1. As one of the major lessons from this course, it is our aim to prepare you
as cr
As one of the major lessons from this course, it is our aim to prepare you as critical
thinkers,writers, and communicators. In order to meet that objective, this paper is designed
to show you how to goabout larger research projects, gather sources/evidence/material,
evaluate, and structure your ownthoughts in a clear and concise mannerThinking about the
course so far, material goods play an important role in many aspects of history(motivating a
turn to agriculture, pushing explorers to far off lands, spurring revolution, and
establishinglaw & order). But how do material goods come to represent and tell us about
the past? Isn’t a crate of teajust any old crate of tea? But what if it was at Boston Harbour? A
cross is just a form of executiondeveloped by the Romans (technically, the Persians), but
when a martyr dies upon it in the early 1stcentury, the cross becomes a religious symbol –
going on to be used in a myriad of objects and pieces ofart.Who created these things? What
were the uses and inspirations behind the items? Where werethey used? Why were they
important (both at the time of creation/use and now that they are in amuseum)? Looking
through museum collections (either online or in-person), find an object in a
museumcollection that you find interesting and attempt to answer some of the questions
above. The paper shouldaddress not only the “who, what, where, when, and why?”
historians are always asking, but also connectyour object to the broader themes of the
course.** I picked the oldowan stone tools as my object**Final publishFor the Final publish,
I will expect a well rounded and argued paper that clearly articulates the mainfocus of the
assignment – that is to say, the paper should briefly discuss the object and museumthat you
found, how the object relates to the course, and the broader “who/what/where/when”
andmost importantly “why” of the objects importance. The final publish should run 5 pages
in lengthand include proper citations (Chicago style footnotes)and an attached photograph
of the object (the photo does not count towards the paper length). Thefinal publish should
include;–Five pages of text ,Where the object is from (what museum, what is the object’s
background)––Relate the object to the broader themes of the course–Proper citations
(footnotes, Chicago style)–At least one image of your object at the end of the paper (not
counting towards pagecount)Places to find objects● Metropolitan Museum of Art:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search#!?q=● Newark Museum:
https://www.newarkmuseumart.org/ko/search-our-collection● Boston Museum of Fine
Arts: https://www.mfa.org/collections● Smithsonian: https://www.si.edu/● The British
