Directions: Answer the question/s below in 1000-1500 words. The assignment must be typed, Times New Roman, 12pt font, double spaced. Please use Chicago Manual Style for both in text quotes and the works cited at the end of your essay. The works cited page and footnotes/endnotes will not be included in your word count. If any of these requirements are not met, you will receive a 0.

Prompt: Greece has a long and complex history. What was the significance of the battle of Thermopylae? How did Athenian expansion lead to the Peloponnesian Wars? And how did Alexander the Great unite Greece and built one of the largest empires in the history of the world?

RESEARCH PAPER ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
OVERVIEW
You will write a Research Paper on a chosen topic in the colonial era (based on your earlier Research Proposal). The topic possibilities are broad, but the final product needs to be on a narrow, specific topic. For example, you cannot cover a persons entire life in 15 pages. Therefore, if you write on a particular person, it must be about a key event or happening in that persons life (not a general biography). The final paper must be based on research that is primary source and must include academic secondary sources as well.
INSTRUCTIONS
    Title page
    15 pages of text (double spaced)
    Turabian style, 12 point Times New Roman font, and 1-inch margins must be used.
    Footnote all specific (non-general) information.
    Biblographic page (with Primary sources listed first and Secondary sources listed second).
    At least 6 primary sources and 6 academic secondary sources (scholarly articles and books; encyclopedia entries and general information web sites do not normally count as academic sources).

Write a 1-2 page (maximum) response to each set of questions. Please use complete sentences to answer the questions. You may not be able to find answers to all fifteen questionsthat is expected, just do your best given the resources available to you. And if you find one or more question(s) that do not pertain to your object, it is fine to overlook those questions. (Just dont overlook too much!)
At work in the fifteen questions below are two main entities at play: the object and the observer (that is, you). A third component is the setting in which the observation takes place (again we are operating in a virtual setting, but well want to consider the museum setting as well as the original setting(s) in which your object circulated). The initial questions guide close scrutiny of the object. Try to answer them through inspection only. Resist the temptation to quickly identify and categorize the object, and to make assumptions about its purpose or meaning. As you make inferences about the object, consider the kinds of cultural knowledge that you base them on. As the questions begin to address the object in larger contexts, answering them will most likely require other modes of inquiry alongside inspection.
Assignment 1: Questions 1-5 (due October 6)
1) What are the objects sensory properties?
a. Sight: Line and shape (two-dimensional), form (three-dimensional), color (hue, light,
dark), texture (reflective, matte)
b. Touch: Form and shape (round, angular), texture (smooth, rough), temperature (cold,
warm), density (hard, soft)
c. Sound: Imagine what sounds the object makes when manipulated
d. Smell (if you could…)
e. Taste (if you could…)

2) What are the objects physical properties?
a. Materials (wood, stone, plastic; note that identifying materials may not be possible through inspection alone)
b. Size (length, width, depth, volume)
c. Weight
d. Number of parts and how they are organized (symmetrical, asymmetrical, distinct,
merged)
e. Inscriptions (printed, stamped, engraved)

3) Does the object appear to be human made?
a. If it is human made, does it show evidence of natural processes? (oxidation, decay)
b. If not human made, does it show evidence of human intervention? (modification, wear
patterns)

4) How is the object oriented?
a. Unidirectional?
b. Does it have a presumed front, back, bottom, or top?
c. Does it have open and closed parts? If, for example, it appears to have a handle or a lid, how do you know?
d. How does the object interact with human bodies?

5) What is your emotional response to the object? What might it evoke for others?

Write a 1 page response (between 300-400 words, single space: excluding title, works cited, and references) answering the following question:

According to the articles assigned in Lecture 3, answer the following questions:

How did the stone tool technology (in your region of choice China, Korea, or Japan) change during the Paleolithic? Explain the differences between these technologies in both tool types and production method. Use specific site and artefact examples from the assigned articles to support your discussion.

Incorporate at least TWO articles in this discussion. Give specific evidence from the assigned readings. Please do not go beyond the assigned readings to answer these questions.

Choose ONE region for this discussion (China, Korea, or Japan)

Make sure to include specific site names and dates in your discussion.

Use Chicago Manual Style to reference the articles.

This reading response will be evaluated based on the logic and clear presentation of your argument, your understanding of the class material, and good use of evidence from the assigned articles.

-To examine intersectional analytical toolsrace, class, ethnicity, gender, and    increasingly nation and citizenshipoften used by women’s historians.

-To foster the development of critical historical thinking skills through engagement withcourse readings, lectures, films, primary sources,                          discussion postings, research and written assignments.

-An additional benefit of this exercise is to identify connections between present day concerns and the past.

-Write 4 to 6 sentences for Part I and 4 to 6 sentences for Part II. You will have one week to complete this assignment.

-Using the information provided in module 4 [readings plus lecture(s)] and in current events, answer the question(s) in Part 1 and Part II.

Module 5: Modern Women in the 1920s

Part 1: Reflect: Reflecting upon the readings and lecture for Module 5, answer the following questions: In the aftermath of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, a struggle over the proposal for an Equal Rights Amendment ensued. What was that struggle about and who was on which side of this debate and why? Be sure to explain what each side argued, either in support of the ERA or against it. Did the ERA succeed in the 1920s?

Part II: Apply: In our current era, is the Equal Rights Amendment part of the U.S. Constitution? If so, how did that happen? If not, what argument can you make for why we either need an ERA or do not need an ERA? Be sure to include with your response the link to a current event news article that reflects this answer.