History Midterm - Who are the signatories, What are the primary

History Midterm

MIDTERM PROJECT

Choose a treaty from the list that interests you. Write a 3-4 page double-spaced (750-1000 words) analysis of the treaty, using only the treaty itself.

YOUR PAPER SHOULD INCLUDE:

1. Summary: Who are the signatories? What are the primary provisions or themes contained in the treaty? When and where was this treaty signed? What is the primary focus of the treaty?

2. Analysis: What do you find interesting, unexpected, or poignant about this treaty? Are there passages that surprise you? Include direct quotes from your treaty in your analysis!

3. Questions: Come up with at least three historical questions that you’d like to do more research on. These questions will form the basis of your final project for class, so choose wisely! Explain your questions – why do you want to know more about these aspects?

MAKE SURE THAT YOU:

1. Include direct quotations from the treaty itself to illustrate your points, analysis, and questions. When you quote, identify the Article # of the treaty (if available), and put the page number of the treaty at the end of the sentence. You do not need a bibliography.

Example: In Article III, the United States allowed the Chickasaw nation to keep lands “to live and hunt on, within the limits of the United States” (14).

2. Do not include any information or research other than your treaty to write this paper. Don’t bring in secondary sources, encyclopedia entries, ChatGPT’s opinion, etc. Your goal in this paper is to closely analyze the treaty itself, not contextualize it. That will come in the final project! I will remove points for bringing in or relying on external sources.

TREATIES TO CHOOSE FROM:

 

 

1. Treaty of Fort Harmar with the Six Nations, Ohio, 1789 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/162186175

Links to an external site.

2. Treaty with Delaware, Potawatomi, Miami, etc at Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1809 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/12013684?objectPage=2&objectPanel=tran scription

Links to an external site. 3. Treaty with the Seminole, Florida, 1832

https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/kapplers/id/29515/rec/8

Links to an external site. 4. Treaty of Temecula (unratified), California, 1852

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/55030733?objectPanel=transcription

Links to an external site. 5. Treaty with the Nisqualli, Puyallup, Medicine Creek, Washington Territory,

1854 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/12013261?objectPanel=transcription

Links to an external site. 6. Treaty with the Klamath, etc., Oregon, 1864

https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/kapplers/id/29684/rec/8

Links to an external site. 7. Treaty with the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache, Medicine Lodge Creek,

Kansas, 1867 https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/kapplers/id/29717

Links to an external site. 8. Navajo Treaty, Fort Sumner, New Mexico Territory, 1868

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6173067

Links to an external site. 9. Treaty of Fort Laramie, Dakota Territory, 1868

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/299803

Links to an external site.

Note: if you have a specific interest in a different treaty (that we haven’t covered extensively in class already), see me for approval.

MIDTERM PROJECT GRADING RUBRIC

An “A” Range Paper:

 

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/162186175

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/162186175

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/12013684?objectPage=2&objectPanel=transcription

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/12013684?objectPage=2&objectPanel=transcription

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/12013684?objectPage=2&objectPanel=transcription

https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/kapplers/id/29515/rec/8

https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/kapplers/id/29515/rec/8

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/55030733?objectPanel=transcription

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/55030733?objectPanel=transcription

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/12013261?objectPanel=transcription

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/12013261?objectPanel=transcription

https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/kapplers/id/29684/rec/8

https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/kapplers/id/29684/rec/8

https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/kapplers/id/29717

https://dc.library.okstate.edu/digital/collection/kapplers/id/29717

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6173067

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6173067

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/299803

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/299803

 

? Summarizes and analyzes your treaty ? Shows thoughtful, extensive engagement with the treaty ? Includes three interesting, even complex research questions ? Explains why you chose these questions ? Includes many direct quotes (with page numbers) from your treaty ? Is almost completely free of spelling and grammatical errors ? Does not include information about the treaty from other sources

A “B” Range Paper:

? Summarizes and analyzes your treaty ? Shows engagement with the treaty ? Includes three research questions ? Includes direct quotes (with page numbers) from your treaty ? Is mostly free of spelling and grammatical errors ? Does not include information about the treaty from other sources

A “C” Range Paper:

? Partially summarizes or analyzes your treaty ? Shows only brief engagement with the treaty ? Includes one or two research questions ? Includes two or less direct quotes ? Has many spelling and grammatical errors ? Includes information about the treaty from other sources

A “D” Range Paper:

? Fails to summarize or analyze your treaty ? Primarily relies on research or information from other sources ? Does not include research questions ? Does not include direct quotations ? Has very many spelling and grammatical errors

An “F” Paper

? Is so significantly incomplete as to not warrant thoughtful grading

Please reach out to me if you’re contemplating turning in a paper in the D or F range. You can use a 48-hour extension or ask for more support beforehand!