Democratic Norms & The American Revolution
Topic: Examining the build-up to the American Revolution and its consequences through one democratic norm from Richard Haass's The Bill of Obligations
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Citation Style: Turabian (Author-Date)
Complete Steps 1–2 of the worksheet: choose your democratic norm, set historical context, and define your research focus.
Best for: Starting your project, selecting your norm, framing your research question
Open Worksheet Page 1 →Complete Steps 3–4 of the worksheet: analyze primary and secondary sources and prepare for your paper.
Best for: Source analysis, evidence gathering, connecting sources to your argument
Open Worksheet Page 2 →Complete Steps 5–6 of the worksheet: connect Atlantic articles to civic debate and frame your norm with Haass.
Best for: Atlantic article analysis, democratic norm framework, civic debate connections
Open Worksheet Page 3 →Plan your interview questions, connect them to your norm and topic, and prepare a transcript template.
Best for: Interview planning, civic engagement reflection, transcript preparation
Open Interview Guide →Ready to submit? This page walks you through recording your audio (Otter.ai, Voice Memos, Zoom), accepted file formats, transcript formatting requirements, and step-by-step Canvas upload instructions.
Best for: Submitting your completed interview — use this after you have finished recording
Open Submission Guide →Submit your completed civic engagement interview recording and transcript here. You may upload an audio file directly (MP3, M4A, WAV) or submit a shareable link from Google Drive or Dropbox.
You will need: Your audio recording, a written transcript (minimum 150 words), and the name and role of your interviewee.
Submit Interview →Ready to submit your research paper? Type your essay directly into the submission form, monitor your word count, download a PDF draft for your records, and submit your final paper to the course database.
Requirements: 1,500–2,000 words, typed directly (no copy-paste), Turabian citations
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