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HW 11: Essay on New World

Conquests

 

All assignments for this course are listed on the day assigned, not the day due. Unless otherwise noted, assignments are due by blackboard by classtime


WORTH: 4% of semester grade

CAN THIS BE TURNED IN LATE?: yes, but with conditions.

DUE: Friday 10/18 at 11:59 PM by blackboard. NOTE THAT YOU WILL HAVE OTHER ASSIGNMENTS DUE MONDAY, 10/21. I've given you extra time so that you can make the required visit to the writing center.

BE SURE TO FOLLOW THE FILE-NAMING CONVENTIONS FOR THIS COURSE (5% penalty if you do not).

All files should be saved on your computer as: your last name, followed by an underscore ("_"), followed by the first two letters of your first name, followed by an underscore ("_"), followed by the assignment number. So if a student named Saddam Hussein were to submit assignment number 11, the file name would be:

hussein_sa_11.doc

THIS IS ASSIGNMENT 11

Matthew Restal in Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquests and in The Conquistadores: A Very Short Introduction presents a very different perspectives on the Spanish conquest than does Jared Diamond in Guns, Germs and Steel.

In a 500 - 650 word essay (250 words is about 1 page) respond to the following question:

Which of the perspectives (Restal or Diamond) best takes into consideration all of the evidence you have read for this week and why?

 

Hint: Thinking of Restal's arguments and the native Mexican's rendition of the conquest, WHO is missing in Diamond's explanations of the conquest? Who gets excluded from his account?

 

WRITING REQUIREMENTS:

A) Organize paragraphs in which you present evidence (and not all paragraphs will) around the familiar cl/ev/wa pattern.

B) Place a (CL) before your claim, an (EV) before your evidence, and a (WA) before your warrant (5% off assignment if you do not).

C) Be sure to use evidence in the form of direct quotations. Your quotations should be no longer than 10 words; if you don't know how to reduce quotations, see here and here(both very useful). (5% off assignment if you do not). To help you in writing your quotations, you can find transcripts here: episode two.

D) Make sure your quotations are not standing on their own (see here to refresh your memory)