Category: History

  • Main Idea Paper Spell

    Main Idea Paper

    Attached Files (PDF/DOCX): 1302 Main Idea paper Spring 26 MCC (1).docx

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  • Europe Age of Reformation

    Make your argument and your writing clear and to be sure that you support your claims with evidence from our readings, discussion, or from the lectures. Use a parenthetical reference form, i.e.: (Lindberg, p. 22) . You need not use any outside sources for this paper. Remember: Use names and dates, and DON’T DESCRIBE; ANALYZE-X

    The Christianity of medieval Europe was quite different from the one Luther ended up refashioning.

    The vast difference could be summed up in the following way: for Luther “salvation is no longer the goal of life but rather its foundation.”

    Explain: what this passage means to someone who does not know what the Reformation is. Please use ample examples from your reading to show how this contrast can be understood. How did Luther make these differences clear?

    Can ONLY use the following Readings:

    1. The European Reformations ISBN: 9781119640745: Lindberg, Chapter 1-7 & 10 & 12. –> unable to attach
    2. Erasmus, On the Free Will. –> ATTACHED
    3. Luther On the Enslaved Will. –> ATTACHED

    ATTACHED: please be carful not all the reading attached under the file “Reformation Europe reads.pdf” are useful, these first pages are the ONLY ones listed above all other are not allowed to be used on the paper.

    might be the only pages:

    Erasmus, On Free Will 1~6

    Luther, On the Enslaved Will 7~16

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  • Forum Ecclesiology

    The following is an excerpt from Eliot’s “Choruses from the Rock.” Eliot, an Anglican, uses imagery here to describe the work of the Church from the rebuilding of Jerusalem and the Temple after the Jews returned from their exile (seen in Biblical books like Nehemiah, Ezra, Haggai, and Zechariah).

    He stresses our need for genuine community and how even an anchorite – “one who separates himself from the world in order to give [themselves] more completely to prayer and penance” [i.e., even a religious hermit who lives a solitary life of prayer] – is united to the Church. He contrasts the Church with the individualistic direction of modern society, and reflects on the Church’s simultaneous holiness and human sinfulness.

    Of all that was done in the past, you eat the fruit, either rotten or ripe.
    And the Church must be forever building, and always decaying, and always being restored.
    For every ill deed in the past we suffer the consequence:
    For sloth, for avarice, gluttony, neglect of the Word of GOD,
    For pride, for lechery, treachery, for every act of sin.
    And of all that was done that was good, you have the inheritance.
    For good and ill deeds belong to a man alone, when he stands alone on the other side of death,
    But here upon earth you have the reward of the good and ill that was done by those who have gone before you.
    And all that is ill you may repair if you walk together in humble repentance, expiating the sins of your fathers;
    And all that was good you must fight to keep with hearts as devoted as those of your fathers who fought to gain it.
    The Church must be forever building, for it is forever decaying within and attacked from without;
    For this is the law of life; and you must remember that while there is time of prosperity
    The people will neglect the Temple, and in time of adversity they will decry it.

    What life have you if you have not life together?
    There is no life that is not in community,
    And no community not lived in praise of GOD.
    Even the anchorite who meditates alone,
    For whom the days and nights repeat the praise of GOD,
    Prays for the Church, the Body of Christ incarnate.
    And now you live dispersed on ribbon roads,
    And no man knows or cares who is his neighbour
    Unless his neighbour makes too much disturbance,
    But all dash to and fro in motor cars,
    Familiar with the roads and settled nowhere.
    Nor does the family even move about together,
    But every son would have his motor cycle,
    And daughters ride away on casual pillions.

    Much to cast down, much to build, much to restore;
    Let the work not delay, time and the arm not waste;
    Let the clay be dug from the pit, let the saw cut the stone,
    Let the fire not be quenched in the forge.

    Requirements:

  • Finding a Post-Soviet Identity and Foreign Policy Direction…

    • 400-word writeup that summarizes, analyzes, and highlights important elements from the assigned materials and lecture. Writeup assignments must reflect comprehension of assigned materials/lecture in order to receive full credit. Please make sure to cite all assigned materials.
    • When citing materials for writeup assignments students must use APA or Chicago format. Writeup assignments should be completed in 12 point Times New Roman font (or similar font)

    Sources

    • Chapter 24 Moscows Foreign Policy 1945-2000: Identities, Institutions, and Interests (Cambridge History of Russia Vol III) PAGES 39-44
  • US History

    Please read the lecture and answer the questions.

    Attached Files (PDF/DOCX): Lecture.pdf, Lecture.pdf, Untitled document.pdf

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  • Unit 3 Midterm Assignment

    Unit 3 Research Project: Who Holds Power? Source Detective in Early America – Due

    Feb 22, 2026 11:59 PM

    U S History I Section 1LG Spring 2026 CO

    This assignment assesses LO Groups 1, 2 and 5.

