Your assignment is to find a web resource about one of the topics in our readings and films this week and then write a short essay about it. You will post your short essay for your professor and classmates to read in our weekly discussion board. In a way, you are playing two roles this week. You are a student learning more about a topic, and you are a teacher telling us about that topic. Obviously, you will need to pick a solid web resource with quite a bit of information in order to write a FIVE-paragraph essay about it. Choose wisely. Don’t just pick from the first ones that pop up on a search. Browse a bit, find one with substance. This is a discussion post that require 3 replies to peers.
A subject line, an APA-formatted reference of the article, and five separate paragraphs. A subject line that describes your new thread. The APA-formatted reference for your web resource. An introductory paragraph, including a thesis statement. Three main paragraphs, each with an important point and supporting details/evidence/examples. A concluding paragraph. Developing an American Identity 1800-1848, Khan Academy, YouTube (7:20 minutes) From 1800 to 1848, the United States grew tremendously as a country, adding new territory and building national connections of business and transportation. But just twelve years later, the Civil War erupted! In this period, was the United States developing a unified national identity or a divided regional identity https://youtu.be/VQ-xQ9B-0ss
