History 305
Devine
Fall 2006
Essay Assignment #1
(Option B)
This
essay is due Friday 24 November by 11:59 pm. You may email
your essay to me as an attachment, turn it in to the History Department office
(Sierra Tower 610) during business hours, or hand it to me in person.
I
prefer you email me the paper since this is the best
way to ensure that your paper does not get lost. When emailing, send a copy to yourself on the
“cc” line. If you receive the email, it’s likely I did as well. I will send you
a confirmation email when I receive your paper, however,
it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY (and not
the email server’s) that I get it.
(“But I sent it to you – didn’t you get it?” will not be a
legitimate excuse for a late paper.)
How Long?
To
meet the minimum standard,
you must write a 1500-word essay. This translates to about four FULL pages.
Five pages is a respectable length. Please do not go more than six full pages.
Format?
• Typed,
double-spaced, 12-point font with one-inch margins all around. Margins can be set by using the “File” menu
in MS Word and choosing “Page set up.”
• Please number your
pages (use the “Insert” menu on MS Word and choose “Page numbers…”)
• Give your essay a
title that reflects what the paper is about. (Something more revealing than
“Essay #1”) Clever titles will be duly noted.
How to cite?
If
you are quoting directly from a source, cite the author and page number in
parentheses within the body of the text, i.e. (Voinovich, 47). All direct
quotes from sources MUST be in quotation marks and must be cited. Paraphrases
of ideas drawn from sources MUST also be cited.
If
you have any questions or are in any way unsure about what you are being asked
to do, be sure to speak with me or one of the teaching assistants via email or
in person.
Choose ONE (1) of the
following five questions:
(In mulling over how to answer
this question, you should begin by considering how the two countries differ –
in their political and economic systems; in their ideological commitments; and
in their attitudes about the role popular culture should play in society. Then
you should consider how these differences shaped the filmmaking process.)
(In preparing your argument in
support of one side or the other, you may want to read for yourself the primary
documents I read out loud in class. They
are available HERE in
their entirety. As part of the same web site, there is also a helpful article
on the film Mission to Moscow
available HERE.)