Module Five Project Draft Guidelines and Rubric

Overview

Your local community has decided to create a statue to commemorate an event. As part of this statue, a time capsule will be included, the contents of which will be opened in 50 years. You have been asked, as the community expert on the historical event related to this statue, to create a document that will be included as part of the time capsule that includes information about the event being commemorated. The people opening this time capsule in 50 years will then be able to reflect on your insight into the event as you have described it.

In this assignment, you will draft a background and historical narrative for the paper. This draft will include the Background of the Topic and Deconstructing the Historical Narrative sections. This assignment is a continuation of the work that youve already submitted in the previous modules. Be certain to review your instructors comments on those assignments to ensure that you are incorporating that feedback as you move forward towards the completion of the project.

The project consists of multiple draft assignments leading up to a final document. You will complete the following assignments:

• Module Two Topic Proposal: You will revise your work on this proposal to form Part One (Introduction) of your project.
• Module Three Collection of Sources: This assignment will inform multiple parts of your evaluation of sources for the project.
• Module Four Discussion: This assignment will provide a summary of your chosen project topic.
• Module Five Project Draft: You will revise your work on this draft to form Part Two (Background of the Topic) and Part Three (Deconstructing the Historical Narrative) of the project.
• Module Six Discussion: You will describe your personal experience with your chosen topic.
• Module Seven Project: You will submit your revised Parts One through Three along with Part Four (Changing the Narrative of History).

You will use the Project Template linked in the Supporting Materials section below to complete all drafts and the final document.

Directions

Use Part Two and Part Three of the Project Template linked in the Supporting Materials section below to draft the background and historical narrative of the paper. Note that you must adhere to this template in order to be eligible for full credit.

Specifically, you must address the following parts:

Part Two: Background of the Topic

In this section, you will examine the historical background of a particular narrative or discourse relevant to your topic, particularly voices or perspectives that have been overlooked or minimized. As you work on Part Two, keep in mind that your mission in the next section, Part Three, will be to deconstruct and critique the narrative.

1. Types of Sources: Describe the types of sources that were used to create the most common narrative surrounding the topic. You should address each of the following questions:
2. What types of media were used to broadcast information about the event as it was occurring?
3. What types of media were used to publicize the event after it had occurred?
4. Context: Describe the context of the sources you chose about your chosen topic. You should address each of the following questions:
5. Are they primary sources or secondhand interpretive accounts?
6. How is the content in the sources presented? Do the writers appear to take sides or simply give facts?
7. Components: Explain the components of the narrative of your topic. You should address each of the following questions:
8. How was the topic portrayed in media as it was unfolding?
9. How has media portrayed your topic at different points along the historical timeline since?
10. What information or perspectives could have been presented about your topic but were not?
11. Perspective: Apply a historical perspective to provide a context for your selected topic. You should address each of the following questions:
12. What other historical events were unfolding at the same time as your chosen topic?
13. What other sociocultural historical factors have an impact on how your topic is represented in your selected sources?
14. Validity: Determine the validity of the traditional historical narrative of the topic. You should address each of the following questions:
15. How does factual information about your topic affect how the historical narrative is portrayed? Do the facts reinforce the information highlighted in the narrative?
16. How has the narrative around your topic changed as new information has been discovered?

Part Three: Deconstructing the Historical Narrative

In Part Three, you will actively deconstruct the historical narrative concerning your topic and determine the overall validity of the narrative. Your objective here is to write a new narrative that provides a more holistic, inclusive version of history.

1. Credibility: Determine the credibility of the sources you selected for your chosen topic. You should address each of the following questions:
2. How do you determine credibility for the sources you chose?
3. Does it vary from source to source?
4. Bias: Describe potential bias in your selected sources for your chosen topic. You should address the following question:
5. How do an authors beliefs and agenda impact the information they present in their account?
6. Power Structures: Identify the power structures that influence the development of the historical narrative surrounding your chosen topic. You should address each of the following questions:
7. Who held the power in society when events related to your topic took place?
8. Who benefits from the traditional version of the story?
9. Variations: Explain why there are variations in the narrative of the event presented by your selected sources. You should address the following questions:
10. How do your selected sources present information about the topic in varied ways?
11. What information is presented in some sources but omitted in other sources?
12. Information Gaps: Explain why information gaps occur in the sources you selected for your chosen topic. You should address each of the following questions:
13. Why was information included or excluded about this topic in your selected sources? What purpose does this serve?
14. When new information about an event related to the topic came to light, was there any opportunity for your selected sources to include or correct excluded information in what they originally presented?

What to Submit

Your submission should be a 2- to 3-page Microsoft Word document with 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins. Use at least three sources from the Shapiro Library, remembering that one of them must be a primary source. Sources should be cited according to APA style both throughout and at the end of your draft.

Although Brightspace allows the addition of video notes in assignment submissions, you may not use the Video Note tool to complete this assignment.

Supporting Materials

The following resource supports your work on the project:

Template:

This template provides an outline for Parts One through Four of your paper.