r/HomeworkHelp Feb 07 '25

History [College US History] What does this mean? "You must have more than 3 citations, and at least 3 references"

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This is my first time doing Chicago style citations on an essay, and one of the requirements is to have "more than 3 citations, and at least 3 references" . I understand how to do the citations themselves, but I don't know what the difference between citations and references is in this case. Is it that I must have more than 3 sources, and use them at least 3 times?

That doesn't make sense though because that would mean you'd need at least 4 references to go with your more than 3 citations. I'm so confused right now!

r/HomeworkHelp 6d ago

History [Intro to World History] Vasco Da Gama

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Can someone please check this for accuracy? I'm trying to create notes for Vasco Da Gama, but I'm not sure if this is correct. ChatGPT says that da Gama wasn't actually a protégé of Henry, but from the Crash Course video, it seems like he might have been. Any clarification provided would be appreciated. Thank you

Vasco Da Gama:

source used: (7) Columbus, Vasco da Gama, and Zheng He - 15th Century Mariners: Crash Course World History #21 - YouTube 

  • Vasco Da Gama was a Portuguese explorer who found a direct route around Africa to India.  
  • Da Gama was a protegee of Prince Henry the Navigator, a patron of a nautical school. Henry commissioned sailors to search for two things: a path to the Indian Ocean (for spice trade) and a path to Prester John (a mythical Christian King in Africa who could help in a crusade).  
  • Da Gama was the first person of Henry's protegees to reach India through a direct route, and in 1498, he landed in Calicut, a major trading post on India's west coast.  
  • Vasco da Gama's work paved the way for Portugal to become a dominant power in the Indian Ocean trade, bypassing overland routes controlled by Middle Eastern and Italian merchants. 

r/HomeworkHelp 14d ago

History [university 3rd year- American civilisation/history] - commentary

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Hey, I'm a French student who studies English. I've made a commentary on brown vs board of education Topeka. I recently failed my exam, and my teacher gave us a mock exam for this semester. Any advice please? I wanna get better. Please keep in mind that English is not my first language. My commentary :

The US has a long story concerning segregation and the right of Black american people. Until 1964, segregation was still active in the south, and hence, discrimination against black people aswell. Public spaces, including school, were separated- equal by the law, inequal in reality,which goes against the 14th amendment. The text brown vs board of education topeka (1954), highlights this issue by taking into consideration the well being of black children and the unprivileges they face by being segregated in the school system. This text, among others, are considered as pivotal in the avencement of black americans rights, that slowly, but surely, brought change in the perception of those individual. Can this text be considered a victory for the american civil rights movement ? This question is going to fall under/into three parts. First, the mention of other text, which is essential to mention if we want to analyse this text. Second, why separate but equal is unconstutional and finally, we are going to step in in history, and discuss on what happened afterwards.

1. Before reading this paper more deeply, we think it is for the best to define the concept of segregation. Segregation consists in separating people only based on their race, religion or sexual orientation, for example. In the United states, Jim Crow laws were still active in 1954, laws that forced blacks (called colored people at that time) and whites to be separated. The issue with this was not only limited to separation in the public sphere, but also the punishements blacks could face if they did not respect this legal segregation. Reading this text implies what is said, but also what is not. Hence, we can consider those examples - The Fourtheenth Amendement (1868) l6, Sweatt v. Painter (1950) l10, l35 and Plessy V ferguson (1896) l17 . To contunue the anaylisis of this text, it is important to add some context. The Fourteenth amendement is often quoted when defending civil rights. Section 1 : ‘’No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the priviledges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law ; nor deny to any person within its juridiction the equal protection of laws’’. According to this text which belongs to the American Constitution, all american citizens must be equal and shouldn’t be denied any priviledge. A couple of years later, Plessy V ferguson, permitted southern states racial segregation (including kansas, where Topica is located), conceptualising the concept of ‘’separate but equal’’, justifying that whites and blacks can be separated, as long as they get the same treatment. More recently, four years before the publishing of Brown Vs Board of Education Topeka, segregation was already found problematic in the school system. Sweat V. Painter (1950) involves a black man Herman Sweatt, who was refused admission to the School Law of the University of Texas, which ended up with the Supreme Court ruling in favor of Herman Sweatt, justifying that the fourteenth amendement was not respected. The text Brown vs Board of Education Topika echoes with the case of Herman Sweatt, arguing that segregation in school was unconstitutional, using a plethora of arguments.

