HIS 120 Diablo Valley College US Presidency Essay

You may do only ONE of the following.

Option A: 35 pts.

Step 1: Has the U.S. Presidency Become a Dictatorship?  (http://freakonomics.com/podcast/u-s-presidency-become-dictatorship/ (Links to an external site.))

Step 2: Summarize the story clearly and thoroughly.

Step 3: Make connections the story and what we’ve been reading in this course. Provide historical context for the discussion. Make recommendations for action. That is, what, if anything, can we do to address the issue?

Option B: 35 pts.

Step 1: Thomas Paine’s Common Sense (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06wg9dw)

Step 2: Summarize the discussion clearly and thoroughly.

Step 3: Make connections the story and what we’ve been reading in this course. 

Option C: 35 pts.

White Women’s Roles in Slavery

Step 1: Listen to White Women’s Roles in Slavery (https://kpfa.org/episode/against-the-grain-april-19-2016/)

Step 2: Summarize the discussion clearly and thoroughly. Discuss specific people, dates, events and major historical ideas or issues.

Step 3: Make connections, if you can, between Jones-Rogers’ argument and what we’ve been reading in this course.

Option D: 35 pts.

Step 1:  The ‘Soul of America’ Makes Sense of America’s Present by Examining its Past (https://www.npr.org/2018/05/02/607704116/soul-of-america-makes-sense-of-americas-present-by-examining-its-past)

Step 2: Summarize the story clearly and thoroughly.

Step 3: Make connections the story and what we’ve been reading in this course. Provide historical context for the story.