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Discussion paper one. Read Carnes chapters 23 and 24. Analyze what you have learned about America's role in the world based on this reading. Pick some aspect from the reading to develop your own thesis. In your conclusion you should compare or contrast America's role in the world to today

Discussion paper two Read Carnes chapter 28 and the Chang handout, and the Zinn reading. compare and contrast how each of the authors present world war two.

Don't try to cover too much in any of these papers. Focus and narrow your writing. choose your won pather, your own opinion, your own perspedctive. But be certain that you use specific examples from the reading to support your key points.

Digging to America essay

the theme of our course is "whose country is this anyway?" In "Digging to America" we have read of the characters' ongoing struggle to establish and identify with their own community. Now we want to ask, how does one define country? Country can be interpreted as lan, but it can also be see as someone's values, family, home, culture, religion, security of finding a place in this world. The feeling of identity with others.

Use specific examples from "Digging to America" and define, explain, analyze what country means to one or more of the charcters in the novel.

You must demonstrate that you have read the whole novel. Use specific quotes and examples from the book. Be sure you provide the correct page numbers for each citation.

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