Assignment 1: The Great Depression (1929-1939)

Assignment 1: The Great Depression (1929-1939)

This assignment is a “think piece,” which is an essay that requires you to interact with a subject and develop your own interpretation based on that experience. After
your initial analysis of a specific topic, you should synthesize that with other outside research to support your ideas. You should use a minimum of two other
scholarly, peer-reviewed resources found in the APUS library.
Specifically, for this assignment we will use an interactive map of westward expansion from 1860 to 1890. You can access it at this URL:
http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/asset/akh10_int_expansion/ Once you have the map open, click on the boxes for Major Cities, Railroad Networks, Improved Agricultural
Land, and States and Territories. At the bottom of the map, you will notice the decades 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1890. Click on each of these decades in succession and
you will see the ways in which the country changed. The goal of this assignment is for you to interpret, synthesize, and analyze what you are seeing on the map. You
will make a well-organized argument, support that through research, and then write a conclusion for your findings.
Analysis is the process whereby the researcher separates something into its component parts. In an analytical essay, the writer examines a subject relative to its own
terms, and explains the problem by studying the individual parts. In contrast, synthesis requires that the researcher examine individual unrelated parts in an effort
to discover something new. A good essay will utilize both analysis and synthesis. Instead of examining the simple facts of a problem, the writer will go beyond the
obvious, making connections between different pieces of evidence to discover something new.

As an example, consider a modern map of the world illustrating the growth of the internet over the last thirty years. It demonstrates the new ways in which the world
is connected by facilitating the spread of ideas through instantaneous communication. Access to much of the information that once required us to physically travel to a
library is now accessible through a computer at home (or a mobile phone in your pocket). Social media has also given us the ability to discuss and debate ideas, not
only with our friends and family, but with people we may have never met. We all have the power to disseminate knowledge around the globe within a matter of seconds.

INSTRUCTIONS: This essay should be at least three double-spaced pages of text (Times New Roman, font size 12) and you must consult a minimum of two academically
credible sources. Bibliographies and citations can be in APA format. The short paper must include a cover page with your name, course number and course title,
instructor’s name, and date. You must also include a bibliography at the end of your paper.
Once you log on to the screen on the top of the page you will see a tab for LIBRARY. Click on it and it will take you to my APUS library. I will need two scholarly,
peer-reviewed resources found in the APUS library

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