documentary on youtube – Hamilton: Building America Full episode
Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsvP4WRIUB4&t=16s
The grading for the Research Project will be divided into Format and Content
Format’s Rubric
This part of the essay is worth 60 points
After watching the documentary “Hamilton”, write an essay as follow:
1-Your Essay must be at least 2500 words.
2-Your Essay must include a title, an introduction, a body, a conclusion, and a bibliography to fully disclose your citations and sources.
It is okay to utilize somebody else’s work as long as you acknowledge it by disclosing citations and bibliography. Otherwise, you incur in plagiarism.
3-Your “introduction” must include a “main idea” and at least 4 “supporting ideas”.
4-Essay must be single spaced; using 12” Time New Roman font and proper margin and indentation.
5-Students will lose 0.5 points per misspelling and grammar errors such as incomplete sentences, run-ons, and subject-verb agreement.
-You can utilize Microsoft Word or any other writing software
-You can also pay a visit to the Writing Center in Campus for help and advice
6-Students must submit their Essay through Turnitin
Content’s Rubric
This part of the essay is worth 40 points
-In your essay, you MUST address the following issues:
1-In one paragraph, explain at least 3 of Hamilton’s contributions to the United States’ federal government and economy (Here, do NOT use your opinions; use only facts from the documentary)
2-In one paragraph, explain how different or similar American politics was in Hamilton’s days and today. (Here, you can use your opinions and facts from the documentary)
3-In two (2) paragraphs, compare and explain Hamiltonian and Jeffersonian approaches to government. (1 paragraph for the Hamiltonian approach and 1 paragraph for Jeffersonian approach). (Here, do NOT use your opinions; use only facts from the documentary)
4-In one paragraph, explain which form of government you prefer, Federal or States’ governments. (Here, it is all about your opinions)
In general, your essay will have at least (but not limited to) 6 separate paragraphs: one for the introduction; at least 4 separate paragraphs for the “body”; one separate paragraph for the conclusion.
Use the following “organizational” words at the start of each body’s paragraph
“First of all” (or “For starters”; “To begin with”); “Second”; “Third”; “Next”; “In addition”; “Finally”
For the conclusion, use “in conclusion”, “to conclude”, “to summarize”, “to sum up”, “all in all”.
