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Unit Activity - A Time of Upheaval Task2

The document describes a task that requires analyzing two articles about the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Students are asked to read each article and take notes on key information in tables. The articles discuss the convention bosses and tensions in Chicago during the convention. One article is a secondary source from 2008 while the other is a primary source letter from 2004 that describes planned peaceful protests and the purpose of protesting rights. Students are then asked to write a 3-4 paragraph essay comparing the arguments and points made in the articles and addressing what techniques the authors used to form their arguments and if there is any evidence of bias.

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Unit Activity - A Time of Upheaval Task2

The document describes a task that requires analyzing two articles about the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Students are asked to read each article and take notes on key information in tables. The articles discuss the convention bosses and tensions in Chicago during the convention. One article is a secondary source from 2008 while the other is a primary source letter from 2004 that describes planned peaceful protests and the purpose of protesting rights. Students are then asked to write a 3-4 paragraph essay comparing the arguments and points made in the articles and addressing what techniques the authors used to form their arguments and if there is any evidence of bias.

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9/6/2021 Unit Activity: Analyzing Sources

Task 2

Analyzing Sources
For this task, you will be reading and analyzing two articles on the 1968 Democratic National Convention in
Chicago. The first article is about The 1968 Democratic Convention and its bosses , and the second is about
Letter from National Mobilization Committee to End the War on Vietnam . Before reading either document,
read through the instructions below.

Part A
Read each document and take notes on the key information in that document. Enter your notes in the
appropriate table below.

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Answer:

  Article 1: Convention Bosses


name and author of article  Democratic Convention

date and location published  August 2008

 This a secondary sorce because no one lived this


Is this a primary source? Explain.
event

Why did the author consider the welcome sign ironic?  They were impacted with stress and hate 

How does the author describe the impact of the


 
convention?

 blacks and whites marching together had been


shattered as riots swept the Watts section of Los
Angeles Johnson administration had made a fateful
What events are responsible for the failure of the commitment to keep increasing the numbers of
United States to enter a “golden age” after Johnson’s troops to fight a ground war in Vietnam U.S. troops
1964 victory and the passage of the Civil Rights Act? and shattering any notion that the war was nearly
won. Johnson withdrew from the presidential
campaign that March. Martin Luther King Jr. was
assassinated in Memphis

 Johnson's war policies compounded the sense of


How did Humphrey win the nomination?
betrayal among those who opposed the war

 Not really know one in are country is against the war


Could a candidate win in a similar way today? we all felt attacked on 9-11-01 so no are new
canadated could not use this for statisics

 Nixon and Humphrey were the candidates in 1968.


Nixon opposed the vietnam war n focused on
winning the southern states. Humphrey was
Who were the other candidates in 1968, and what
hampered by the war, assassination of MLK n the
were the major differences among them?
subsequent riots. The popular votes were close but
Nixon won majority in electoral colleges due to the
southern states.

  Article 2: Letter about Demonstrations


 Battleground Chicago: The Police and the 1968
name and author of article
Democratic National Convention by Frank Kusch

date and location published  2004

Is this a primary source? Explain.  This is a primary source it is a story of someone

How does the article describe what was happening in  Events of the riots and the post riots and how the
Chicago? riots came to be.

 to protest there right to do anything most of them


What was the purpose of the peaceful assembly
were being oprresed by the political and residentials
described?
that were filled with rasist white men.

Who were the protestors?  Mostly people of color 

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Why did the authors choose Chicago as the setting


 
for the assemblies?

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Part B
Reference your notes and the provided documents to write a three- to four-paragraph essay that describes
how these two historical documents form their respective arguments. Compare and contrast the key points,
main ideas, and arguments presented in the documents. Make sure your essay addresses the following
questions:

What techniques do the authors use to form their arguments?


Is there any evidence of bias or stereotypes?

Using the author-date system, make sure to cite your sources properly with in-text citations as well as a
works cited page for any information you use from outside sources, including the two provided documents.
When you have finished, reread the essay to check for all of the points above, and then proofread it to be
sure your work does not contain errors in grammar or spelling.

Answer:
The authors utilize personal feelings and now and
then unbiased sentiments to demonstrate their contentions. They
state realities and utilize those realities to infer supposition, or they will ostensibly state
their supposition. Within the to begin with article, the creator is fair detailing and reflecting a
bit almost the information they have. Within the moment article, the creator is commanding
or indeed arguing something that they need to happen.

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