Short Paper
Write a two page paper of what you have learned about how
slaves lived based upon primary documents introduced in Week 2 of the
class Pick one of these topics and
summarize and analyze what you have learned from Week 2’s primary documents. What do you think should also be learned
about this topic beyond what these three primary documents tell us? What two other sites on the Web offer primary
documents about this topic?
Topics (Pick 1)
Housing for slaves
Food that slaves ate
Clothing slaves wore
Educating slaves
The paper should be 400-600 words, single spaced within
paragraphs, and double spaced between paragraphs. Have a title for your paper and put your name
and date on it. Use either MLA or
Chicago Style for citations.
Possible organization for Paper #1
Paragraph 1:
Introduction of the topic and the three primary documents.
Paragraph 2:
Description of this area of life by slaves.
Paragraph 3: What
else should be researched to find out more about this aspect of slave life?
Paragraph 4: Two
possible places on the Internet to find out more about this topic (list and
describe two good sources of primary documents about slavery)
Paragraph 5:
Conclusions about primary documents offering researchers complete and
conclusive information about this topic.
