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A combination of the right person at the right
time in history has powerful outcomes which can
be both inspiring and catastrophic as
illustrated by the lives of such figures as
George Washington, Winston Churchill, Abraham
Lincoln, Mahatma Gandhi, Rachel Carson, Cesar
Chavez, Jane Addams, or Idi Amin Dada andAdolf
Hitler.
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Where Is Your Right Person?
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NHD Categories

• Documentary
• Exhibit
• Paper (Please note The paper category is for
  individual students only.)
• Performance
• Web Site

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Writing Papers That Make Historical Arguments
Argument? Persuasion?
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• Argument

• Persuasion

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Sources

• Primary
• original material from the time of the topic
  under investigation. Often, these are accounts by
  someone who experienced the topic first-hand.

• Secondary
• analyze, interpret, and evaluate primary sources.
  The authors of these items provide a commentary
  about the events/people/concepts with the benefit
  of hindsight. Many times secondary sources are
  persuasive or argumentative in nature.

http//www.wcu.edu/1755.asp
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http//www.wcu.edu/1755.asp
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http//www.wcu.edu/1755.asp
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Ebscohost search.epnet.com
bhs
pioneers
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del.icio.us
See mine!
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del.icio.us
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Lets get buzzzy!

• Assignment
• Who Is Your Right Person?

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Lets get buzzzy!

• Assignment
• Due
• One article each week on an individual.
• Articles may be about the same person once you
  have chosen your topic.
• Include an annotated bibliography. (MLA format)