History

The most challenging part of being a professor of history teaching a survey course is deciding what to focus on each week knowing there’s not enough class
time to cover everything. Chapters 3 & 4 are some of our broadest, most content-rich chapters. So, determining what focused points and broad connections
to focus on is a difficult, but
For this assignment, students should read Chapters 3 & 4 in your textbook and review Chapter 3 & 4 – PDF Lectures. From this information, you must
determine the 5 topics you would focus on in a class lecture and explain why. These topics can be people, events, ideas, themes, etc. – the choice is yours!
However, you must defend each choice with a written justification to include:
why you would focus on this choice
what key point(s) or argument(s) you would focus on for each choice
what broader historical connections can be made from investigating this point (broader, thematic connections across the timeline of U.S. history)
So – to complete this assignment please:
Provide your Top 5 Topic Choices from across Chapters 3 & 4 and a written justification (3 – 5 sentences) for why you chose each topic. This will serve as…