Instructions
After presenting on your chosen author or text (this can be any author or text in Unit 3 “Revolutionary Period” in the textbook). Then choose a theme that the author or text presents.
For instance a good thesis would be: Benjamin Franklin presented the theme of _____ in his text ________ through his use of ____, and ___.
Various themes we discussed in class and I presented on in the lecture are great themes to focus on but you should not be limited by these as well.
Then explore and support the thesis using outside sources and the primary sources.
Conclude explaining the influence this author/text has upon American culture.
700-1000 word count (not including the MLA works cited page.
This text/author can be the same as the one you presented on and you may use the research you also used in the presentation.
You will be graded on the following:
MLA format
use of at least 3 outside sources
thesis
support (examples/key quotes) you use
ways in which you EXPLAIN your examples
how you address the connections and influence this author/text continues to have within American culture.
*****I provided the sources again that were used in the annotated bibliography