Declaration of Independence

Declaration of Independence

Description:

For this assignment, you need to visit the https://www-docsteach-org site- Historians
typically use two types of materials, secondary souce, and primary souce
documents- Secondary souces are typically books and articles written on a particular
historical event, well after the fact- Primary souce documents are usually generated
by first-hand participants. Good historians rely heavily on original materials created at
the time of the event- For this reason, historians spend a good deal of time at the
archives- There are many types of archives, but by far, the largest in the United
States, is the National Archives in Washington, DC.

The National Archives contains more than 10 billion documents, and they have
collected thousands of those in the National Archives DOCSTeach site- After you have
opened the above link, click on “Menu” on the upper left, and then “Documents-” In
the “Keyword” box type in the subject you wish to research-

After you images have appeared, you need to select five (5) of them that are relevant
to you topic- In the upper right hand corner, just above you image, there is an icon to
save that image- You will also note that below each image there is some information
about that document as well as full citation-

Paper must be double-spaced (Fumes New Roman, font size 12)- Paper should include
a thesis statement, and a narrative and conclusion that defends that argument-