Late Penalty: If illness or a family emergency prevents you from handing in an assignment, you must contact me to arrange an extension, preferably before the assignment is due. Assignments handed in after the due date will incur a penalty of 10% for each week they are late.   TUTORIAL PARTICIPATION: The assignment of a grade for tutorial participation reflects the central place of tutorials in this unit of study. Tutorial participation begins, obviously, with attendance, but it requires more than attendance. You need to come to tutorials prepared to exchange ideas about the documents or texts assigned for that meeting and the topics they raise, to raise questions and to speculate. Your grade for this part of the unit of study does not depend on providing the 'right answers' in tutorials; it will reflect what you contribute to our discussions. That does not mean that you can get a good grade solely by having something to say in class, regardless of what you say. You will earn a good grade for this part of the unit of study by making thoughtful contributions that reflect careful reading and consideration of the questions raised by what you have read. TUTORIAL PAPER: This paper requires you to assess the interpretation offered by an historian using a limited set of primary sources. It is designed to make clear to you the kind of analysis linking evidence and arguments that you will be expected to produce in your essay, and to give you some feedback before you complete that larger assignment. You will need to pay attention to the details of the sources, and then explain how you think they fit with the historians' argument, providing examples and interpreting those examples.   QUESTION: Do the accounts of da Verrazzano, Cartier, Drake and Harriott support Bruce Trigger's argument that rationalist calculations rather than cultural beliefs had the greatest influence on Native Americans' reaction to contact with Europeans?   This question refers to the sources discussed in the tutorials for weeks 2 and 3. The historical interpretation referred to in the question, Bruce Trigger, "Early Native American Responses to European Contact: Romantic versus Rationalistic Interpretation," Journal of American History (1991): 1195-1215, can be found in the course reader.   ESSAY: You can answer any one of the following ten questions, or write a question of your own. To write a question, you will need to locate primary and secondary sources related to your topic, and have your question approved by the course co-ordinator by the end of WEEK SIX [April 19]. Note: All essays must be accompanied by a bibliography and be properly documented with footnotes. The correct ordering and punctuation is a technical matter that requires careful attention. Refer to the History Department's Short Guide to the Writing and Presentation of Papers and Essays for the correct format   Questions   TAKE HOME EXAM Duration: Friday, June 21, 9.30 a.m. to Monday, June 24, 12 noon   You will be required to write two 1,500 word essays, and answer one question from each of two sections. The first section will include a question on each of the essay topics ~ not the same question as the essay, but one that deals with a different aspect or approach to the topic. The second section will deal with topics and issues discussed in lectures and tutorials. The questions on the essay topics are intended to allow you to develop a depth of knowledge about a particular topic, to continue thinking about and researching that topic, and to reflect on and respond to the feedback you received on your essay. The questions on the lectures and tutorials are intended to encourage a breadth of knowledge about American history before 1865. The outlines of each lecture and suggested readings on that topic that will be posted to the unit of study website each week provide a place to begin preparation for this section of the exam.