Messiah College Early American History Discussion – Description
History lesson: Early American History
Mandatory Assignment: Self-Assessment
Each Self-Assessment needs to first indicate which two (or more) Assignments you are reviewing for the two week period. Your Assessment should be focused on the Skills you feel you have demonstrated throughout your two Assignments for that week. Each Skill should require a statement of at least 100-150 words to prove your usage of the Skill (for example, if you are seeking to acquire four Skills from the two Assignments that week then you will need a Self-Assessment that is at least 600 words).
If your Skills are adequate, but the Self-Assessment is lacking then you will receive an Incomplete for the Assignment, which means you must redo it until it meets the requirements.
Skills List
Research:
Primary source – find and use a Primary source
Secondary source – find and use a Secondary source
Scholarly source – find and use a Scholarly source
Source analysis – show proficiency in using sources
Argumentation:
Thesis statement – write an argumentative statement that contains a position (a stance you will defend in the essay) and a claim (justification for that stance)
Providing evidence – give evidence that supports the thesis statement in the form of a quotation and citation
Developing an argument – develop an argument around the thesis and the evidence
Critical Thinking:
Current events – apply a historical source or event to current events
Intersectionality – applying concepts of ethnicity, race, sex, gender and class to historical contexts
Pattern recognition – understanding historical and symbolic patterns
Historic bias and perspective – recognition of bias in all sources, including primary
Terms and concepts – using historical terms to explain content
Application of Knowledge:
Recall of history – ability to recall historical aspects from previous weeks and use them in their context
Historic understanding – use of events, people, or places in student’s work
Historic proficiency – understanding and use of historic content in a long form medium
Note: The two assignment I have completed for the last two weeks,
1. First week my assignment was (Short argumentative Essay “Native American and current US societies” from the book- The American Yawp chapter 1).
2. Second week my assignment was (Journal “The British Colonies in America” from the book- The American Yawp Chapter 4).
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