History 498
Devine
FIRST
PAPER ASSIGNMENT (OPTION #1)
This essay is due Monday, October 18th
by 11:59 pm. You may email your
paper to me as an attachment, turn it in to the History Department office
(Sierra Tower 610), or hand it to me in person. I recommend against slipping it
under my office door. If you choose not
to do this paper, Option #2 will be due Monday, November 22nd. If
you do both papers, I will take the higher grade of the two.
Essays must be at least FOUR FULL PAGES and no
more than six full pages. They should be typed in 12-point font
and double-spaced with one-inch margins all around. If you are quoting directly
from a source, cite the author and page number in parentheses within the body
of the text, i.e. (Shogan, 47). All direct quotes MUST be in quotation
marks and must be cited. Paraphrases of ideas drawn from the reading MUST
also be cited. Please number your pages and give your essay an
appropriate title (clever titles involving puns are always welcome). If you have any questions or are in any way
unsure about what the questions are asking, be sure to speak with me via email
or in person.
Choose ONE (1) of the following essay
questions:
[“Factors” might include technological developments (airplanes, photography, radio, television), changes in voter attitudes about what a “good” candidate is or what is “appropriate” behavior for a candidate, changes in the importance of political parties and their role in a campaign, the emergence of presidential “handlers” and campaign advertising, or the evolution of the United States as a world power.]