{"id":30441,"date":"2024-07-28T10:56:54","date_gmt":"2024-07-28T10:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/becoming-a-historically-informed-citizen-examining-human-rights-and-inequality-through-a-historical-lens-looking-at-womens-rights-and-gender-based-violence\/"},"modified":"2024-07-28T10:56:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-28T10:56:54","slug":"becoming-a-historically-informed-citizen-examining-human-rights-and-inequality-through-a-historical-lens-looking-at-womens-rights-and-gender-based-violence","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/becoming-a-historically-informed-citizen-examining-human-rights-and-inequality-through-a-historical-lens-looking-at-womens-rights-and-gender-based-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Becoming a Historically Informed Citizen: Examining Human Rights and Inequality Through a Historical Lens&#8221;   looking at women&#8217;s rights and gender based violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1rem; font-size: 19px; line-height: 28px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">the topic is&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 1rem; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 20px; font-size: 19px; line-height: 28px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Inequality and human rights-&nbsp; women&#8217;s rights and gender violence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1rem; font-size: 19px; line-height: 28px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1rem; font-size: 19px; line-height: 28px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">For this project, you will choose a historical event from the Library Research Guide to explore. These events fit into the topic areas of:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 1rem; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 20px; font-size: 19px; line-height: 28px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Inequality and human rights<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Political revolutions<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Climate change<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Globalization<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: 30px; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.8rem; cursor: auto;\">Directions<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1rem; font-size: 19px; line-height: 28px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Read these directions and the rubric criteria and reach out to your instructor if you have any questions<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">before<\/span><\/em><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>you begin working on this project. Many of the steps below will require you to reference and utilize the work you have done in previous modules of this course. You may use the provided template to complete this project or choose not to use the template and submit a Word document instead.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1rem; font-size: 19px; line-height: 28px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Part 1: Creating a Research Question:<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>The quality of research often depends on the quality of the question driving it. It is important to understand how personal opinions, perspectives, and historical sources all play a part in developing and examining a research question. Complete the following steps to discuss how you developed a strong research question about your chosen historical event.<\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 1rem; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 20px; font-size: 19px; line-height: 28px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Describe how your<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">assumptions, beliefs, and values<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>influenced your choice of topic.\n<ol style=\"margin-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 20px; line-height: 28px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">How might your own perspectives and opinions impact the topic you chose and how you may approach studying it?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Discuss the significance of your<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">historical research question<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>in relation to your current event.\n<ol style=\"margin-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 20px; line-height: 28px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">State your historical research question and explain the connection between your current event and your question.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Explain<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">how you used sources<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>to finalize your research question.\n<ol style=\"margin-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 20px; line-height: 28px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Identify the specific primary and secondary sources you used.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Discuss how evidence in these primary and secondary sources strengthened or challenged the focus of your question.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1rem; font-size: 19px; line-height: 28px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Part 2: Building Context to Address Questions:<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>In this part of the project, you will examine the historical context related to your historical event. The context will be like snapshots that capture what was happening in history that affected the development of your current event.<\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 1rem; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 20px; font-size: 19px; line-height: 28px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Describe the<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">context of your historical event<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>that influenced your current event.\n<ol style=\"margin-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 20px; line-height: 28px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">How does the context of your historical event help tell the story of what was happening at the time? How might this historical event connect or lead to your current event?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Describe a<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">historical figure or group\u2019s participation<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>in your historical event.\n<ol style=\"margin-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 20px; line-height: 28px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">This person or people must have directly participated in the event you identified as it was happening, not after it.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Use specific details from your primary and secondary sources to demonstrate how the person or people participated in the event.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Explain the<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">historical figure or group\u2019s motivation<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>to participate in your historical event.\n<ol style=\"margin-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 20px; line-height: 28px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Consider why the person or people were motivated to get involved in the event.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1rem; font-size: 19px; line-height: 28px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Part 3: Examining How Bias Impacts Narrative:<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>Narrative is how people tell stories based on their own assumptions, beliefs, and values. From a historical perspective, narratives influence who we focus on, what we focus on, and how we discuss events and issues in the past and present. Complete the following steps to explore how the stories about your current event and the historical events leading to it have been told.<\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 1rem; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 20px; font-size: 19px; line-height: 28px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Describe a<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">narrative<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>you identified while researching the history of your historical event.\n<ol style=\"margin-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 20px; line-height: 28px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">There can be multiple narratives depending on your sources. Pick one or two that you feel have been the most influential.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Articulate how<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">biased perspectives<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>presented in primary and secondary sources influence what is known or unknown about history.\n<ol style=\"margin-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 20px; line-height: 28px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">How do potentially biased sources influence knowledge of your historical event and current event?<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Support your stance with examples from your primary and secondary sources.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Identify the<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">perspectives that you think are missing<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>from your historical event\u2019s narrative.\n<ol style=\"margin-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 20px; line-height: 28px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Whose stories were not recorded? Whose voices were ignored or silenced?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 1rem; font-size: 19px; line-height: 28px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Part 4: Connecting the Past With the Present:<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>Consider how the work you have done to develop your research question and investigate it can be used to explain connections between the past and present. Complete the following steps to discuss the value of developing historical inquiry skills.<\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 1rem; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 20px; font-size: 19px; line-height: 28px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Explain how researching its<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">historical roots<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>helped improve your understanding of your current event.\n<ol style=\"margin-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 20px; line-height: 28px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">How did examining your current event from a historical perspective help you better comprehend its origins?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Articulate how<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">questioning your assumptions, beliefs, and values<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>may benefit you as an individual.\n<ol style=\"margin-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 20px; line-height: 28px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Why is it valuable to be aware of your assumptions, beliefs, and values when encountering information in your personal, academic, and professional life?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Discuss how being a more<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">historically informed citizen<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>may help you understand contemporary issues.\n<ol style=\"margin-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 20px; line-height: 28px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Consider how having knowledge of history could influence how you approach current challenges or questions in the world.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the topic is&nbsp; Inequality and human rights-&nbsp; women&#8217;s rights and gender violence For this project, you will choose a historical event from the Library Research Guide to explore. 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