Project Description -

• In Learning Community E, we have discussed how writing is always a social and rhetorical activity. Writers are constantly addressing the needs of an audience, both real and imagined, and make specific rhetorical choices in order to convey their message. Additionally, writing has the ability to enact change by persuading the intended audience to think, feel, believe, or take some kind of action with respect to the issue/topic under discussion.

 

• For this project, you will examine the rhetorical situation of one primary document from the U.S. History 1301 course, as assigned by your Learning Community. In essence, your job is to examine and research the rhetorical situation in which this document was created in order to determine the works historical and contemporary significance. After gathering and synthesizing this information, you will compose a formal letter to your Learning Community professors attempting to persuade them to either keep or eliminate the primary source from the U.S. History 1301 course in the future.

  • Section 244: "Curse all Traitors!": Ann Hulton Speaks Out Against Bullying (1774)

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• In order to reach your audience, you will compose a formal letter for this assignment. We will discuss genre conventions for this letter in your Learning Community E courses.

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Project Requirements –

• Successful projects will include a rhetorical analysis of the primary document provided, as well as an in-depth discussion about the historical significance of the document. Additionally, you must connect the issues raised within the document to the present and provide sufficient evidence to convince your audiences of your decision to keep or eliminate the source from the curriculum. Sufficient evidence should be provided by making use of secondary academic sources, such as (but not limited to):

  • Articles from the Bell Library Databases - https://guides.library.tamucc.edu/lce

  • The History 1301 textbook – Heffner, R.D., & Heffner, A.B. (2018). A documentary history of the United States (expanded and updated 10th ed.). New York, NY: Signet Classics.

  • Dr. Wooster’s lectures and/or your lecture notes

• All citations for this project should follow APA (American Psychological Association) style guidelines. Furthermore, projects must follow appropriate genre conventions and thoroughly address all parts of the rhetorical situation (audience, purpose, context, exigency). Additional assignment details will be discussed in your Learning Community E courses. This project is due on Monday, October 7th by 2: 00 p.m. and will be turned in to your Writing and Rhetoric professor’s Blackboard page.

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Use this rubric as a "checklist" of sorts to help you ensure that you have met the requirements.