HIST348: Peoples of Kansas

Here are some additional clarifications for the digital narrative draft and bibliography that are due tomorrow.  Don’t forget to upload them to Blackboard in ONE FILE; you can only upload one file for each assignment so you’ll need to copy and paste everything into one .doc file before you get onto Blackboard.  As with other assignments, you’ll need to upload this to Blackboard unless you absolutely cannot get the website to work; then, you can email it to me as an attachment.  Also, everyone needs to bring hard copies to class on Tuesday.  Late assignments will be docked one full letter grade for each 24-hour period that they are late.

Bibliography: The citations must follow the Chicago style used in the humanities, which was explained on the handout from Texas A&M and also on the handout called “Citing Sources in Your Digital Narrative.”  Both can be downloaded on this webpage under the “Class Handouts” tab.  Your final bibliography should include at least four print sources (journal articles or books), but for the rough draft you could squeak by with only three.  You can also use web resources in your bibliography–as long as those are from credible sites–but those don’t count toward your total of four print sources.  Remember too that our “textbook” by Craig Miner can count as one of those print sources since he most likely discusses all of your topics.

Slide List: Your slide list may change between now and the final draft, but I want to see that each of you has thought about composition, how your slides will flow into each other, etc.  You don’t need to worry about the actual slide visuals at this point.  Your list should include the following information for each slide:

-  Slide number (i.e. Slide #1, Slide #2, etc.)

- Title of slide that is descriptive (i.e. “Painting of Wagons on Oregon Trail”)

- Website where you found the slide (i.e. Kansas Memory)

- URL (i.e. http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/201876)

If you are planning on having a quotation as one of your slides, the format would be similar to the above, except that instead of a URL and the website name, you would provide a book/article citation with the exact page that contains that quotation.  See the examples in the previous post.

Draft of Script: The draft needs to be at least 3 pages long, and it should be written in complete sentences and paragraphs.  The formatting will look pretty much like a paper.  You’ll need to include a header (with your name, date, etc.), the title of your narrative, an introduction, etc.  Think about it like you would a basic summary paper, except that you’ll want to make sure that you use clear vocabulary since you’ll eventually be reading this aloud.  Consider who your audience is: you are writing to me and your classmates–so you aren’t writing for a novice per se–but at the same time you want to be clear and make sure that every sentence in the script serves a purpose.  Since the assignment is so short, avoid any filler sentences and don’t ramble or follow tangents.

Try to make this as complete as possible, but it certainly may change between now and the final project.  Remember also that a draft does not mean you should turn in sloppy work; you’ll still need to make it look clean and professional, even if some of the content may be shifted around at a later date.