Turn in your graded first paper with the second paper.

What can I learn about history from this novel?

3-5 pages

• Narrow down the topic
• Pose a question.
• Answer question with reference to text of novel.
• Do not over-quote.
• Focus on the author's ideas, and his relationship with his audience.
• Focus on what you can learn about history by looking at those ideas in relationship to audience.

• Pay attention to style, including correct punctuation (including the apostrophe and the comma).
  • Do not connect two complete sentences with a comma and nothing else.
  • Do not confuse its and it's.
• Margins and font do not matter.
• Turn in hard copy at class, or by 5 p.m. in my box in the history departmental office, 280 Schaeffer Hall
• Late papers (unexcused) will be penalized 2/100 points per weekday.