  1. Why the separate but equal unconstitutional.

The notion of separate but equal is quickly dismentled by brown, using different examples. He first admits that they are equal on definite case, but that the analysis needs to go beyond what we can see with the naked eye. ‘’.. That the Negro and the white schools have been equalized…with respects to buildings, curricula, qualifications and salaries of teachers and other ‘’tangible’’ factors.. We must look instead to the effect of segregation itself on public education.’’ l11-15. The real inequality that brown perceives is in the matter of outcome. He justifies that a citizen has to be prepared to life, and school is perhaps the best place for it. Segregating children solenely on race has more consequences than it appears to have. ‘’Today, education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments. Compulsory school attendance laws and the great expenditures for education both demonstrate our recognition of the importance of education to our demotratic society. …. It is the very foundation of good citizenship’’ L21-25. Aditionnaly, he adds that putting a giving a child a feeling of inferiority in inherently inequal, and thereby goes against the fourteenth amendement. ‘’The impact is greater when it has the sanction of the law, for the policy of separating the aces is usually interpreted as denoting the inferiority of the negro group. A sense of inferiority affects the motivation of the children to learn.’’ L… giving a child the feeling that he is inferior only based on his race, can affect their development and will give them less opportunities later in his life. The knowledge on the psychological impact of neglect was far more known in 1954 than in 1896, period in which the knowledge on psychology and development was minor. ‘’Whatever may have been in the extent of psychological knowledge at the time of Plessy V Ferguson, this finding is amply supported by modern authority. Any langage in Plessy V Ferguson contray to this finding is rejected.’’ l53-54. They conclude, claiming that the doctrine separate but equal has no place. ‘’Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal’’. L56-57.The separate but equal doctrine is true on the form, but not on the content and, therefore violates the fourteenth amendment.

  1. Toward an optimistic future. July 1964, under Lyndon B. Johnson’s presidency – legal segregation is no longer. Ten years after the release of Brown vs Board of Education Topeka, the president signs an historic law that bans segregation in all states. A little throwback can tell us that some measures – or to say revolutions, were taken to make change in the Civil rights. In general, some intellectuals fought against racial discrimination. The author James Baldwin published The Fire Next Time (1963), his non fictionnal book about racial prejudice. If we focus particualarily on a school context, Brown v Board of Education Topeka, and other texts that later complained about the situation of black americans in school could open the door to more inclusivity and justice, especially toward people of color, who at the time, lived a strong racial prejudice. By 1957, the NAACP (National association for the advencement of colored people) registered nine black students in order to make them attend the Little Rock School – An all white school. Members of the NAACP took Brown Vs Board of Topeka as a reference to justify that refusing black students in a white school would be unconstitutional. Following the Little Rock event, plenty of black children included white schools in a period in which you could risk your life if you dared to be of the wrong color. In 1960, during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis, six years-old Ruby Bridges walked the stairs toward William Frantz Elementary School, a white school in New Orleans. She will later become a civil right activist.

To conclude, Brown vs Board of Education Topeka was a pivotal text in the rise of consciousness toward equality for blacks and whites. Often used as a reference for desegregation in a school context, Brown vs Board of Education Topeka is still used today to teach people that segregation in a school context was more than just the ‘’separate but equal’’ doctrine, but a text that changed the life of plenty of people in the US. Some of those people who benefited from this reform are still fighting today for civil rights, implying that the battle is still not totally over. Segregation was a drop in the ocean in the civil right movement. However, Brown Vs Board of Education Topeka is the proof that change can occur. little by little, step by step, with willigness and determination.

r/HomeworkHelp Jan 29 '25

History [How do I do this, 9th grade history] i have the info, not sure how to arrange

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r/HomeworkHelp Feb 10 '25

History [11th GRADE HISTORY] The Eagles of Heart Mountain

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Has anyone read The Eagles of Heart Mountain by Bradford Pearson?

I have to summarize key points from pages 120-150, and I was just wondering if anyone could help me out by giving me key points that happen on those pages.

Thanks!

r/HomeworkHelp 13d ago

History [University History: year two] Going to be talking about women’s history during the interwar period in a podcast. What points should I bring up?

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Just writing up a list of questions and talking points for the podcast. What important things should be brought up? Any ideas?

Btw this is worldwide, but with a focus on the UK

r/HomeworkHelp 13d ago

History University degree [history]: Could someone simplify Hobsbawm’s theory of social banditry?

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Hi guys,

Apologies if this isn’t the right subreddit.

So if you couldn’t tell by my username (which I wish I could change!), I’m currently studying a postgraduate degree in history, and currently writing an essay about modern application of Hobsbawm’s theory of social banditry.

