (bibliography) formatted in APA
Delivery: Upload your paper to D2L by its due date.
Outline Guide for the Written Paper
Description
Describe the historical event and briefly introduce where and when it happened and who was involved.
Guiding Questions:
Where was it?
What was it?
When did it happen?
Who was involved (individuals, groups, anyone outside of the physical place?)
Causes
Describe the long-term, mid-term, and/or short-term causes of the historical event. If you’re able to determine the final triggering event.
Guiding Questions:
Why did it happen?
What ideas influenced it?
What communities (individuals, groups, governments, etc.) were involved?
What were people hoping (if they had an influence in the event) the event might bring about?
What else was happening in the world at that time to bring about this historical event?
Impacts
Write about the historical event’s impact on ONE of the three frames/themes used in class that you select.
Guiding Questions:
What were the characteristics (i.e., how did they function) of the ONE frame you selected (Networks, Communities, OR Production & Distribution) before the historical event? For example, how did this civilization trade goods before the historical event? Be descriptive about how people experienced these frames/themes and examine the ways in which different groups based on race, class, ethnicity, labor role/job, gender identity, etc. may have experienced them differently.
Did the historical event change Networks, Communities, or Production & Distribution?
If yes, what specifically changed? How did they change (what factors contributed)? How did those changes affect people living at that time?
If no, why not? Was there something about the historical event that ensured continuity in aspects of this frame/theme?
Legacies
Research and describe how the historical event is remembered and the impact it has on contemporary (today’s) society that lives in the space where it happened. Cite your sources.
Guiding Questions:
How, if at all, did the historical event affect the ways in which people live today?
What is something you can trace that exists today because of the historical event?
How do people today talk about or consider the historical event you researched?
Are there memorials, holidays, artworks, etc., about the historical event? If yes, what are they?
Is the historical event considered a positive or negative event? Why?
- Source List (Bibliography)
- Create a complete source list (bibliography) with your sources formatted in APA.