1) In a two-thirds to one-page (double-spaced in Times New Roman, 12-point font) commentary identify the main argument in the essays by Nicholas Canny  and Victor Enthoven and the specific topic each is addressing (again focus on pp. 17-47 in Riches from Atlantic Commerce: Dutch Transatlantic Trade and Shipping, 1585-1817).  Then identify 5 points that each author makes in support of his main argument.  Length limits will be strictly enforced this time around.


2) Next, in no more than one-third of a page (double-spaced in Times New Roman, 12-point font) specify the type of writing (description, narrative, exposition, or argument) the authors use to make these points.  If you want to review these four elements of historical writing that I am having you examine in these articles, please review them in chapters 1 and 5 of  A Short Guide to Writing About History.  Again length limits will be strictly enforced.

3) Write a single paragraph of no more than two-thirds of a page (double-spaced in Times New Roman, 12-point font) in length that compares and contrasts the way in which Schwartz, Bolster, Canny, and Enthoven handle one common theme that you identify.  As with the other elements of the assignment, length limits will be enforced.

4) Append a copy of your notes on Paul Otto, The Dutch-Munsee Encounter, 1-17 (See Web Links--Core Secondary Sources or the CU Library Reserve).  Remember that you cannot receive credit for this informal writing if you have not demonstrated to me that you have taken notes on the entirety of the assigned selection on Otto.  Note also that I will not allow more than one page of notes per chapter or chapter section, which means no more than three pages of notes, which may be handwritten or typed (if you take your notes using a word processor you may use Times New Roman 12-pt. font and the pages may be single-spaced).