General gardenies FICHE 1. Spellcheck and proofread for errors and clarity. 2. Your essay should be the equivalent of 3-4 pages. Your summary of the articles should equate to about 1

page, the analytical questions should comprise the bulk of this assignment. 3. If you directly quote from your articles or use specific/unique data in your essay, you MUST cite it! (Use the MLA method of in-text parenthetical citation; if you don't know what this is, it's suggested you go to https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ (Links to an external site.) to help you format this correctly). 4. You will submit this via Canvas; Turnitin.com is embedded in Canvas (do NOT go directly to Turnitin.com). Any work plagiarized will cost you the entire score for this assignment. 5. Clearly indicate which point (you can number these if you wish) you are discussing 6. Plagiarize will earn a grade of '0' Content Directions for Primary Source Essay: This assignment requires you to complete the following summary and analysis. Format of this assignment: 1. On the top of the first page, your name, your class, the date turned in, which Primary Source Essay (#1, #2) you are completing, and the title of the articles you read (italicize each title; do not underline these, or put them into quotation marks). 2. Your summary of the articles: in other words, the basic narrative. This should be no more than one. page. 3. What is each author's POV ('point of view': the author's idea to convey to the reader, such as a political or social message)? 4. Compare and contrast what the articles have in common. (Note: some articles may have much in common...or not; however, all articles chosen by the instructor for this assignment do have some similarities and differences.) 5. How did these articles relate to the course content for US History since 1876?