Historical Project: Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum

Historical Project: Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum
This project is on a North Carolina historical site (state or federal site, museum exhibit, interpretive center, exhibit, etc.) to visit online (via the official website) and relate its significance to NC

– (3) full pages, (not counting the title/cover page or Works Cited/Bibliography page),
-12-point standard font, double-spaced with standard margins.

-Provide critical analysis of the website

-Sources should include at least one primary source (first-hand testimony or direct evidence created by witnesses or recorders who experienced the documented event—can include autobiographies, letters, memoirs, and also oral histories later created) and four secondary sources (creator/author did not experience the event first-hand—includes most books written on the topic years later).

-Include introduction, main body of text, and conclusion in a narrative format (NO HEADINGS OR
subtitles. NO block quotes (in fact, only quote if it is short and memorable). BE SURE to PLACE the site into historical context.

-Answer how this site shaped North Carolina’s history. Stay within the context of the time. AVOID “what if” history (ie. If we didn’t win the battle, we wouldn’t be the great nation we are today.” Instead, focus on what were the direct or indirect consequences of the event.

-Include in narrative format (use NO subtitle headings) an introduction, main body of text (include your historical research, detailed description of how the website presents its interpretation, critical analysis of the site’s historical interpretation, and conclusion.

-YOU MUST USE PARENTHETICAL REFERENCES (MLA) CITING YOUR SOURCES IN THE TEXT OF YOUR PAPER.

-BE SURE to PLACE the site in its historic context.
a. Consider how this site’s event/person significantly shaped the history of North Carolina. Focus on issues of race, class, gender, and community in your outside research and critique.

b. FIRST, provide a well-researched background history about the site/event/person using your
outside research sources.
c. Second, describe the history presented by the official website for the historic site. Ask
yourself: What categories does it take the visitor through? Include how the site addresses any race, gender, class, or community issues at the time of the event or during the time of its historic importance concerning the history of your topic/place.
d. Third, how and when did the site become a preserved site or public history site? What person or groups was/were instrumental in making this happen?
e. Fourth, conclude with a critical analysis of the official website’s interpretation of its history to viewers. Does it inadequately cover or ignore important parts of the history? What could it do better, especially covering issues of race, gender, class, or community in regard to your specific chosen topic/place?

-Works Cited page (MLA). To avoid point deductions, do not use Wikipedia or other such online sources like encyclopedias. Use books, journal articles, academic articles.