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Due date
: Monday, March 1 (11:59 p.m.) if writing on
Incidents in the Life of a
Slave Girl
Monday, April 12 (11:59 p.m.) if writing on
Looking Like the Enemy
Please submit your book response to Canvas. Click on
"Assignments," then click on "Book Response." Once there,
click the button, "Submit Assignment."
Objective
: You will
choose one
of the memoirs we are reading this semester, either Harriet
Jacobs’s
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
or Mary Matsuda Gruenewald’s
Looking Like the Enemy
, and write a response to it
.
In this assignment you will
briefly
summarize the text (1-2 paragraphs), situate it within its proper
historical context (3-4 paragraphs), and analyze it as a primary
source (3-4 paragraphs).
Assignment parameters
: Responses should be 3 pages in length, double-spaced, 12-
point font, with standard, one-inch margins. Any words you use
other than your own, including those from the book, must be
placed within quotation marks and must be cited (either in-text
citations or footnotes/endnotes). Failure to quote words not your
own is plagiarism.
You should consider the following questions:
A. Summarize the text (1-2 paragraphs).
What is the general subject matter of the book?
Who is the author?
Describe the author’s tone. How do they feel?
What was the author’s purpose in writing a memoir?
B. Situate the text within the proper historical context (3-4
paragraphs).
Describe the world surrounding the author’s memories. What is
happening around them that influenced their life? Does the
author discuss any particular event, law/s, political debates, or
societal shifts that impacted their life?
How does the book provide insights into this period?
C. Analyze it as a primary source (3-4 paragraphs).
Why was this source produced? Who is the audience?
Is the source believable? Why or why not? Be specific.
As a piece of historical evidence, how useful is this source?
What does it help us understand about the period it describes?

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Due date Monday, March 1 (1159 p.m.) if writing on Inciden.docx

  • 1. Due date : Monday, March 1 (11:59 p.m.) if writing on Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Monday, April 12 (11:59 p.m.) if writing on Looking Like the Enemy Please submit your book response to Canvas. Click on "Assignments," then click on "Book Response." Once there, click the button, "Submit Assignment." Objective : You will choose one of the memoirs we are reading this semester, either Harriet Jacobs’s Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl or Mary Matsuda Gruenewald’s Looking Like the Enemy , and write a response to it . In this assignment you will briefly summarize the text (1-2 paragraphs), situate it within its proper historical context (3-4 paragraphs), and analyze it as a primary source (3-4 paragraphs). Assignment parameters : Responses should be 3 pages in length, double-spaced, 12- point font, with standard, one-inch margins. Any words you use other than your own, including those from the book, must be
  • 2. placed within quotation marks and must be cited (either in-text citations or footnotes/endnotes). Failure to quote words not your own is plagiarism. You should consider the following questions: A. Summarize the text (1-2 paragraphs). What is the general subject matter of the book? Who is the author? Describe the author’s tone. How do they feel? What was the author’s purpose in writing a memoir? B. Situate the text within the proper historical context (3-4 paragraphs). Describe the world surrounding the author’s memories. What is happening around them that influenced their life? Does the author discuss any particular event, law/s, political debates, or societal shifts that impacted their life? How does the book provide insights into this period? C. Analyze it as a primary source (3-4 paragraphs). Why was this source produced? Who is the audience? Is the source believable? Why or why not? Be specific.
  • 3. As a piece of historical evidence, how useful is this source? What does it help us understand about the period it describes?