For the second step of your Course Project, you will research the American history of your own ethnicity. If you are multi-ethnic, you may choose to follow two or more ethnicities throughout the course. If so, compare and contrast them when addressing the questions. Describe and discuss your ethnic history:
What were the main reasons for emigration for members of your ethnic group?
How does this reason influence your own self-identification?
How did/does this shape the way that society identified/indentifies you?
Does your ethnic group rely on oral history to any extent to preserve early events? If so, how? If not, why not?
Resources for this Step:
Our focus this step is History. Review the disciplinary guide about historical studies methods and principles before choosing your sources.
You must use 4 – 5 primary historical documents from the National Archives or another creditable archive of primary documents.
You must use 1 secondary source, that is, a contemporary essay, article, or video on a particular issue or event. It can be from the course material or the library, or you can find one online. If the latter, check Evaluating Web Pages. to assure you are using a credible source.
Cite Natives and Strangers. You may refer to sections about a particular ethnicity, event, or issue.
Note: In some cases, you may not know where your people came from. For example, perhaps you were adopted and lost that link. In this case, you can examine your origins according to your skin color, religion, or other factors that influence the internal and external definitions of who you are.
750 words.
My family comes from Ukraine, so for this project keep that in mind.
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