Overview
History and historical events do not exist in a vacuum. They are shaped by the material world around them and the people reacting to their surroundings. News and media play a part in shaping historical memory and how we think of a given moment. Often we invoke the past to jusify precendent. In a two page paper write on a given current event and how it relates to our past. You will be asked to cite 3 sources with clear in text citations in the paper. Consider the language of the presenter and what is trying to be conveyed subtextually. The paper should be the college standard of 12 Times New Roman, double spaced and a separate page for the Works Cited.