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ENG 104 Fall 2008

Project 4: Documentary Gazes: Representing History

Goals

• To continue developing an understanding of rhetorical vision

• To develop skill in representing events and interpreting their importance

• To develop skill in composing for an academic audience

• To carry out primary and secondary research
• To practice research writing in multi-modal format
Your task is to reach toward achieving these goals by creating a multimedia documentary
essay. As with all other documentaries, research provides the facts, information, and ideas on
which the document is built. Project 4 is therefore the most research-based project of the
semester, and the most valuable in terms of weight

Step 1 Choosing a topic, understanding objectives

You will need to select an historical event to be documented. An “event” could be something
that takes place in a short time or be extended over some years; but it should be something
commonly understood, discussed, and studied as a unified event. (We are dealing with public
events here, not private or family experience.)

Here are some categories of events that might work for this assignment; ways to narrow focus in
each category are suggested in the parentheses:

• Social movements (civil rights struggle/March on Washington; anti-nuclear

movement/Ban the Bomb in U.S. or Britain, 50s-70s; women’s rights/The Equal Rights
Amendment)

• Armed conflicts (Korean War, Vietnam War, Gulf War, Iraq-Iran War Iraq War (2003-),
Afghan War [Soviet Union (1980s) or current]: specific phases, battles, turning points
would work best)

• Cultural/Entertainment events (Baseball is integrated, 1947/Jackie Robinson; Beatles first

US visit, 1964; Woodstock, 1969)

• Political events (Assassinations [JFK, RFK, MLK, Malcolm X]; Fall of Communism in
Europe, 1989-91; Presidential elections; Impeachment of Bill Clinton)
 • Natural Disasters (Hurricanes [Galveston 1900, Mitch 1999, Katrina 2005, Ike 2008];
Earthquakes [San Francisco 1989, China 2008]; Tsunamis [Indian Ocean 2004])
These are suggestions and are not meant to restrict your choice. But remember that your event
will need to have ample published sources and multimedia related to it.

Note: Avoid confusion between “events” and “issues”; events present concrete words, deeds,
actions, and happenings taking place over a specific time; issues are general conflicts or
controversies growing out of events. Issues can be discussed as part of the importance of the
event.

The essay’s objectives

Your project should in some clear way respond to all of the following questions:

What is it? Make clear what your event is and what is its historical context

What happened? Describe the details of the event using text and multimedia objects—
photographs, images, videos, sound. Make sure you refer to the multimedia in your textual
narrative. (Include the multimedia objects in your main document.)

How has it been represented? Discuss what the multimedia does to make the event
understandable; in other words, interpret images, videos, etc. and how they help us grasp the
event. Also think about how the producers of these media want us to see the event.

So what? Discuss the importance of the event with the aid of secondary sources. Why should
we be aware of it? How has it impacted people’s lives in our country or the world? This should
be an important and lengthy part of your essay!

Step 2 Doing a Plan

Once you have chosen a topic option, you will need to do some preliminary research to find
potential material to work with. Put this preliminary thinking and exploration into a Plan that
contains the following:

1. Statement of the event and why you are interested in it

2. At least five (5) potential images/videos you might use: FIND specific ones and list them
so others can look at them
3. At least five (5) potential secondary sources that deal with your subject matter
 4. At least five questions that you want to find out about your event. These will help guide
you in addressing your questions and seeking out additional information

This plan is of course flexible and can be revised, but you will have an easier time and more
success if you do serious preparation up front. I may suggest a different event if the one you
have chosen seems too difficult or ill defined.

Plans will be due in Discussion Board by midnight Friday Nov 21.

Step 3 Peer Review of Plans

As with previous projects, you will be seeking and giving responses that provide feedback,
criticism, advice, etc., to help each other identify which ideas are coming through, which ones
aren’t, which sources might be strongest, which images are potentially useful, etc. If your plan
communicates clear ideas and details about your topic to others, then you are in good shape to go
forward with it.

Details about review process will be given in the Discussion Board forum “Project 4 Plans”

Peer review of plans due midnight Monday Nov 24

Step 4 Writing and submitting the Document

Compose and submit your document in Drop Box by

If you have questions, problems, or just want someone to give a quick look to your essay, you
can send it to me or take it to the Writing Center. I will respond as I can, depending on when I
get the draft.

Submit your project in a single file in .DOCX, .DOC, or .RTF formats—do not hand in separate
image or works cited files.

Overall Guidelines for All Options:

• SOURCES: You will need to include at least THREE secondary sources beyond the
media/images/videos themselves. This can be from print or online sources and should
contribute to your presentation of analysis or interpretation as appropriate for your option
choice.

• DOCUMENTATION: The use of source material must be noted both WHERE IT IS

USED and in a full listing in a WORKS CITED page. A good place to review research is
chapters 4 and 5 in Ball Point; chapter 5 gives guidance on documenting sources. The
 Writing Center in RB 291 is perhaps the best resource for getting help in all facets of
writing, but you need to make an appointment in advance since their services are heavily
in demand.

• MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: The project should be at least 1,000 words, and include
THREE images and/or videos as part of the discussion.

Notes

1. See Ball Point Chap. 4.3, p. 44; also, a good resource is the Purdue OWL—see
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/ResearchW/resource.html on different types
of sources. When you look at Web sites, images, videos, etc, you are looking at PRIMARY
sources because YOU are the one interpreting them. When you use articles, chapters, reports,
etc, related to your topic and discussing it in some way, you are using SECONDARY sources
since the writers of the sources are doing the interpreting.

2. You will be required to provide research DOCUMENTATION as an integral part of your

essay. Mainly, you must account for data, information, concepts, or opinions that are not yours
WHERE IT IS USED on the page, and in a full listing in a WORKS CITED page. You should
use an accepted conventional style for presenting the documentary information, normally the
Modern Language Association style that is most common in English courses. Both Ball Point
and Purdue OWL have extensive info on this if you need to “brush up.” If you are unsure about
using documentation in general, it is imperative you get some help. The Writing Center in RB
291 is a good resource; or you can see me first and then follow up in the Writing Center. But if
you have had problems before with research writing and documentation, it’s important that you
act now and make an appointment to see me.