Description
Paper #1
- Your papers are to be typewritten and each question should require at minimum a one page double-spaced response.
- Please give attention to format and mechanical rules previously discussed in the syllabus. Feel free to cite your text when referencing a point, quote, etc. (pg.)
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Paper #1 is to be done on
Alexander Hamilton: The Graphic History
by Jonathan Hennessey
Answer the following questions in regards to your reading of Hamilton: Please be specific as possible in your critique of this work.
1. What is the author’s premise in the book with regards to economic history and theory in the time period under consideration? What is he trying to accomplish? Deal with the premise or overall element of what is being done within the work. Is the author successful in achieving the purpose or not historically? Be specific and substantiate with elements from the text for support.
2. Hamilton, as a person, was a complex character. He was an immigrant, a soldier, a statesman, a fledgling lawyer, a writer, and most importantly, the founder of the National Bank. Describe the way in which the author highlights through both illustration and text the foundation of the nation?s economy through Hamilton?s eyes. In what ways does Hamilton?s work contribute to our overall economic history.
Grading: Remember that the content part of the grade is to deal in all parts of the assignment with what are the major historical and economic policies/arguments as you see them. Support and substantiation are important. Use factual text reference to prove your assertions. Mechanics, style, structure, organization and content equally comprise your grade determination. Careless and sloppy work will cost you points.
Mechanical considerations/reminders:
a. Be conscious of paragraph structure.
b. Do not use contractions.
c. Do not use personal pronoun reference or first person.
d. Examine and be careful of introductions, topic sentences, transitional
sentences and conclusions.
e. Be conscious of endnote, parenthetical, and bibliographic
format/annotations.
f. Proofread for all mechanical, structural, and organizational errors.
(run-on sentences, comma splices, spelling, grammatical usage, and
punctuation)
