Part 1

Overview: The short response activities in the webtext throughout this course are designed to show your understanding of key concepts as you engage withcourse content.

Approaches to History, learning block 1-4 (page 4) in the webtext, before exporting to Word for submission to your instructor in the learning environment.Module One: Approaches to History, Learning Block 1-2 (page 3):

? Question 1: In the following scenario, which historical lens is being applied? Why do you think so? The influx of unskilled Irish immigrants into New YorkCity in the 1840s and early 1850s drives down wages for other workers at the low end of the salary ladder.

? Question 2: In the following scenario, which historical lens is being applied? Why do you think so? In 1908, Aram Pothier, an immigrant from Quebec, iselected governor of Rhode Island with strong support from the Québécois community.

? Question 3: In the following scenario, which historical lens is being applied? Why do you think so? Irish immigrants and first-generation Irish-Americanscome to dominate the hierarchy of the American Catholic Church in the late nineteenth century.

? Question 4: In the following scenario, which historical lens is being applied? Why do you think so? Immigration to the United States comes to be seen asa “rite of passage” for young Québécois women in the early twentieth century.Module One: Approaches to History, Learning Block 1-3 (page 4):

? Question 5: If you had to write a paper on the Lincoln assassination, what would you like to know more about? Create three research questions thatwould be appropriate for a historical analysis essay, keeping in mind the characteristics of a critical research question. The three questions can berelated, or they can address different aspects of the topic.

? Question 6: If you had to write a paper on Title IX, what would you like to know more about? Create three research questions that would be appropriatefor a historical analysis essay, keeping in mind the characteristics of a critical research question. The three questions can be related, or they can addressdifferent aspects of the topic.Module One: Approaches to History, Learning Block 1-4 (page 3):

? Question 7: Write a research question that addresses the Irish immigrant experience through the lens of political history.? Question 8: Write a research question that addresses the Irish immigrant experience through the lens of economic history

Part 2

Prompt: Module

1: Approaches to History has introduced you to how historians approach choosing research topics regarding historical events and askingresearch questions about those topics. After taking some time to explore the research topic samples in Module One: Approaches to History, learning block 1-3(page 3) in the webtext, and research questions strategies in Module One: Approaches to History, learning block 1-3 (page 2) in the webtext, describe ahistorical event you have chosen to learn more about and develop a research question related to that event. Your event (topic) must be an event in AmericanHistory. You may choose a topic that is related to any of the case studies contained in this course, or you may choose your own topic, with the approval of yourinstructor.

Specifically, in this assignment, you will submit parts of the following elements of your

Project 1: Writing Plan for review by your instructor:In Module One: Approaches to History, learning block 1-3 (page 3), you worked toward the following element:

I. Briefly describe the historical event that you selected. Why is this event significant?In Module One: Approaches to History, learning block 1-3 (page 3), you worked toward the following element:

II. Based on your review of primary and secondary sources, develop a research question related to the historical event you selected. In other words, whatwould you like to know more about?