HIS 110 WEEK 6 QUESTIONS

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HIS 110 – Week 6-  ASSIGNMENT

 

Research question: What lessons from African Americans’ struggles for equality in the past can help inform current and future civil rights issues?

STEP 1

Primary Source 1: Martin Luther King, Jr. August 28, 1963. “I Have a Dream,” Address Delivered at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. http://libdatab.strayer.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bwh&AN=426216.20130121&site=eds-live&scope=site

Primary Source 2: Malcolm X. April 3, 1964. The Ballot or the Bullet. http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/speeches/malcolm_x_ballot.html

 

 

 

  1. What have you learned from your PRIMARY sources about how these challenges were addressed by society or how these changes affected society?

 

  1. What have you learned from your PRIMARY sources about the historical challenges or social changes that relate to your research question?

 

  1. How does the information you learned from your PRIMARY sources connect to the current issues mentioned in your research question?

 

STEP 2

Secondary Source 1: Gilda Graff. 2016. Post Civil War African American History: Brief Periods of Triumph, and Then Despair. http://libdatab.strayer.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=113759423&site=eds-live&scope=site

Secondary Source 2: Cheryl Bond-Nelms. February 9, 2018. Boycotts, Movements, and Marches. https://www.aarp.org/politics-society/history/info-2018/civil-rights-events-fd.html

 

 

  1. What are some pieces of evidence (like facts or examples) from your SECONDARY sources that support what you’ve learned from your primary sources?

 

  1. What evidence (like facts, data, or examples) is missing from your SECONDARY sources—what else would you still like to learn about your topic that these sources didn’t tell you?

 

 

STEP 3: APPLICATION

Remember, the Application step is about finding connections. Your four sources are listed below, and it’s time to think about your group of sources as a whole. What information do they agree on? Do they contradict one another? Can you corroborate facts from one source by confirming those facts in another source

  1. Gilda Graff. 2016. Post Civil War African American History: Brief Periods of Triumph, and Then Despair. http://libdatab.strayer.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=113759423&site=eds-live&scope=site
  2. Cheryl Bond-Nelms. February 9, 2018. Boycotts, Movements, and Marches. https://www.aarp.org/politics-society/history/info-2018/civil-rights-events-fd.html
  3. Martin Luther King, Jr. August 28, 1963. “I Have a Dream,” Address Delivered at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. http://libdatab.strayer.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bwh&AN=426216.20130121&site=eds-live&scope=site
  4. Malcolm X. April 3, 1964. The Ballot or the Bullet. http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/speeches/malcolm_x_ballot.html

 

 

 

  1. What connections or similarities do you see among your sources? Consider aspects like their time period, the type of information they contain, and the perspective they offer on events.

 

  1. What discrepancies or differences do you see among your sources? Think critically. Are their perspectives different? Do they offer different explanations about how or why something happened? Do any of your sources disagree with each other?

 

STEP 4

Apply the fourth step of the critical thinking process to guide your investigation of the research question.

Remember, the Analysis step of the critical thinking process is about taking a closer look at your evidence, or the information that helps you answer your research question. Think about which pieces of evidence will support your argument, and what difficulties you’ve experienced as you’ve been trying to use the information from your sources. Be honest with yourself at this stage about which pieces of evidence are weaker or not connected closely to your research question. This process will help you improve your argument.

 

  1. In your own words, describe your strongest evidence. Which pieces of information from your sources are most helpful for answering your research question? Explain why and how that information is most helpful.

 

  1. In your own words, describe your weakest evidence. Which pieces of information from your sources don’t connect as easily to your research question? Be sure to explain your answer.

 

  1. What has been difficult about using these sources to answer your research question?

 

STEP 5 – Apply the fifth step of the critical thinking process to complete your investigation of the research question.

 

You’ll start with 2–3 sentences that provide background information. Then you’ll end with a thesis statement that answers your research question with a claim and mentions your main pieces of supporting evidence.