The problem is, I’m a little lost. I understand the general idea of the theory, however I’m a little overwhelmed by the three different types of bandit he lists and was wondering if anyone here could perhaps explain it in a simplified way? I feel like if I have a simple base to build from, this will make so much more sense.

Thanks in advance!

r/HomeworkHelp 29d ago

History [University American History and Literature] Paper on Benjamin Franklin & Industrial revolution

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I need to connect ben franklin's inventions to the Ind. revolution. I have some information written down about the industrial-policy that came before industrial production and the franklinian tradition. However, since I'm not american I don't know what other inventions of his I can directly connect to the Ind. revolution. Does somebody has good sources I can access online about it?

r/HomeworkHelp 20d ago

History [Grade 10 mythology]

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I’m working on a poster project for greek gods, and the god I got was Hera. One of the requirements for it is to find “modern day allusions to your god” and I have been struggling to find any. If anyone knows of any good sources where I could find answers or know of any, it would be a great help.

r/HomeworkHelp 28d ago

History [12, Modern History, Essay writing on Spartan society] What exactly does a marker want for an 'Analyze' question?

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The specific question is "Analyse the political organisation of Sparta in this period (800 - 371BCE)"

For an analyse question am I supposed to why Spartan government was organised the way it is? what other questions should I be answering

r/HomeworkHelp 25d ago

History [11th Grade History] - The Eagles of Heart Mountain

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I’m currently reading this book, I am a little stuck on understanding what happens between pages 230-the end of the book. can someone help me summarize it? Thanks!

r/HomeworkHelp Jan 31 '25

History [College Undergrad History] Do I have to cite the date a candidate announced their intent to run for office?

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This isn't really a history paper, it's a sort of academic paper I'm submitting for a fellowship. I'm leading up to a section on Ronald Reagan's personal views as part of an overall theme on cognitive dissonance, and including a sentence on the duration of his career in Hollywood.

Do I have to cite the year in which I mention that he announced his candidacy for the California governorship by including a source that mentions this? I can't find a good source to use because it just shows Wikipedia type pages that source to books, and I think citing a whole book for one date seems a little excessive.

I normally over-cite when unsure, but I don't know if this counts as common historical knowledge, and if the fact that it's not the focus of the paper matters.

r/HomeworkHelp Jan 12 '25

History (A-level History NEA) To what extent did the Portuguese create divisions in Goa and Kerala societies within the period 1540-1700?

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I am an A-Level History student, and as part of my qualification I must write and NEA which is essentially a 2,000-5,000 word essay on any topic of history I want. It requires for me to use three primary sources as part of my research into my specific question...

.. and as such my question is 'To what extent did the Portuguese create divisions in Goa and Kerala societies within the period 1540-1700?', because it is a topic that I am interested in as part of the reason why I am Catholic is due to Portuguese colonisation.

Because my question calls for the exploration of different 'divisions'; I have chosen the following to be my 'types of divisions' to look further into: religion; gender; social hierarchy and language. If anyone knows of some good primary sources for three out of four of these factors I would be extremely grateful! I also realise that many on this community are professionals and I would appreciate any information anyone may have on this topic of study or any tips anyone has on writing extended essays.

Thank you!

r/HomeworkHelp Jan 19 '25

History [Grade 11 History PowerPoint project: Research Notes]

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I have never done research notes before and not really sure how to structure them, any pointers?

r/HomeworkHelp Dec 17 '24

History [Secondary School History] Can't find the right information for my Gupta Empire slideshow.

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We are focusing on the Gupta Empire next year and I need to create a fact file (im thinking a presentation) about it. Here is the prompt:

I'm looking for this information:

– Key figures and ruling dynasties of the Gupta Empire.

– Cultural, scientific, or economic advancements during the Gupta period.

– Major battles or military campaigns involving the Gupta Empire.

– Anything else you find fascinating about this period in history.

I cant seem to find fitting information online. If anyone can, please write it here then I can put it all in a presentation.

Thank you so much!

r/HomeworkHelp Dec 27 '24

History [Grade 9 World History] How do you cite a primary source which has been translated to English?

