This was the first essay, and for it, students had to use a primary document; however, it didn't fully work. I intended that it would show the problems scholars have crossing disciplines. Beginning work on it was difficult, as the students were used to doing work on the contemporary period; therefore, going back 100 years for a document was a stretch. In spite of my concerns, I did think that overall they did okay.
The student Travel Account Essay featured in this poster points to some ways of using geographical categories and landscapes. It was all right, but the author clearly had to do a crossing over from previous types of work with documents. That attempt wasn't seamless, hence I gave it a score that reflects the minor roughness of the work.
Student Essay 1: Travel Account (PDF) (HTML)
Student Essay 2: Travel Account (PDF) (HTML)
Grading Rubric for Travel Account Essay (PDF) (HTML)
