PRIMARY DOCUMENT ASSIGNMENT
This assignment requires you to analyze primary source documents related to US alcohol and drug history. You can choose any primary source document(s) you like. The source can be an advertisment, newspaper or magazine article(s), a physical artifact, comic, or something else. It must be a primary source, meaning that it was produced during the time period you’re examining. So, for instance, if you’re interested in LSD during the 1960s, you should choose a source/document created during the 1960s. The idea is to analyze the source intensively, and show how it provides insight into alcohol and drugs history.
Once you have selected a primary source, follow this procedure:
1. Describe the source: When and where was it created? Who created it? Can you tell what the author’s or artist’s intentions were? The intended audience? What is the content of the source?
2. Contextualize the source: What was happening in US society at the time this source was produced? What larger issues or groups does it address? What background information does one need to situate this source in the chronological period from which it came?
3 Analyze the source: What does this source tell you about the issue or question you’re considering? What assumptions does the author or artist make? What does the source reveal, and what does it obscure? Is it biased, and how so? Does it reveal things that the author or artist might not have intended?
4. Use a Secondary Source: Find at least one secondary source (a scholarly book or article) relevant to your topic, and cite it in your paper, quoting from it to demonstrate how it relates to the source you’re analyzing. Use Chicago Citation Style: Historians use Chicago or Turabian style for footnotes and endnotes. In this case use it for footnotes.
Once you have followed these steps, write a 3-page, approximately 750 word (12 point type, double-spaced, 1 inch margins) analysis of your source. Once you have followed these steps, write a 3-page, approximately 750 word (12 point type, double-spaced, 1 inch margins) analysis of your source.
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