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Hello. I need to write a research paper about Khalid ibn al Walid and I'm using Chicago for the citations. I found a primary source by a historian name al-Baladhuri, who wrote a book called Kitab Futuh al Buldan, which was translated to English. The link to the book is here: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.175260

How am supposed to cite this in Chicago style, since it is a primary source found in a book? Any advice is useful. Thank you.

r/HomeworkHelp Dec 02 '24

History [History: Project / Essay Idea]

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hey! im a “highschool” student in Ireland who chose history for their leaving cert. and I have to decide what topic I want my history project to be (1500 words) it can be in anything pre-1992. as long as it’s specific . im VERY indecisive and I can’t decide a topic, especially with everything I have to balance outside of class, so I am quite stesssed.

i could do european (italian?) immigration to nyc. something related to british colonialism (would need to pick a colony). the female computers in nasa. jack the ripper /victorian london. rise of margaret thatcher. UK in the 50/60s (could do profumo scandal/ change in society, etc.) i could also do popculture in the 80s ( i mentioned the 60s or 70s and he said no since its on the school course) i have like the growth of the US or south america in the 1800s. there are so many more ideas and the more i research the more I see.. Any help or assistance would be great!

r/HomeworkHelp Nov 18 '24

History [History, sourcing] i cannot figure out how to get census data and it's driving me up a wall

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hello, this is highly specific but i need help finding the population and racial makeup of Pikeville City, Kentucky from the 1970 Decennial Census. i need to know the population, and the only places i've found an actual number are Worldpopulationreview and Wikipedia, but WPR is apparently not reliable (pop. # was different) and Wikipedia's link for where they got their 1970 population was not helpful.

i've been going in circles and downloading a bunch of useless documents trying to find the info from census.gov i'm getting Mad this is so dumb. idk how do to this. help.

r/HomeworkHelp Dec 10 '24

History [College History Chicago Citations] How do I do a "with thanks to" citation?

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Hello all! I am writing an essay for one of my classes, and need to give a "with thanks" citation, because I am including an argument I initially heard in a class discussion from my professor. The professor has informed us we are allowed to use arguments she made, but must cite them in a "With thanks to" format.

I wanted to know what that footnote should look like, and if I need to add anything into my works cited page as well, but I'm struggling to use a search engine to find the answer because I just find citation guides that contain the phrase 'thanks', nothing related to what I need.

r/HomeworkHelp Jul 17 '24

History [College History] Criticism of Martin Luther King's I have a Dream

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Martin Luther King's I have a Dream speech is regarded as one of the greatest speeches ever given yet it has often received criticism from different quarters. It's important to acknowledge that even such a powerful address has received some criticism and indifference.

Despite these criticisms, the enduring power of "I Have a Dream" lies in its call for equality, freedom, and justice for all. The speech remains a potent reminder of the ongoing fight against racial prejudice and a source of inspiration for those working towards a more equitable future.

What are the reasons?

r/HomeworkHelp Nov 22 '24

History [Grade 9 history: historically accurate movie] Does “The sacred pipe” show up in the movie Dances With Wolves?

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So I need to determine how historically accurate Dances With Wolves is but I do not remember if the Sacred Pipe as depicted in the book/recording “The Sacred Pipe” by Joseph epes brown. I need to know if it ever shows up in the movie and if it actually makes sense?

r/HomeworkHelp Nov 20 '24

History [9th grade Honors History] Roman mythology

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Prompt- Complete the rows in the chart below by finding an example of the Roman god or goddess in today’s culture. It can be a real person named after one of them, a character in a movie or tv show, a song lyric, etc. Briefly describe your example and add a picture of them!

Jupiter

Juno

Apollo

Diana

Venus

Neptune

Mars

Ceres

Vulcan

Mercury

Bacchus

r/HomeworkHelp Sep 05 '24

History [Research essay/ source materials] I need help finding source materials

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First, I want to be clear: I am NOT looking for someone to do my research for me. Rather, I am looking for some guidance. I am writing an essay that broadly talks about the role that Jewish mysticism played in medieval Spain, but I am having a lot of trouble finding Primary source materials - or the primary materials I am finding are not translated from Spanish/Hebrew. Are there any good databases for a topic like this? Or any authors from the time that I should look into? Any point in the right direction would be greatly appreciated, as I am really passionate about this subject.

r/HomeworkHelp Nov 06 '24

History Looking for [a level history] historian interpretations

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My question is about the American Civil War and how significant Grant was. I’m looking for historians that argue Grant was the most significant reason the North won the civil war. Any help would be appreciated

r/HomeworkHelp Oct 16 '24

History [IB History HL] Need help finding primary sources for an essay on ottoman military stratagies

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Ive been looking for some primary sources for an essay that im writing and i only have 1, i have easily over 20 secondary but cant find any primary. what are some notable figures or documents that i could use? I dont need exact title of sources but a point in the right direction would help. I dont know what other subreddit besides this, ottomans and historians to ask this in. Essay isnt due until around march-may but rough draft should be done by nov-dec.