20% of final gradeLength2000-2200 wordsFormatDouble spaced, standard marginsMLA style parenthetical citationsMLA style Works Cited entries in Annotated BibliographyThe AssignmentThis assignment asks you to read and summarize primary and secondary sources on the Spanish Influenza Epidemic of 1918, write journal entries about your own experiences during the Covid19 pandemic happening right now, and then write a reflective essay about what you’ve learned.To succeed in the assignment, you will need to use research skills, MLA style documentation, comparison and contrast, summary, analysis of a text, narration, and reflection.This assignment breaks into three parts:Part 1 is a selection of your journal entries (about 600 words)You’ll turn in six journal entries. Each one should be about a single day or two’s activities and thoughts.Although the journals don’t have to be exclusively about Covid19, focus the entries mostly on aspects of your life that are impacted in some way by the pandemic. See the journal prompts in the Canvas module for some ideas if you get stuck about what to write.Each entry should be headed with the date it was written.Aim for a minimum of around 100 words per entry.Part 2 is an annotated bibliography of the primary and secondary readings on the Spanish Flu Epidemic of 1918 Each entry should be headed by an MLA style Works Cited entry.Entries should be alphabetical by author last name.o You will make annotated bibliography entries for the following four sources (all found in the Canvas module): o You will make annotated bibliography entries for the following four sources (all found in the Canvas module):Part 3 is a reflective essay connecting your experiences during the Covid19 outbreak to the experiences of people in the Spanish Flu epidemic (800-1000 words).Compare/contrast paragraphs) Summarize and quote from both your journals and the Spanish Flu readings as you consider the similarities and differences between your experience and the Spanish Flu experiences. Be sure to use MLA parenthetical citations when you reference your journals or the readings!Reflection paragraphs (2-4 paragraphs) Discuss what you have learned from both the comparing/contrasting exercise and from thinking about your experiences during the Covid19 Pandemic. Here are some questions you might think about while crafting the reflection paragraphs:What did you learn from the act of writing regular journals?How does it feel to think of yourself as taking part in a historical event?How have your views about yourself, the nation, the world, or what is important in life changed or clarified as you have experienced life in the pandemic?Having seen what historians write and talk about when looking at an epidemic as a historical event, what lessons do you think historians might draw from your journals about life during Covid19?Organization Advice for Reflective EssayIntroductory paragraphStart by referencing the current events that make this project relevant at this time.Explain your essay’s main idea—you may want to save this to write last, because it’s likely you won’t know the essay’s main idea until you are done with everything else.Compare/Contrast Body Paragraphs (your experiences vs. Spanish Flu experiences)Each paragraph should start with a topic sentence that makes an argument.The rest of the paragraph will be devoted to discussing the evidence from your journals and the Spanish Flu readings that support your topic sentence.Reflective ParagraphsEach paragraph will have a topic sentence that makes an argument.The rest of the paragraph will be devoted to further argumentation (and perhaps some analysis of your journal entries) to support your topic sentence argument.Use your last reflective paragraph as a kind of conclusion paragraph—save your most “big picture” thoughts about what you’ve learned / what this whole experience means for that last paragraph.
