For your Essay 1 submission, please select one (1) of the Reading Options below. Then select the corresponding Writing Prompt to formulate your essay on. At the beginning of your essay, be sure to identify the reading upon which your essay is based. Your Essay should be between 2-3 pages; please keep the essay to no more than 3 pages. Format: MLA, or, APA, Doubled-spaced, typed, the font in Times New Roman or Arial, size 12. 1-inch margins all around. Written work for this course is to be submitted only in either Microsoft Word (.doc) or Rich Text Format (.rtf). Be very detailed and specific in writing your essay and be sure to follow all writing guidelines and conventions established in this course.

Reading is a significant part of any historical project. Students selecting an essay topic are also encouraged to use an additional source or two to enhance the experience. Please do not cite the textbook and online reference sources Wikipedia and Britannica, Infoplease, Sparknotes, Answers.com, Ask.com, et cetera. Make use of the online readings posted on the Calendar, supplemental materials posted in the session folders, or journal articles, government documents, newspapers, magazines, and books available through Ivy Tech Library’s Discover! Links to an external site.or print sources at your local library.

Essay No. 1 - Reading Option 1:

2-Reading(s) - The Battle of Little Bighorn: An Eyewitness Account by the Lakota Chief Red Horse and The Battle of Little Big Horn, 1876

Writing Prompt - What are the differences in the two accounts of the Battle of Little Big Horn? What conclusions can you make from the different ways of presenting the same event?

Essay No. 1 - Reading Option 2:

1-Reading(s) - 1) Streetcar Suburbs: The Process of Growth in Boston, 1870 - 1900

Writing Prompt - Describe how the city of Boston and the people living there changed between 1850 and 1900?

Essay No. 1 - Reading Option 3:

2-Reading(s) - The Wizard of Oz: A Parable on Populism and The Fable of the Allegory The Wizard of OZ in Economics

Writing Prompt - After reading both articles describe the parody that L. Frank Baum supposedly meant the "Wonderful Wizard of OZ" to portray. Do you find the assertion of the allegory persuasive or is the connection between the "Wonderful Wizard of OZ" and the economic situation at the turn of the century itself a fable as the Hansen article asserts?

Essay No. 1 - Reading Option 4:

1-Reading(s) - 3) Signs of Friction a Portrait of America at Century’s End from A Fierce Discontent

Writing Prompt - Compare and Contrast the lives of the wealthy "10" and the lives of those who made up the working and farming classes of America. How do the ideas of "individualism" and "mutualism" help to define the differences between the various classes? Were farm families more like the wealthy "10" of the urban working families?