Final Project We anticipate that this assignment will take you 20 hours to complete (this may vary by student).  This includes time for research, reading of outside materials, critical thinking, writing, revision of text, and reflection on the topic.  You should expect the assignment to be graded and returned with feedback from your instructor no later than Sunday at 11:59PM following the due date. For your Final Project, you may write a paper or create a PowerPoint presentation. If you choose to write a paper, it must be four to five pages in length, plus a title page and reference list, formatted according to APA style. If you choose to create a PowerPoint project, it must be 12 to 15 slides, plus a title slide and a reference slide, formatted according to APA style. Please note that whether you choose to write a paper or create a PowerPoint presentation, you must properly cite your sources according to APA style.  To complete this project Choose from one of the topics below and analyze its history from 1877 to the present. Select four specific events or developments that span the years covered by this course, based on their impact on the topic. Two of the events must be from before 1945 and two events must be from after 1945. You must assess how the events in relationship to the topic changed over time and explain how the changes occurred. Please refer back to your Week Three Assignment, consider your instructor’s comments and make any necessary revisions. Write an introduction with a thesis. Your thesis should summarize the main conclusions that you discovered while researching your topic and that you will support with a logical argument based on evidence (sources). Please refer back to your Week Three Assignment, consider your instructor’s comments, and make any necessary revisions to your thesis statement. Connect each of the events or developments you have chosen back to your main thesis. The information presented must be organized and in chronological order. You must use at least four  sources  in your paper other than the textbook, with at least two  primary sources  and at least two  secondary sources . Please refer back to your Week Three Assignment, consider your instructor’s comments, and make any necessary revisions. Choose one of the following topics: Native Americans  African Americans  Immigrants  Women For example, a student writing a paper about the topic African Americans might choose the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Power Movement as two of their events. In that case, the paper would provide a description of the two movements. It would explain what each one revealed about the role of African Americans in broader American society in, respectively, the 1920s and the late 1960s, explain how and why the roles of African Americans in the 1920s differed from their roles in the late 1960s, and explain how events in the 1920s may have contributed to developments in the later decade. Writing the Final Project The Final Project ...

1. Final Project
We anticipate that this assignment will take you 20 hours to
complete (this may vary by student). This includes time for
research, reading of outside materials, critical thinking, writing,
revision of text, and reflection on the topic. You should expect
the assignment to be graded and returned with feedback from
your instructor no later than Sunday at 11:59PM following the
due date.
For your Final Project, you may write a paper or create a
PowerPoint presentation.
If you choose to write a paper, it must be four to five pages in
length, plus a title page and reference list, formatted according
to APA style.
If you choose to create a PowerPoint project, it must be 12 to 15
slides, plus a title slide and a reference slide, formatted
according to APA style.
Please note that whether you choose to write a paper or create a
PowerPoint presentation, you must properly cite your sources
according to APA style.
To complete this project
Choose from one of the topics below and analyze its history
from 1877 to the present.
Select four specific events or developments that span the years
covered by this course, based on their impact on the topic. Two
of the events must be from before 1945 and two events must be
from after 1945. You must assess how the events in relationship
to the topic changed over time and explain how the changes
occurred. Please refer back to your Week Three Assignment,
consider your instructor’s comments and make any necessary
revisions.
Write an introduction with a thesis. Your thesis should
summarize the main conclusions that you discovered while
researching your topic and that you will support with a logical
argument based on evidence (sources). Please refer back to your
Week Three Assignment, consider your instructor’s comments,

2. and make any necessary revisions to your thesis statement.
Connect each of the events or developments you have chosen
back to your main thesis. The information presented must be
organized and in chronological order.
You must use at least four
sources
in your paper other than the textbook, with at least two
primary sources
and at least two
secondary sources
. Please refer back to your Week Three Assignment, consider
your instructor’s comments, and make any necessary revisions.
Choose one of the following topics:
Native Americans
African Americans
Immigrants
Women
For example, a student writing a paper about the topic African
Americans might choose the Harlem Renaissance and the Black
Power Movement as two of their events. In that case, the paper
would provide a description of the two movements. It would
explain what each one revealed about the role of African
Americans in broader American society in, respectively, the
1920s and the late 1960s, explain how and why the roles of
African Americans in the 1920s differed from their roles in the
late 1960s, and explain how events in the 1920s may have
contributed to developments in the later decade.
Writing the Final Project
The Final Project:
Must include a separate title page with the following:
Title of project
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted
Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct

3. thesis statement.
Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
Must use at least four scholarly resources other than the
textbook, including a minimum of two primary sources. Your
secondary sources must come from the Ashford University
Library.
Must document all sources, including images, in APA style as
outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to
APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
If you choose to create a PowerPoint presentation, you should
use visual elements to contribute to your explanation of the
topic. PowerPoint presentations should avoid plagiarism and
have proper APA citations for all source material either in the
note section at the bottom of each slide, or on the last slide of
the show indicating sources for each slide. The final slide must
be a correctly formatted reference list containing all of your
sources. You may use non-scholarly sources for your images,
but not for the text of the presentation. Make sure to pay
attention to color and style.