Final Assignment
"I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means."
—Novelist and essayist Joan Didion, from the essay "Why I Write," New York Times Magazine, December 5, 1976.
We will be asking you to write with the same purpose as Joan Didion.
Essential Question
What can we learn about historical figures, issues, and events from primary source news footage from the past 50 years?
You will now turn your analysis of the primary source video into an essay or a blog post. You can begin by reviewing your earlier notes and questions by clicking on "review my work" above.
Then follow these instructions:
- Discuss your notes and questions with your teacher. Agree on a research plan that you will complete within a set time period.
- Conduct research to answer the questions you have identified for further investigation and take notes on your findings.
- After you have completed the research, and using your written notes from the lesson, write your analysis of the primary source as an essay or a blog post. Your teacher will indicate which format to use. Be sure that your essay or blog post cites evidence from the video news footage and addresses each phase in the analysis process—observe, interpret, question. It should also reflect your understanding of the content in its historical context.
If instructed to do so, you can use Write It to develop your essay.
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