Writing Homework Help

Using the National Archives worksheet as a guide, analyze ONE of the following primary documents in 250-500 words. If you choose the city directory, you will consider the two images.

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“A Home for Nurses.” Boston Daily Advertiser, 15 Sept. 1885, 2.

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Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

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Kenosha, Wisconsin, City Directory, 1916. Ancestry.com. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

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The above listing will become the top of our analysis, followed on the next line: Analyzed by Your Name.

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Write your analysis in a Word Document (or saved as PDF, if you use another word processing program) and upload it to Brightspace. Each section of the analysis worksheet should be turned into a fully formed paragraph. Be specific with your answers.

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Analyses Formatting:

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• Times New Roman font, size 12.
• Double spaced
• 1-inch margins
• Follow the rules of proper grammar
• Do not use contractions.
• Do not use slang, idioms, or clichés.

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The body of your analysis should consider the questions asked by the National Archives worksheet, and should have:

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• A brief introduction to the analysis and its purpose
• Provide specific details about the description of the document and what you know about it from observing it.
• Discuss what you learned and what questions it prompts in you, but do not use phrases like, “I learned ….”
• Suggest the historical context of this document.
• Lastly, your conclusion should include one peer-reviewed secondary source that you identified by using the PNW library databases to learn more about this topic.