How to write a historical context paper

Historical Context And Introduction Submission- 414

Instructions
Finalize your previous work from Progress Checks 1 and 2 for Project 2: Historical Context and Introduction in a single Word document file. Submit the complete document here for instructor feedback.
To complete this assignment, review the Project 2 Historical Context and Introduction Guidelines and Rubric document.

Overview

“If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.”

Your second project in this course is to complete a historical context and introduction project. The work you did on the Topic Exploration Worksheet in Theme 1 will directly support your work on this project as well as your third longer term project—the multimedia presentation—due in Theme 4.

One of the prime benefits of studying history is that it allows us to learn about who we are and where we came from. The people and events of the past can often shed light on the conditions and social norms of the present. Having historical awareness can inform various aspects of your life as well as future aspirations. Learning from past failures and successes can shape ideals and values for years to come.

This is your second longer-term project designed to help you understand the fundamental processes and value of studying history. In the first project, you completed the Topic Exploration Worksheet on one of the topics or themes from the library guide. You investigated the types of research you might need to do to learn more about the topic and developed research questions. In Project 2, you will use your completed Topic Exploration Worksheet to explore the historical context and develop an introduction. You will choose one of your research questions and do some secondary source research, speculate on primary source needs, and use the information to write the introduction and thesis statement for a possible research paper. (You will not write the entire paper— only the introduction.) In the third project, you will create a multimedia presentation that explores both major developments in historical inquiry and the value of examining history.

This research plan and introduction assignment will assess the following course outcome, which you focused on throughout Theme 3:

 Determine fundamental approaches to studying history in addressing questions about how events are shaped by their larger historical context

Prompt

In this project, you will write the introductory paragraph of a history paper based on one of the questions you identified in your topic exploration worksheet. To do this, however, you must first find out a bit more information about your topic and draft a research plan. This will allow you to transform your question about your topic into a thesis statement, as well as give you the background information you will need to craft an interesting introductory paragraph. You will not write the entire paper, just the introduction to the paper that concludes with a thesis statement. The following critical elements will be assessed in a Word document that combines both your research plan (Critical Elements I and II) and your introduction (Critical Element III).

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

Write your introduction.

Write your introduction. Be sure to incorporate your background information and to conclude with your research question.

Based on your primary and secondary source research, turn your research question into a thesis statement that addresses your topic and how it
has been influenced by its historical context.

Use primary and secondary sources that address the historical context of your topics to respond to the following critical elements. Be sure to cite your information using the most recent version of APA guidelines. Based on the sources you have selected, address the following questions:

Summarize the topic using primary and secondary sources. In other words, what was going on in the world/area/society around the event?

Discuss how the historical context impacted the topic. For instance, what was happening in the world/area/society around the event that
impacted how it occurred?

Project 2 Rubric

Guidelines for Submission: Your historical context and introduction should be 3 to 5 pages in length. Use double spacing, one-inch margins, and 12-point Times

New Roman font. Use the most current version of APA style. You will use the Historical Context and Introduction Template to complete this assignment.

My research is based on the South Africa apartheid. The apartheid and the racial resolution were more of the same. This is because the racial discrimination/isolation that was a major problem in the United States and the same thing happened in South Africa. Nelson Mandela fought so hard to get rid of the apartheid. During the apartheid there were so many massacres on African people (Clark, 2016).

When other countries in Africa hard about apartheid, and they swore to aid freedom for the people of South Africa so that they can end it. Most of these aids were freedom movements that wanted to help end apartheid. South Africa had a lot of resistant movement. Since it was more racial isolation Africans joined hands and that when Africa national congress was formed (Saye and Badroodein, 2017).

All this was also experienced in the United States and that is the reason why king martin Luther tried to adapt what Nelson Mandela did. The movements were mainly for the black elite. The movements was to allow the Africans in South Africa be given education and have the rights. The ANC tried to find help in the London so that they can offer plead and offer deals for the South African blacks (Clarks, 2016).

In summary, apartheid days in South Africa were brutal and it was more of a racial discrimination and isolation. Other African countries tried helping South Africa by forming resistant groups to fight against the apartheid. Both Mandela and Martin Luther tried to fight for the black elite so that they can have black elite. All they wanted is to be treated equal and be given equal opportunities like education and rights. Finally, ANC decided to find help from London to make a deal with the South African leaders.

Reference

Clark, N.L., Worger, W.H., Clark, N.L. and Worger, W.H., 2016. South Africa: The rise and fall of apartheid. Routledge.

Sayed, Y. and Badroodien, A., 2017. The Mandela Legacy: Examined through the Shaping of Teacher and Teacher Education Policy in the Immediate Post-Apartheid South Africa Period (1994–1999). In Nelson Mandela (pp. 137-150). Brill Sense.