Writing Homework Help

Primary Source Analysis (ASSIGNMENT 4 OF 4)

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Each student must complete a total of 3 primary source analyses for the entire semester. These could be submitted at the end of any 3 weeks starting on Week 2 and ending Week 9. Which three weeks students select to submit their required PSA is up to the student (however, they must be submitted between weeks 2 and 9, and one per week until you have submitted your required three PSAs). The primary sources students analyze CAN be the primary sources I require you to read within the weekly modules and in Perusall. If students desire to examine other primary sources, please visit these primary source digital archives on my website (http://www.josuerey.com/#!digitalarchives/cee5) and/or visit the MTSU library (http://library.mtsu.edu/libdata/rqs.phtml?subject_id=30) – scroll down to “Digital Collections.”

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Guidelines for Primary Analyses

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The primary source analyses (PSA) should be at least 200-300 words (that is, roughly 1/2-1 page if you have 1” margins, 12 font, Times New Roman, and double-spaced). Each student must complete 3 primary source analyses in the course of the semester. Students can choose any three weeks between weeks 2 and 9 to submit their three required PSAs. One PSA must be submitted per week, therefore students must select three weeks out of the eight (between week 2 and 9) to submit and complete the PSA assignment requirement. Again, which three weeks out of the eight a student completes and submits their three primary source analyses is up to the individual. Students can choose any three weeks between Week 2 and Week 9 and I allow students to upload only one primary source analysis per week. 

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What do you do in a primary source analysis?

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Glad you asked. Each primary source analysis should explain to the reader for example: 

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1) Who was the author[s], date and/or origins of the primary source?

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2) To whom was document directed? 

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3) What was the main idea and/or argument of the primary source?

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4) What was its political, religious, and/or social message? 

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5) How does it relate to the era it originated or what does it teach us about the society where it originated?

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