Fall 2021 – Essay One Assignment
The Primary Source Analysis Essay

Purpose: This essay is designed to help the student evaluate and interpret primary sources to better understand a historical moment.
Materials: One Primary Source (provided by the professor), a secondary source (your textbook or notes from lectures), Primary Source Analysis Worksheet (to help the analysis process)
Assignment: Each student should use the Primary Source Analysis Worksheet and their notes from class to analyze the document provided in class by answering (in the form of an essay) the question posed by the professor for the assignment. This essay should be 750-1000 words. Quote the primary source at least once in the essay. The essay must be submitted on Ga View as a word document (no PDFs). The essay should be composed in 12 pt. Times New Roman font and double spaced. The essay should contain citations (an essay without citations will have a 10 point automatic penalty). These citations should be in the form of Chicago Style Citations. Do NOT use the First Person in the essay (no use if I, me, we, you).

Primary Source: Voyages of Giovanni Da Verrazano (located under Content – Week Three in Ga View)

Question: In the Verrazano source, what is the author describing? What does it reveal about that particular historical moment?Discuss