First Quarter Paper – Article Analysis
Objectives: You are asked to critically analyze the quality of a historical article. You will need to access (from the link below) and read the article in order to judge its value. Your evaluation of the article will act as your thesis. Your body paragraphs will elaborate on your points and provide the evidence to support them. The evidence will come from the article itself as well as your own knowledge.
Guidelines: This paper will be of 3 pages in length in Chicago style. The cover page does not count. You will use 12-font, double-spaced, Times New Roman text. In order to evaluate the article, you may use outside sources, but they are not required. If you use any outside sources, you must have a bibliography and footnotes.
Article:
Brinkley, Douglas, “TRs Wild Side”, American Heritage, Fall 2009.
http://www.americanheritage.com/index.php/content/theodore-roosevelts-wild-side