HIS-100 5-3 Activity Historical Context Chart by Emily Oravetz

HIS 100 Historical Context Chart Prompt : To understand your topic, you need to understand the world in which the events related to that topic took place. First, list your research topic and the revised research question you plan to address moving forward. Then, choose two secondary sources related to your research topic and provide the citation for each in the chart. You may use secondary sources from previous assignments. Next, explain in the chart what each source tells you about the historical context of a chosen event and how it relates to your topic. In the last chart column, explain how the context provided by the source will help you write your thesis statement , answering your research question. Replace the bracketed text with the relevant information. Historical Context Chart Research Topic: [List research topic here.] Selected Revised Research Question: [Write the revised research question you would like to address here.] Secondary Source Citation Historica l Context of Event Support Your Thesis Statement Tiang, H. (n.d.). The Origins of China's Great-Power Identity . PDF. Retrieved from file:///C:/Users/Emily %20Oravetz/Downloads/The_Origins_of_Chinas_Great_Power_Identi.pdf . This source tells me about the political and economic stance of China as a country when Mao Zedong This source will help support my thesis statement and help me answer my research questions because of how in- 1

Secondary Source Citation Historica l Context of Event Support Your Thesis Statement was ruling, it also tells me everythin g that he did as a ruler of China and what he did that either benefited the people of China or not. depth the informatio n is on Mao Zedong and how he handled ruling a country, while being a husband and a father. Wilson, R. (n.d.). Mao Zedong . SNHU Shapiro Library. Retrieved from https://eds-a-ebscohost- com.ezproxy.snhu.edu/eds/detail/detail?vid=1&sid=6bf728d9-70c6-4f7e-ba33- 48724a455205%40sessionmgr4006&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmUmc2NvcGU9c2l0ZQ%3d %3d#AN=89098916&db=ers . This source is a full, in- depth biography on Mao Zedong. It tells me who he was as a person and as a ruler of a This source will help me support my thesis statement because even though it is a biography on Mao Zedong and his 2