    Purpose (Why We’re Doing This)

    When the United States won independence, the revolutionaries faced a question they had never answered: Who should hold power and how should that power be limited?

    The Articles of Confederation, the U.S. Constitution, the Federalist Papers, and various Anti-Federalist writings all represent radically different answers to that question.

    In this assignment, youll step into the role of a historian and examine these documents without being told who wrote them, using textual clues to infer their perspective on power and authority just as historians do when working with unfamiliar sources.

    Task (What To Do)

    You will complete the assignment in three parts:

    Part 1: Analyze Anonymous Sources (Source Detective Work)

    • You will receive 4 short primary source excerpts drawn from the following:
    1. Articles of Confederation
    2. U.S. Constitution (Preamble + selected clauses)
    3. Federalist Papers (e.g., Nos. 1, 10, 51)
    4. Anti-Federalist writings (e.g., Brutus I, Cato, A Citizen)

    BUT: Names, titles, and context have been removed.

    • For each excerpt, complete the

    Guidelines:

    • Focus on how the author defines power is it centralized or dispersed? Derived from the people or from the states?
    • Look for language about liberty, tyranny, factions, checks and balances, or representations–these are clues.
    • Fears or Goals should explain what the author is trying to achieve or prevent.

    Materials

    Part 2: Make an Argument

    • Write a 400500 word mini-essay responding to this question:

    How did the competing visions of power expressed in these four foundational documents reflect different answers to the problems facing the new United States?

    • Your essay should:
    • Compare at least two documents in depth.
    • Explain how their visions of power were shaped by their authors assumptions, fears, and goals.
    • Use specific evidence from the excerpts to support your argument.
    • Discuss at least one long-term consequence of this debate for American government and society.
    • You may either write your essay at the end of the Source Detective Table or attach it as a separate submission alongside your table in the assignment dropbox.

    Criteria for Success (How youll be graded)

    Your work will be evaluated on:

    • Accuracy and Interpretation of Sources – You correctly identify the likely origins and perspectives of the documents, using specific textual evidence to support your conclusions. Your reasoning shows careful attention to language, context, and historical meaning (not just guesses or generalizations).
    • Depth of Analysis – You go beyond surface-level summaries to explain how each source defines power, why the author takes that stance, and how historical events or experiences shaped those views.
    • Use of Historical Context – You connect documents to broader historical circumstances–such as wars, rebellions, debates, or political crises–to show how those events influenced competing visions of power.
    • Evidence-Based Argumentation Your mini-essay builds a clear, coherent argument about how differing ideas about power shaped the development of American government and society. You use direct evidence from the sources to support your claims and explain their historical significance.
    • Reflection on Perspective – Your reflection demonstrates thoughtful engagement with how perspective shapes history and why historians must always consider a sources origin, purpose, and point of view before using it as evidence. You clearly connect these ideas to what you learned in the assignment.

    Rubric:

    You can find the Rubric

    Readinds and Sources to use:

    The us constitution bill of rights:

    Declaration of independence:

    Articles of confederation:

    Federalist Papers:

    The file attached is the chart you use for first few parts

    Attached Files (PDF/DOCX): Unit 3 Assignment – Source Detective Table (1).docx

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  • Street observation

    Submit a 1-page, single-space observation of a 1-hour walk in a neighborhood you know well. Organize your essay with a thesis and a set of arguments. DO NOT: Write a play-by-play of what you saw.

    (do not address every one of these ideas. Use them to jumpstart your analysis):

    How do boundaries between public and private space shift and what does that say about a city

    How a neighborhoods elements can be read in its signage and built environment

    How the built environment can make us feel comfortable or uncomfortable in a neighborhood

    How different types of streets provide different levels of comfort

    How does this neighborhood feel/read differently based on the discussions weve had in class?

    How do the commercial spaces compare to our discussion of Khan el-Khalili? What role do commercial spaces play?

    How do the residential areas connect with the commercial areas? AND, importantly, why are any of these issues important for understanding a city? For seeing it?

    I have most of the ideas written with AI. Help me to rewrite the essay. Keep the language and sentences simple

    no additional research is needed

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  • Brief Discussion post in History – 1 pages

    Did the post-Revolutionary period reflect changing views about slavery and free African Americans? What were the various political, social, economic and/or cultural factors that may have influenced these new attitudes? Was there an increase or reduction of the freedoms allowed, and the restrictions placed on, urban slaves, southern free blacks, northern slaves, and newly emancipated northern free blacks? Why? Do you think that these changes, if any, were beneficial in any way? How?